The Denver Hotel on the west side of snow-covered Main Street, Breckenridge, during the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899. Snowfall totaled over 32 feet that winter; it was so deep it reached the hotel's second-floor balcony. The two-story wood frame building featured paired gables and a shared false-front with the words "DENVER HOTEL". The Post Office shares the hotel's covered portico. Next door is a false front building with signs announcing "Bankrupt Stock" in the storefront windows.

A man and several women stand on the full length balcony that tops the portico of a two story, side gable building in Montezuma, Colorado. Above them a sign has the words: "Bullion King of Montezuma". On the covered wooden boardwalk fronting the building two men lean against the column posts. Flanking both sides are a rough hewn log cabin (left) and a one story, front gable wooden building or house (right). Mountains in the background.

On Main Street in front of the Gold Pan Bar and Restaurant, two young men stand on the roof of a station wagon fully loaded with cut logs. A red Ford pickup truck is parked directly behind. Several signs hang on or in front of the building: "Good Food", "Pepsi - Café" and above the north entrance, "Featuring - Breakfast - Special - Lunches - Complete - Dinners". A neon sign in the window advertises "Coors on tap". In the background is a view of a building under construction. In Breckenridge, Colorado.

Looking north on snow-covered Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1899-1910. False front and wood frame buildings and utility poles line both sides of the street. In view on the left is Evans Pharmacy and the Denver Hotel (with covered portico and balcony). Across the street is Firemen's Hall (with bell tower).