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"Breckenridge History Photograph Collection. Breckenridge History, Colorado."
Card mount photographs, portraits, and other photographic materials donated by various sources to Breckenridge History. Subjects include people, landscapes, businesses and industries relevant to Breckenridge and the greater Breckenridge area.
Created: 2015 (K. Knish)
Revised: 2022-07 (K. Knish)
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Mary and Mrs. Berdon stand outside Breckenridge High School on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Quoted from text handwritten below the photograph, on the card mount: "Mary and Mrs. Berdon".
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A girl and boy playfully pull at opposite ends of the boy's suit coat outside Breckenridge High School on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. This game is often called "Tug of War". Quoted from text handwritten below the photograph: "Little Angels".
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Portrait photographs of Kathleen Trotter Briggle and William H. Briggle. Enclosed in a wood picture frame, matted with silk thread floral embroidery on silk. Caption quoted from print on the cardboard backing the frame: "Wedding picture of Mr. & Mrs. William Briggle, Breckenridge, Colo. If Frankie doesn't want it, it is to go to the Summit Co, Colo. Museum". And handwritten: "Embroidery is Mrs. Briggle".
Part 003: cardboard backing
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Portrait photograph on card mount of Kathleen Trotter Briggle. Kathleen married William Harrison Briggle in January 1896. The couple lived on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Printed text on the card mount: "The Mantello."
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Portrait photograph of William Harrison Briggle. William married Kathleen Trotter in January 1896. The couple lived on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Printed text on the card mount: "The Mantello."
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Studio portrait photograph of Breckenridge resident Martha (Silverthorn) Finding. Mounted on cream card embossed with "D.B. Chase" and "Denver, Colo."
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Studio portrait photograph of Breckenridge resident and business owner Charles Augustus Finding. Mounted on cream card embossed with "D.B. Chase" and "Denver, Colo."
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A woman, dressed in a white high neck blouse and long dark skirt, sits on a rock outcropping in a mountain valley. She rests one hand on a hat placed next to her and holds a pine bough on her lap with her other hand. Trees and mountain peaks in the background. Colorado, circa late 1800s.
Revised: 2022-08 (K. Knish)
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Carl Fulton, holding two rock picks, and Charley Snyder, smoking a pipe, stand in front of a rough hewn log structure on Main Street, Swandyke, Colorado. The two-story log building (left) may be A.W. Coffin's Summit Hotel, later owned and managed by Fulton in 1902.
Revised: 2022-08 (K. Knish)
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William W. Boyd and his apprentice, Arlington Fincher, stand in front of Boyd's blacksmith shop located at the northeast corner of Main Street and Carter Avenue (now named Wellington Road) in Breckenridge, Colorado. Boyd owned the shop from 1886 through March 5, 1904, when he sold his shop to Fincher. Boyd, dressed in a suit and hat, stands outside the front-gabled building with horizontal wood clapboard. Fincher, wearing a blacksmith apron, stands opposite, with his hand on his hip. In view through the open doorway is a grinding wheel, probably foot-powered.
Revised: 2022-08 (K. Knish)
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Two well-dressed men and a burro stand outside a rough hewn log cabin by the Blue River, west of Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Wagons are parked nearby. Looking southwest with Colorado and Southern (C&S) railway boxcars and mill and/or smelter buildings in the background. Circa early 1900s.
Revised: 2022-08 (K. Knish)
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Two men dressed in suits lean against the railing of a bridge crossing Blue River, west of Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. In the background (right) are mill and/or smelter buildings. Probably looking southwest from the Watson Avenue bridge. Circa 1900s.
Revised: 2022-08 (K. Knish)
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A family poses outside a house, probably in Breckenridge, Colorado. A woman sits upright in a hammock strung between the corner of the house where it meets a one story addition. Next to her a man wearing a bowler or derby hat sits in a chair. Two young boys, one wearing a straw boater hat, stand nearby. A picket fence borders the two story side gable clapboard house. Circa 1890s.
Revised: 2022-08 (K. Knish)
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Ladders extend up to and across the roof of a house, probably in Breckenridge, Colorado. The two and half story house with one story addition features decorative shingles on the gable end. People and a dog sit on the ground below. Circa 1918.
Revised: 2022-08 (K. Knish)
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Barney L. and Julia A. Ford's former residence on High Street in the Capital Hill neighborhood, Denver, Colorado.
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A large wooden sign painted with the words: "The Kingdom of Breckenridge Welcomes You -- Chamber of Commerce". Was located north of Breckenridge, Colorado in the 1970s.
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Group portrait of the Breckenridge High School (BHS) basketball team for the school year 1946-1947. Standing from left to right: Coach Neilson, Wesley Ludwig, Junior Fletcher (Ted), Bill Hedin, Alfred Sisk, Albert Miller, Wayne Steward. Kneeling: Elmer Lane, Wayne Allen. On Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado.
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Breckenridge High School 1946 Freshman Class initiation. The children appear to be wearing silly costumes and one student holds a sign that reads: "Glamour Girl of SCHS". On Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado.
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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.
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People and a two horse-drawn carriage in front of the Summit House in Montezuma, Colorado. The hotel was built in 1869 and was originally named the Preston House. Mountains in the background.
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People stand side by side to pose for a group portrait outside the Summit House in Montezuma, Colorado, circa late 1800s. The hotel was built in 1869 and was originally named the Preston House. Utility poles and more buildings line the dirt road. Mountains in the background.
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People stand side by side to pose for a group portrait outside the Summit House in Montezuma, Colorado, circa late 1800s. The hotel was built in 1869 and was originally named the Preston House. Utility poles and more buildings line the dirt road. Mountains in the background.
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Kaiser's residence on Ridge Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Constructed in 1885 as the home of Mr. Ira A. Cammett, the property was acquired in 1891 by Johann Christian ("Chris") Kaiser. Chris and his wife, Ida, were long-time proprietors of Kaiser's Market on Lincoln Avenue. They raised three sons in this house, Edwin, Harold, and Carl. The home featured a west facing square bay window and a second floor dormer window on the south side. Within the fenced yard are stairs leading up to the front porch and entrance. St. Mary's Church and its bell and belfry (added in 1899) is in the background.
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Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado looking north. Hotels and businesses line both sides of the dirt road. In the left foreground is the Arlington Hotel, recognizable by its curvilinear false-front and wide open porch with balcony. A few doors down is the Denver Hotel with a sign for Evans Pharmacy. Across the street is the 1892-built front-gable Arcade Hotel. Barely visible in the background is the hose drying tower on Fireman's Hall. Along the wooden sidewalks are utility poles.
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June Kaiser, the daughter of Carl and Esther Kaiser, sits on the grassy front lawn of her family's home on Ridge Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. June was two and a half years old when this photograph was taken in 1931. Handwritten caption on the reverse: "June Kaiser 2 1/2 yrs. (1931)".
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Young June Kaiser, daughter of Carl and Esther Kaiser, rides her tricycle on the sidewalk in front of her family's house on Ridge Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten caption on the reverse: "Carl Kaiser family home and girls' play house. June Frances Kaiser on tricycle - 1932".
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Alice Kaiser drives her sisters, Ida and June, and friends in a 1914 Dodge sedan down Ridge Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten caption on the reverse: "'Sophisticates and Myrtle Bridge - 1936", "Carl Kaiser house on left - Chris Kaiser house on right" and "Alice Sandefer driving 'her' car". Alice, Ida and June were the daughters of Carl and Esther Kaiser, and granddaughters of Chris and Ida Kaiser. Note: Carl an Esther Kaiser's house is often referred to as the "Ladybug House".
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June Kaiser, daughter of Carl and Esther Kaiser, rides her horse named Nellie in a grassy area across from the 1909-built courthouse in Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten caption on the reverse: "June & her horse Nellie" and "July 1942."
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Standing in the snow outside a shed or garage, twelve-year-old June Kaiser smiles for the camera on January 23, 1943. June was the daughter of Carl and Esther Kaiser of Breckenridge, Colorado. She passed away on February 23, 1943, one month after this photograph was taken. Handwritten cation on the reverse: "June Francis Kaiser. Taken Jan 23rd 1943. Passed away Feb 23, 1943."
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A man and woman, probably Carl and Esther Kaiser, stand in front of a gold dredge. Signs and notices on the dredge warn "No Admittance" and "Danger No Trespassing". Handwritten caption on the front: "Gold dredge managed by Carl Kaiser 1933-1938". The Yuba dredge (renamed Continental dredge) operated on the Blue River from 1917 to 1938, when it was dismantled and moved to Fairplay, Colorado. It was the last of the nine dredges operating around Breckenridge.
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The Wellington Mine and Mill in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten caption on the front: "Wellington Mine & Mill".
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The Wellington Mill in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten caption on the front: "Wellington Mill".
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Reliance dredge in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Handwritten caption on the front: "Gold Dredge", and on the reverse: "in French Gulch".
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Handwritten caption on the front: "Gold Dredge".
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Three photographs mounted on the recto/front of a hinged, stiff board album leaf. The photographs show Edwin Carter's cabin in Breckenridge and Carter's taxidermy collections on display.
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Edwin Carter's log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. The one story front gable log cabin with shed addition was built in 1875. The fenced property also included a secondary structure (log outbuilding) on the south side. Outside the cabin is a pile of antlers. Town buildings and a view of the Tenmile Range in the background. Circa 1899.
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Edwin Carter's taxidermy on display in his log cabin and museum on Ridge Street in Breckenridge. Specimens on the shelves include, from top to bottom, bighorn sheep, bald eagle, a variety of birds perched on tree branches, and numerous bird eggs in cartons. In the foreground is a pheasant taxidermy posed standing on a branch mount.
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Edwin Carter's taxidermy inside his log cabin and museum on Ridge Street in Breckenridge. Specimens include bison, bobcats, wolf, and bighorn sheep full body mounts, and deer and elk shoulder mounts. A black bear taxidermy mount is posed standing with a wine bottle.
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Two photographs mounted on the verso/back of a hinged, stiff board album leaf. The photographs show Edwin Carter's cabin in Breckenridge and Carter's taxidermy collections on display.
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Two boys pull a sled in the snowy landscape to the east of Edwin Carter's log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. Town buildings and a view of the snow-capped Tenmile Range in the background.
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Edwin Carter's taxidermy on display in his log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. Specimens include bison, bobcats, mountain lions and deer full body mounts, and bison, bighorn sheep, deer and elk shoulder mounts on the wall. Far left is a black bear taxidermy mount posed standing with a wine bottle.
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Two photographs mounted on the recto/front of a hinged, stiff board album leaf. The photographs show Edwin Carter's taxidermy collections in Breckenridge.
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Edwin Carter's taxidermy on display in his log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. In the foreground is a taxidermy full body mount of a mountain goat posed standing on a wooden crate. Above is a golden eagle taxidermy with a white snowshoe hare or rabbit in its claws. Several rifles hang on the wallpapered wall with bighorn sheep and deer taxidermy shoulder mounts.
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Edwin Carter's bird taxidermy in his log cabin and museum on Ridge Street in Breckenridge. Specimens include a bald eagle, a variety of small birds perched on tree branches, and numerous bird eggs in cartons. In the left foreground is a pheasant taxidermy posed standing on a branch mount.
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Three photographs mounted on the verso/back of a hinged, stiff board album leaf. The photographs show Edwin Carter's taxidermy and group portraits of children in costumes.
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Edwin Carter's collection of ptarmigan taxidermy mounts displayed on wood shelves in his log cabin home and museum on Ridge Street in Breckenridge. Carter sought to collect a specimen for every day of the year to record its seasonal plumage colors, from white in the winter to gray-brown in spring-summer.
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Children in costumes pose for a group picture in the open doorway of the 1882-built Breckenridge schoolhouse. A boy in a tuxedo and white bow tie holds a cane and top hat in the front row. Girls in white gowns and bonnets stand beside and behind him, each holding a toy doll.
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Boys in costumes pose for a group picture in the open doorway of the 1882-built Breckenridge schoolhouse. The boy in the front row, far left, wears a patriotic costume with striped pants, a star-patterned shirt, and a white top hat. Several boys wear knee-length, balloon-pant one-piece costumes, and four of the boys carry violins.
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