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"A pack train."
cou-bha BHA.0006-026-003 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

A miner's pack (or jack) train loaded with supplies, including a stove. Two burros stand on a dirt road lined with wooden frame buildings. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "A pack train."

Westerman, Otto
"Carter Museum."
cou-bha BHA.0006-008-002 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Edwin Carter's log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. Built in 1875, the one story log cabin has a shed addition on the south side and a wooden split rail fence around the property. A ladder temporarily leans against the front gable. Town buildings and a view of the Tenmile Range in the background. Circa 1899. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Carter Museum."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-047-001 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Frank Willis sits in a chair next to a bookcase in the front room of his house in Breckenridge, Colorado. Behind him is a curtained window with a row of plants on the windowsill. The door is open to allow outdoor light to stream in through the screen door.

Westerman, Otto
"Gulch mining"
cou-bha BHA.0006-036-001 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Placer mining in Summit County, Colorado. Men use pickaxes and a sluice box to prospect for gold in a placer deposit or gulch. Water from the pond above is diverted into a long, sloping wooden trough with grooves on the bottom to separate gold from the extracted rocks, gravel and sand. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Gulch mining".

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-008-004 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Inside the Jessie Stamp Mill mill in Gold Run, northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Interior view of Stamp Mill."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-009-003 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

A dog guides a line of burros hauling ore in pack saddles, Summit County, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Jack train loaded with Ore."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-009-004 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Looking north down snow-covered Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado in mid-winter. False front and wood frame buildings line both sides of the street. In the foreground a lone man stands in front of Breckenridge Masonic Lodge No. 47. Adjacent the Lodge is the Arcade Hotel. The fire hall's hose drying tower stands prominently above the rooflines. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Main St of Breckenridge in mid Winter."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-036-004 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway at Rocky Point, on the west slope of Boreas Pass, above Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Rocky Point near Breckenridge."

Westerman, Otto
"Spruce Creek falls."
cou-bha BHA.0006-026-002 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Spruce Creek Falls (Continental Falls) south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Spruce Creek falls."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-029-001 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

View of Mount Royal, Mount Wichita and Chief Mountain, with the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway tracks and wooden buildings at the west end of Frisco, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "The three Mountain peaks at Frisco."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-009-002 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

A group of women sitting astride horses or burros are about to begin their recreational tour into the mountains of the Tenmile Range, west of Breckenridge, Colorado. The women, all wearing hats, are dressed in bodice coats or jackets and long skirts. One boy holds the reins of the two burros, while two men stand nearby. Behind the group is a wooden, simple gable structure. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Tourists starting for the Mountains."

Westerman, Otto
"View on Farncom hill."
cou-bha BHA.0006-026-001 · Part · 1895
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

The Great Flume going around the hill opposite Mount Guyot (in background), northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado in autumn of 1895. In the snow, a man stands next to the waist-high wooden flume while a dog sits on top. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View on Farncom [sic] hill."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-029-002 · Part · 1895
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Looking west down Washington Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado at smoke from a huge fire burning near town, circa 1895. Far right is the 1882-built wooden schoolhouse. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View showing first fire on the Mountains".

Westerman, Otto