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.
UnidentifiedEdwin 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.
UnidentifiedEdwin 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.
UnidentifiedEdwin 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.
UnidentifiedEdwin 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.
UnidentifiedEdwin 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.
UnidentifiedEdwin 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.
UnidentifiedEdwin 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.
UnidentifiedChildren 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.
UnidentifiedPortrait 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."
UnidentifiedTwo 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.
UnidentifiedPortrait 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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