During the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899, Ezra Stewart, in dark cape overcoat and hat, and his wife, Ada, walk a dog with William Briggle on the snowy road in front of Briggle's snow-loaded house on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado.
UnidentifiedEzra Stewart, wearing a dark cape overcoat and hat, stands in the snow on the west side of Main Street, Breckenridge. His son leans against the large snow bank flanking the sidewalk, with Firemen's Hall bell and bell tower in view across the street. During the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899 heavy snowfall reached the second story of most buildings, and tunnels were used to cross Main Street.
UnidentifiedEzra Stewart, wearing a cape overcoat and hat, stands in almost waist deep snow outside Hawkins' cabin on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Ridge Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. In view (center right) is the Fireman's Hall building, with a bell tower and adjacent hose drying tower. Snowy Tenmile Range in the background. During the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedEzra Stewart stands with other men on top of the rotary snow plow clearing the railroad tracks on its way into Breckenridge, Colorado, in April 1899, during the Big Snow event of 1898-1899. View of Bald Mountain in the background.
UnidentifiedLooking north on snow-covered Main Street, Breckenridge, during the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. False front and wood frame buildings line both sides of the street. In the left foreground, Ezra Stewart, wearing a dark cape overcoat and hat, stands on top of a tall snowbank in front of the Arlington Hotel.
UnidentifiedEzra and Ada Stewart and their son look through one of the snow tunnels used to cross Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, during the "Big Snow" winter of 1898-1899. Behind them is the Livery building on the east side of the street.
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