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cou-bha BHA.0020-165 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Two Bucyrus dredges, the Colorado I (right) and Colorado II (left), in the Swan River Valley at Valdora, north of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa April 1908. The Colorado I dredged down the Swan River and turned up the Blue River, where it broke down in 1910 and sat idle until 1914. It operated on and off on the Blue River from 1914-1942. The Colorado II went up the Swan River where it operated continuously until 1919. In 1914, both dredges were purchased by the Tonopah Placers Company and renamed Tonopah No. 1 and Tonopah No. 2.

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0020-003 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Conrad Leslie (C.L.) Westerman's house on French Street, between Lincoln and Carter Avenues, in Breckenridge, Colorado. The two-story front gable wood frame home with bay window faced south. Covered front porch trimmed with decorative brackets. Two women sit on each gate post at the entrance to the home while three smartly dressed men lean on the fence. A wooden sidewalk runs along the front of the property and abruptly ends in dirt.

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0001-013 · Item · 1900s
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Edwin Carter's log cabin house and museum on Ridge Street in Breckenridge during the winter. The one story front gable log cabin with shed addition was built in 1875. A wooden split rail fence encloses the snow-covered property. Town buildings and a view of snowy Tenmile Range in the background. Title quoted from handwritten text on the reverse: "The old Carter museum showing Peak 8 Breckenridge". Circa 1900s.

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-016 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Beginning of the railroad grade through snowy Ten Mile Canyon at Frisco, Colorado. To the left (southeast) of the narrow gauge track is a large stack of lumber or railroad ties. Opposite are utility poles. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Entrance to the ten Mile Canon [sic] at Frisco."

Westerman, Otto
"Falls of upper Blue river"
cou-bha BHA.0006-010 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

A group of men and women sit or stand on the edge of the upper Blue River waterfalls, south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Pink hand tint/coloring on the photograph indicates where flowers grow despite the remaining snow. Title taken from handwritten caption on card mount: "Falls of upper Blue river, showing where flowers grow near a Snow bank, eight feet deep, in mid June".

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
cou-bha BHA.0001-031 · Item · 1909-07-31
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Hand-colored photograph shows the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. and Breckenridge Masonic Lodge No. 47 procession walking east on Lincoln Avenue for the laying of the Summit County Courthouse cornerstone. The ceremony was held on July 31, 1909. Handwritten on the reverse: "Masonic Parade." Photographer's stamp: "O. Westerman, Photographer, Breckenridge, - Colorado."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-005 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

A girl and a boy pose with children sitting astride two burros stopped in the center of Main Street, Frisco, Colorado. The girl stands with her hand on her hip, holding one burro's bridle. The boy has his arm laid across the same burro's back. Wooden buildings and wooden boardwalks line either side of the dirt road. In the distance is the base of Mount Royal (left) and Mount Wichita (right). Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Frisco, an ideal village in the Mountains."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0001-033 · Item · Undated
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Three-story building in a canyon near Bailey, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten text on reverse of item: "Glen Isle in Platte Canyon above Bailey." Photographer's stamp: "O. Westerman, Photographer, Breckenridge, - Colorado."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-032 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Hydraulic mining at the Kingsbury Placer, northwest of Breckenridge, Colorado. Men stand by as a hydraulic pipe with high pressure nozzle, called a "Giant", forcefully directs water at the hillside. A wooden sluice carries water above piles of discarded rock and small tree branches. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Gold mining by hydraulic power."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0001-043 · Item · 1882-1909
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Students pose outside with their teacher in front of the windows of a clapboard building, probably the 1882-built schoolhouse located on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The wood frame schoolhouse was torn down and replaced with a brick structure in 1909. On the reverse is handwritten: "school pix - (?)".

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
"Illinois park and railway"
cou-bha BHA.0006-013 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Looking southeast from Barney Ford Hill over Illinois Park where Iron Springs, Puzzle Mine, Ouray Mine and the Germania Mine and Mill were located. Railway went around Hook Eye Curve with sidings to some of the mines. Near Breckenridge, Colorado. Abbreviated title taken from handwritten caption on card mount: "View from Niggerhill showing Illinois park and railway, 500ft below."

Westerman, Otto