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"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.0012 · Collection · 1880 - 2000

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.

cou-bha BHA.0006 · Collection · circa 1880s-1903

J. Frank Willis gave this souvenir album as a gift to his sister, Pauline (Willis) Merritt. The album contains photographs by Breckenridge photographer Otto Westerman. Various subjects include town views, mine site landscapes, railroad tracks through gulches and Willis' property on Gibson Hill. Some are of the Ten Mile Canyon outside of Frisco, Colorado, and one photograph is of Tom's Baby (the largest piece of wire gold found in 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.0006-008 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Handwritten captions under each mounted photograph: "Monument erected by Tourists on the Summit of Bould [sic] Mountain."; "Carter Museum."; "Exterior view of a gold mine."; "Interior view of Stamp Mill."

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

Handwritten captions under each mounted photograph: "The Washington mine, showing ten mile Range."; "Tourists starting for the Mountains."; "Jack train loaded with Ore."; "Main St of Breckenridge in mid Winter."; "Mode of hauling Lumber by a jack train".

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.0006-020 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

View of Breckenridge, Colorado, from Lincoln Avenue in early autumn after the first snowfall on Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range. The 1882-built wood frame schoolhouse with bell tower stands prominently among the houses and churches. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Peak eight in early autumn after the first Snowfall."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-022 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

136-ounce mass of crystalized gold from the Gold Flake vein on Farncomb Hill called "Tom's Baby". Found on July 23, 1887 by Harry Lytton and Tom Groves outside of Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Actual size of a gold nugget, taken from Farncomb hill."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-025 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

At Rocky Point east of Breckenridge, Colorado four well-dressed men sit or stand on a railroad trailer. Also called a motorcar, speeder, popcar, or putt-putt, these self-powered trailers were used by maintenance crews to check for problems along the tracks. Replacement ties are stacked in the background. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Rocky Point near Breckenridge."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-027 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Snow shed covering the railroad tracks at Boreas Pass, with section house and buildings on the left and stone engine house on the right. Narrow gauge Highline Route from Como to Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Snow shed at Boreas pass, eleven thousand ft above sea level."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-036-003 · Part · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Left side of photograph print shows two women on long wooden skis, each holding a pole for balance and braking. The women are wearing hats, ankle length dresses with ruffled edges, and overcoats buttoned up to the collar. In the distance is a railroad locomotive and railroad cars. On the right side of the print is a duplicate image, cropped. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Winter sport on Snow Shoes."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-037 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway between Boreas Pass and Breckenridge, Colorado. In the background is Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range. In the 1880s-1900s, Breckenridge locals called the mountain Peak Tilly Ann, named after Matilda Silverthorn and Ann Remine, the two young women that allegedly first climbed Peak 8. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Mount Tillyann near Breckenridge."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0001-048-002 · Part · 1880s-1900
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Studio portrait photograph of an elderly Martha (Silverthorn) Finding wearing a woven hat adorned with roses, ribbon and metal brooch with small chain. Her dark bodice is constructed of an embroidered high-neck collar and vertical flat pleats and lacing down the front placket. The simple pleated shoulders are trimmed with fabric buttons. Circa 1880s-1900s

Agnes Miner Collection
cou-bha BHA.0001 · Collection · 1880s-1910s

Numbering about 80 mounted and unmounted albumen prints, most are by Breckenridge photographer Otto Westerman. Included among the collection are photographs related to the Finding family, such as portraits of both Agnes (Finding) Miner and her mother, Martha (Silverthorn) Finding, the Finding family posed in front of their Breckenridge home, and Charles A. Finding's hardware store on Main Street, Breckenridge. Of interest are the albumen prints dating from the late 1890s that were showcased in a small 12 panel album. Removed for preservation purposes, these prints are of local residents and snowy landscapes taken during the “Big Snow” of 1898-1899. Several photographs are of men, women, and children either posed near or peering through the openings of snow tunnels that were used to access Main Street, Breckenridge businesses.

Miner, Agnes E. (Finding)