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cou-bha BHA.0001-051 · Item · 1880s-1900s
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Photographer's contact sheet with four small, individual prints. From top: Four children sit on a burro, with one young girl holding the reins; a man stands next to a burro carrying a load: burro pack train; burro pack train carrying pipes. Breckenridge photographer Otto Westerman's stamp is on the reverse. Circa 1880s-1900s.

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0001-060 · Item · 1880-1900
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

View of a rock retaining wall and the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) narrow gauge railroad tracks on the way down from the Alpine Tunnel on Alpine Pass near Pitkin, Colorado. Paywell Mountain stands in the background. Handwritten on the reverse "Palisades at Alpine Pass near Pitkin DSP&P RR." Stamped "O. Westerman, Photographer, Breckenridge, - Colorado."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0001-061 · Item · 1880s
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Railroad tracks through Platte Canyon, along the Platte River. Cathedral Peaks in the background. Handwritten on the reverse "Cathedral Peaks in Platte Canon [sic] Below Buffalo, Colo" and stamped "O. Westerman, Photographer, Breckenridge, - Colorado."

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

The town of Breckenridge, Colorado looking west from Barney Ford Hill. Tenmile Range in the background. Handwritten caption on card mount: "Breckenridge from Niggerhill, showing ten Mile range, 13,000 feet above Sea level six miles distance."

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
"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.0006-012 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Breckenridge, Colorado looking north down the Blue River valley. Railroad tracks are visible on Barney Ford Hill. The steep hillside is sparsely covered with thin trees. In the far distance is the snow-covered peak of Buffalo Mountain. Abbreviated title taken from handwritten caption on card mount: "Breckenridge, looking down the Blue river valley, showing R.R. track on Niggerhill to the right and Buffalo Mountain at Dillon, ten miles distance."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-015 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Denver South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railroad tracks leading out of Frisco, Colorado and going up into the Ten Mile Canyon. A man stands in the snow next to the tracks. Across the tracks is a log cabin and a horse drawn wagon or buggy. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "The Mountains, as they appear in ten mile Canon [sic]."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-017 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Looking west down Lincoln Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado, with the Tenmile Range in the background. The 1882-built frame schoolhouse stands prominently on the south side of the dirt street. Some houses have fences bordering their property. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "The snowy range of Mountains from Lincoln Ave."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-023 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Denver South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) narrow gauge railroad tracks in the Ten Mile Canyon, outside of Frisco, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View of South Park R.R. in ten mile Canon [sic]."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-024 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Breckenridge, Colorado looking northwest from railroad grade on Barney Ford Hill at 500 feet above town. A man stands next to the tracks in front of the locomotive stopped at Engineer's Curve. Two other men lean on the metal frame attached to the front of the train (called a "cow-catcher"). Tenmile Range in the distance. Handwritten caption on card mount: "Breckenridge from the railway grade on Niggerhill, at an elevation of 500 ft. above town."

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.0006-032 · 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.0006-033 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

At the base of Mount Royal near the west end of Frisco, Colorado two men and a dog sit on the ground near a bridge over Ten Mile Creek. Across the water, almost hidden by willows is a simple gable wooden building (possibly the railway depot). Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Royal Mountain at Frisco. 2,500 ft. in height."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-035 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

A man walks on the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railroad tracks at the base of Mount Royal along Ten Mile Creek. On the left is a simple-gable wooden structure. West of Frisco, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View on the South Park railway near Breckenridge."

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
cou-bha BHA.0006-041 · Item · circa 1880s-1903
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

View of Breckenridge and the snow-covered peaks of the Tenmile Range looking southwest from Gibson Hill. The location of the Willis family property is indicated by a pink color tint on the building's roof. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View from the Willis property on Gibson hill, 1000 ft above town, showing Breckenridge in the distance."

Westerman, Otto