A boy stands in the snowy landscape outside the schoolhouse on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1898. Built in 1882, the two-story wood frame schoolhouse featured a bell and bell tower centered on the simple gable roof, and a shed addition on the south side. Brick chimneys rise from both gable ends and sash windows are pedimented throughout. Next door is a side gable frame house. In the foreground is a wooden sidewalk running along the east side of Harris Street. The schoolhouse was torn down and replaced with a brick structure in 1909.
UnidentifiedA cableway transports excavated boulders from the Gold Pan Pit at the Gold Pan Mining Company operations just south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Boulders larger than 8 inches were lifted from the pit by rectangular metal platforms edged on three sides called "stone boats". The cableway transported and disposed the rocks away from the pit. Barney Ford Hill in the background. Early 1900s.
UnidentifiedA dog is asleep on the carpeted floor of the parlor in Charles A. and Martha (Silverthorn) Finding's house on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1893. The room is furnished with area rugs, a secretary desk, a bookcase and a wicker rocking chair in the bay window. Anchoring the room is an ornate cast iron parlor stove. Decorative items throughout include framed pictures and photographs, porcelain plates supported on easels, seashells and vases. Doilies, antimacassars and tasseled cloth runners cover chair backs and tables and heavy tasseled curtains drape the opening to the adjacent music room. A large book is displayed on a metal book stand, probably the Family Bible.
UnidentifiedA young boy sits on the snow above a man leaning against a snowbank along the railroad tracks that serviced the Kilton Gold Reduction Company ore sampler, west of Breckenridge, Colorado, during the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedA man sits in a chair facing away from his desk inside the Colorado Telephone Company in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1899-1920s. On the desk are books, stacks of papers, inkwells and a candlestick telephone (also known as upright desk stands). The carpeted office is also furnished with typewriter desk with a typewriter on top, a wood secretary filled with books, and a bookstand. Taxidermy, two framed "State of Colorado Certificate of Authority" documents, and a hand crank telephone (or telegraph) hang on the wallpapered wall. The company began providing service to Breckenridge in 1899.
UnidentifiedTwo men outside a rustic log cabin in Illinois Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. One man fishes from a log bridge while the other man pans for gold near the cabin entrance. Smoke from the Colorado and Southern (C&S) railroad locomotive is visible on Rocky Point above. Circa early 1900s.
Westerman, OttoA man sits at a desk in the offices of the Gold Pan Mining Company on South Ridge Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. A half wall lined with drawers, shelving and teller windows separates the office from the public space. Hanging on the wall behind him is a row of clipboards and more file drawers, and a clock. Circa early 1900s.
UnidentifiedA person navigates a path in the deep snowdrifts in front of the Gaymon's and Tressler's houses on the west side of Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, during the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedA woman and young girl are standing in the snowy landscape to the east of Edwin Carter's log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. Looking west with a view of Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range in the background. Circa 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedA woman stands with a girl and boy outside a snow tunnel crossing Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, in the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. The stone front of Charles A. Finding's hardware store is in view behind them.
UnidentifiedA woman stands under a snow-covered evergreen outside her home in Breckenridge on December 25, 1899. Tracks in the snow lead to the open front door. The one and half story frame house featured a multi-gable roof.
UnidentifiedActors pose on stage after the performance held April 11-12, 1913 at the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Hall in Breckenridge, Colorado. Back row, from left to right: Harry Evans, Director; [unidentified]; Laura Paris; [unidentified]; "Mrs. Jones"; Charles Burnheimer; Rose Cummings; [unidentified]; William Briggle. Middle row: Craig Bouton; Agnes Roby. Front row, sitting: Zoe (Gore) Perrin; [unidentified].
UnidentifiedAn elderly man wearing a beret leans on his cane outside a store on Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa after 1912, when the wooden sidewalks were replaced by concrete. The storefront windows advertise "Cigars - Tobacco & Candles - Newsstand". Inside the doorway, a tall glass tabletop cabinet with a curved glass front displays merchandise. More items are displayed in the windows, including card mount photographs on easels.
UnidentifiedOffice in the Gold Pan Mining Company building on South Ridge Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. The room is furnished with two rolltop desks facing each other, a drafting table under one of the two windows, and a radiator. Against one wall is a wood card file cabinet with numerous small drawers over larger drawers; lower shelves are filled with ledger books. More books are on top of one of the desks, and framed certificates adorn the wallpapered walls. Hanging from the wallpapered ceiling is a four globe light fixture.
UnidentifiedBreckenridge, Colorado, looking west, with a view of the snowy peaks of the Tenmile Range in the background. A dirt road winds through the trees in the foreground. Circa 1882-1909.
UnidentifiedThe Breckenridge Band dressed in suits pose with their instruments and a dog at the baseball field and ballpark in Breckenridge, Colorado. A baseball player in uniform stands with them in the back row. Identified by arrows drawn on the print: Carl Albee, Detler Roby, Albert Roby, Bob Williams, Fred Simpson and Charles Godfrey. Spectators fill the grandstand behind them. In the background baseball players wait in a log constructed dugout. Circa 1900s.
UnidentifiedBreckenridge Band members pose for a group portrait in front of Fireman's Hall on Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1900s. They wear uniforms buttoned up the front with shoulder epaulettes; some of the men are dressed in dark suits and necktie. Behind them, parked in front of the large open bay is a convertible automobile decorated with a flag. To the left is the Livery and Feed Store. People are gathered on the wooden sidewalk, including a woman with a baby carriage.
UnidentifiedBreckenridge Band in front of Fireman's Hall on Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1900s. The band members uniforms buttoned up the front with shoulder epaulettes. Some of the men are dressed in dark suits with neckties. Behind them, parked in front of the large open bay is a convertible automobile decorated with a flag. People are gathered on the wooden sidewalk, including a woman with a baby carriage. To the left is the Livery and Feed Store. Pictured far right, outside the second floor of the fire station, is a wooden structure, probably an exterior stairwell.
Westerman, OttoBreckenridge Band members kneel or stand with their musical instruments on the wooden sidewalk in front of Fireman's Hall on Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s-1900s. Star patterned bunting decorates the open bay and flags on poles hang inside. The band members wear boater or fedora style hats, neckties and white, long sleeved collared shirts tucked into belted white pants. Some of the men have suitcoats. Instruments include: trumpets, drums, horns.
UnidentifiedBasketball players from the 1923 Breckenridge High School basketball team pose for a group portrait on the steps outside the brick schoolhouse on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The coach is probably the man wearing a cardigan over a collared shirt and narrow necktie. Most of the players are wearing knee pads with their uniforms. The boy in the front row is holding a basketball painted with the numbers "23". The only person identified is William E. Robinson, second row, far left.
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