A man drives a sled pulled by a team of Siberian Husky dogs through the deep snow off Boreas Pass on Bald Mountain. In the background to the west is a view of the ski runs on Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Sin títuloThe bartender serves customers sitting on stools at the bar in the Gold Pan Bar and Restaurant on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The woman sitting on the left, with curlers in her hair, may be Nikki Bergman. Nikki and her husband Verne owned the Gold Pan from the 1960s through the 1970s.
Sin títuloPeople sit at tables and watch a singer accompanied by a bass player and two guitarists perform on stage. Wood beams run across the low tile-covered ceiling, and the walls are painted red. The tables are covered in matching red tablecloths. In the foreground is a woman smoking a cigarette. In a dimly lit bar or lounge in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Sin títuloJusten G. "Jess" Oakley and Eli Fletcher carry the mail down snow-covered Main Street, Breckenridge, during the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899. The men volunteered to ski over Boreas Pass to Como, where the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway was stopped. Heavy snowstorms prevented trains from delivering mail, fresh food and other supplies. Quoted from handwritten text on the reverse: "US mail via snow shoe winter of the 78 day blockade".
Sin títuloThe Finding residence on North Main Street, Breckenridge. Charles stands beside the open gate and his wife Martha holds the reins of a horse on the front lawn. Their daughters, Charline Antoinette "Tonnie" (in dark dress) and Agnes (wearing a striped dress under a white pinafore) stand on the street side of the fence. Laying on the ground between them are two dogs, probably the family's pets. An unpainted picket fence encloses the tree-covered property and in the front yard is a large water fountain.
Sin títuloInterior of the C.A. Finding Hardware Store on Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1894. Charles Finding, in suitcoat and necktie, leans on a desk against the wall. Another well-dressed man stands nearby. Potted plants line the shelf above and in the window. Calendars (dated 1891, 1892, 1893 and 1894) and illustrated posters and prints decorate the wall. A wooden spindle railing separates the office area from public space, with an ornate parlor stove on either side. Another desk, a bookcase and office chairs furnish the room and the corner edge of a glass case is visible in the foreground. Quoted from handwritten text on the reverse: "Probably Mr. Miner's office in his hardware store Breckenridge. Calendar on wall - October 1894".
Sin títuloFreemasons lay the cornerstone for the Summit County Courthouse on Lincoln Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado, in 1909. A large crowd is gathered for the ceremony. Father Dyer Church is in the background. Handwritten on the reverse: "No! Laying the cornerstone of courthouse Breckenridge 1909. Look at Automobile. Father Dyers Church in background."
Sin títuloGroup portrait of the Breckenridge volunteer fire department. The men wear shorts over longjohns, some with a sash tied around the waist. Some men wear a neckscarf and/or a hat. On the reverse is handwritten: "probably volunteer fire dept Breckenridge" and photographer's stamp: "W.D. Churchill, Breckenridge, Colo."
Sin títuloPhotographer's contact sheet with two individual prints. The top image shows a group of people with a dog and two burros on the ridge of a mountain. Bottom image shows two men standing near burros carrying lumber. Breckenridge photographer Otto Westerman's stamp is on the reverse. Circa 1880s-1900s.
Sin títuloStereoview card showing a group of men and women near a canvas tent. Seated at a cloth-covered table are two women and two men having tea. Caption printed under the photograph on the frontside of the card: "2951. Camping Out, Col." Handwritten on the reverse "Hayden Survey?" and stamped "Photographed and Published by Kilburn Brothers, - - Littleton, N.H."
Sin títuloTwo formally-dressed men in a wagon pulled by two horses with a driver travel a narrow road that has been cleared in a snow slide. Probably taken in the Ten Mile Canyon, Colorado, near the Curtain train station where a snow slide occurred on December 15, 1922. Caption on right of photo has a date of 6/8/22, but that may not be correct as snow would have mostly melted by June.
Sin títuloA man sits on ore car tracks coming out of a mine adit (opening) encased with ice. Quote from caption at the bottom of the image: "Ice Tunnel 7:30 6/3/22". Probably the 7:30 Mine on Bald Mountain, east of Breckenridge, Colorado.
Sin títuloMen dig a path in the deep snow after an avalanche buried the railroad tracks in the Ten Mile Canyon, near Frisco, Colorado. On December 15, 1922 two snow slides occurred in the canyon near the Curtin train station, one on the east side and another on the west.
Sin títuloA man, woman and young girl look out the window opening of a horse-drawn passenger carriage or coach piloted by two coachmen. The covered-carriage is decorated with ribbon garland around the body and streamers woven through the four wheels. All are finely dressed; one coachmen wears a top hat. There is a mansion/large house in the background. It appears as though they are traveling in an urban area, possibly somewhere in Colorado.
Sin títuloMen stand outside the Minnie Mine and Mill boardinghouse on Mineral Hill in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. The one-and-half story log building featured a shingled, side gable roof and exterior wooden stairs. A wooden boardwalk fronts the building. The Minnie Mine and Mill was owned by the Blue Hill Mining Company from 1890-1904.
Sin títuloA man stands near the edge of a pond on a hill, with a view of the Brooks-Snider Mine and Mill in the distance. A buck and rail fence borders the property. On the left is a log cabin. Near Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1890s-1900s.
Sin títuloMen outside the buildings at the Groundhog Mine, west of Breckenridge, Colorado. Some of the men are identified by a handwritten number on the photograph: 1. Scott Cooke; 2. Bert Walker; 3. Vene; 4. Frank Brooks. Circa 1898-1913.
Sin títuloCarl Fulton stands outside the log-reinforced portal to the Hot Air Mine. He holds the end of a rope looped around the neck of a small deer with antlers. In the background is a large log structure, probably a mill, on the steep hillside. Near Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1880s-1900s.
Sin títuloThe Gold Pan Mining Company office building on South Ridge Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. The two-story multi gable wood frame building with dormer windows featured five offices on the main floor, with bedrooms and a bath upstairs. A man dressed in a waistcoat and necktie stands on the covered porch. Boulders line the dirt walkway to the entrance. In the background is the elevated scaffold that carried rocks away from the Blue River and Gold Pan excavation pit.
Sin títuloCompany manager George H. Evans (left) and shops superintendent Robert "Bob" Gore (right) stand beside the water diversion headgate run by the Gold Pan Mining Company, south of Breckenridge, Colorado. An unidentified man stands on top of the wooden frame. The nearly four mile long Gold Pan Ditch and connecting pipeline brought water from Indiana Gulch, Pennsylvania Gulch, and the Blue River, to operate the Evans hydraulic elevator system. Circa 1900s.
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