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cou-bha BHA.0004-001-001-001 · Part · 1880s
Part of Town of Breckenridge Clerk's Office Historical Records

Blank business license form issued from the State of Colorado by Authority of the Town of Breckenridge. Permission is given to the license applicant to "maintain and carry on the following described business of ____". The License sets term limits and has blank signature spaces for a Witness, the Recorder, and Mayor.

Town of Breckenridge Clerk's Office
"View on Farncom hill."
cou-bha BHA.0006-026-001 · Part · 1895
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

The Great Flume going around the hill opposite Mount Guyot (in background), northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado in autumn of 1895. In the snow, a man stands next to the waist-high wooden flume while a dog sits on top. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View on Farncom [sic] hill."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0006-029-002 · Part · 1895
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

Looking west down Washington Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado at smoke from a huge fire burning near town, circa 1895. Far right is the 1882-built wooden schoolhouse. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View showing first fire on the Mountains".

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha BHA.0001-011-009 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Snow almost reaches the second story of houses on the west side of North Main Street in Breckenridge during the "Big Snow" winter of 1898-1899. From left to right: Mr. Christy's house, Oren K. and Augusta Gaymon's house, and Mrs. James Tressler's house.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-011-001 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Two girls stand in the entrance of a snow tunnel during the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. They wear berets and are dressed in wool coats with fur-trimmed capelet. Behind them is the Livery building on the east side of Main Street, Breckenridge. Handwritten on the reverse: "One of my best efforts".

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-011-004 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Tall snow banks flank the sides of a shoveled path leading to a house in Breckenridge, Colorado, during the "Big Snow" winter of 1898-1899. Minnie Roby, dressed in a hat, scarf and long coat, stands on the cleared path. A man and woman (probably Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert) are at the front door.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-011-005 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

A woman wearing a hat and fur-collared coat stands at the end of a deep trench cleared in the snow outside of George Watson's house in Breckenridge, Colorado. Looking east with Barney Ford Hill and Bald Mountain (Mount Baldy) in the background. Handwritten caption on the reverse: "View from y'd at G.B. Watsons April 20th '99".

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-011-006 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Looking north on snow-covered Main Street, Breckenridge, during the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. False front and wood frame buildings line both sides of the street. In the left foreground, Ezra Stewart, wearing a dark cape overcoat and hat, stands on top of a tall snowbank in front of the Arlington Hotel.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-011-008 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Melting snowbank exposes a tunnel on the west side of Main Street, Breckenridge, in April 1899. A man interacts with a dog in the foreground. Behind them stands two false-front buildings and the side gabled Silverthorn Hotel. "April 14th, '99" is handwritten on the reverse.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-011-011 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Three women look through a snow tunnel across Main Street in Breckenridge during the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. The women wear feathered hats and are dressed in puff-shouldered short-waisted jacket bodices over long box-pleat skirts. To keep warm, they hold their hands inside fur muffs. Behind them is the Livery building on the east side of the street.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-011-012 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Ezra Stewart, wearing a cape overcoat and hat, stands in almost waist deep snow outside Hawkins' cabin on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Ridge Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. In view (center right) is the Fireman's Hall building, with a bell tower and adjacent hose drying tower. Snowy Tenmile Range in the background. During the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-011-010 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Men and women sit or stand at the entrance of a snow tunnel used to access the Denver Hotel on the west side of Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, during the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. Snowfall totaled over 32 feet that winter; it was so deep it reached the hotel's second-floor balcony.

Unidentified
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