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.
UnidentifiedMain Street, Breckenridge, Colorado looking north. Hotels and businesses line both sides of the dirt road. In the left foreground is the Arlington Hotel, recognizable by its curvilinear false-front and wide open porch with balcony. A few doors down is the Denver Hotel with a sign for Evans Pharmacy. Across the street is the 1892-built front-gable Arcade Hotel. Barely visible in the background is the hose drying tower on Fireman's Hall. Along the wooden sidewalks are utility poles.
UnidentifiedHandwritten on reverse: "B & S [Bartlett and Shock], Lot 75, Building #9, SE face".
UnidentifiedHandwritten on reverse: "B & S [Bartlett and Shock], Lot 75, Building #9, West face".
UnidentifiedHandwritten on reverse: "B & S [Bartlett and Shock]; Lots 77, 78 and 79; Buildings 11, 12 and 13; East face". The Chinese Laundry building is pictured center, with Springmeyer building on the left (105 North Main) and Summit County Journal Office building far right (109 North Main).
UnidentifiedHandwritten on reverse: "Snider, Lot 14, Building 43, ... " [West face].
UnidentifiedHandwritten on reverse: "Snider, Lot 14, Building 44, NW face".
UnidentifiedHandwritten on reverse: "Snider, Lot 15, Building 45, ... " [Southwest face].
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