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The second page from the photo album with a handwritten and signed inscription. Designates Pauline W. Merritt as the recipient of the album as a gift from her brother, J. Frank Willis, and later as a gift from Pauline to her son. Quoted from handwritten text: "Pauline W. Merritt from her brother J. Frank Willis." and in different script "Given by Pauline W. Merritt to her son Jesse Frank Merritt named for her brother J. Frank Willis. 1937"

Monument made from a pile of rocks on the summit of Bald Mountain, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Snow-covered peaks of the Ten Mile Range in the background. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Monument erected by Tourists on the Summit of Bould [sic] Mountain."

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."

Frank Willis sits in a chair next to a bookcase in the front room of his house in Breckenridge, Colorado. Behind him is a curtained window with a row of plants on the windowsill. The door is open to allow outdoor light to stream in through the screen door.

The Washington Mine near Breckenridge, Colorado, with the Tenmile Range in the background. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "The Washington mine, showing ten mile Range."

Placer mining in Summit County, Colorado. Men use pickaxes and a sluice box to prospect for gold in a placer deposit or gulch. Water from the pond above is diverted into a long, sloping wooden trough with grooves on the bottom to separate gold from the extracted rocks, gravel and sand. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Gulch mining".

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."

Spruce Creek Falls (Continental Falls) south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Spruce Creek falls."

Narrow gauge railroad and snow shed over the tracks at Hook Eye Curve in Illinois Park near Breckenridge, Colorado.

Edwin Carter's log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. Built in 1875, the one story log cabin has a shed addition on the south side and a wooden split rail fence around the property. A ladder temporarily leans against the front gable. Town buildings and a view of the Tenmile Range in the background. Circa 1899. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Carter Museum."

Denver South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway on Barney Ford Hill between Boreas Pass and Breckenridge, Colorado, with view of the Tenmile Range in the background. Quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View from Niggerhill, showing Peak eight".

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".

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."

Frank Willis sits at a desk in his house in Breckenridge, Colorado. Behind him is a curtained window with rows of plants on the windowsill.

Jessie Mine and Mill in Gold Run, northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Exterior view of a gold mine."

A miner's pack (or jack) train loaded with supplies, including a stove. Two burros stand on a dirt road lined with wooden frame buildings. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "A pack train."

Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado on May 10, 1899 with four feet of snow. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Main St. Breckenridge four ft of Snow, May 10th 1889."

A dog guides a line of burros hauling ore in pack saddles, Summit County, Colorado. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Jack train loaded with Ore."

Left side of photograph print shows two women on long wooden skis, each holding a pole for balance and braking. The women are wearing hats, ankle length dresses with ruffled edges, and overcoats buttoned up to the collar. In the distance is a railroad locomotive and railroad cars. On the right side of the print is a duplicate image, cropped. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Winter sport on Snow Shoes."

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."