Portrait photograph on card mount of Kathleen Trotter Briggle. Kathleen married William Harrison Briggle in January 1896. The couple lived on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Printed text on the card mount: "The Mantello."
UnidentifiedChildren in costumes pose for a group picture in the open doorway of the 1882-built Breckenridge schoolhouse. A boy in a tuxedo and white bow tie holds a cane and top hat in the front row. Girls in white gowns and bonnets stand beside and behind him, each holding a toy doll.
UnidentifiedPortrait photograph of William Harrison Briggle. William married Kathleen Trotter in January 1896. The couple lived on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Printed text on the card mount: "The Mantello."
UnidentifiedBoys in costumes pose for a group picture in the open doorway of the 1882-built Breckenridge schoolhouse. The boy in the front row, far left, wears a patriotic costume with striped pants, a star-patterned shirt, and a white top hat. Several boys wear knee-length, balloon-pant one-piece costumes, and four of the boys carry violins.
UnidentifiedStudio portrait photograph of Breckenridge resident Martha (Silverthorn) Finding. Mounted on cream card embossed with "D.B. Chase" and "Denver, Colo."
Chase, Dana B.Studio portrait photograph of Breckenridge resident and business owner Charles Augustus Finding. Mounted on cream card embossed with "D.B. Chase" and "Denver, Colo."
Chase, Dana B.Group portrait of the Breckenridge High School (BHS) basketball team for the school year 1946-1947. Standing from left to right: Coach Neilson, Wesley Ludwig, Junior Fletcher (Ted), Bill Hedin, Alfred Sisk, Albert Miller, Wayne Steward. Kneeling: Elmer Lane, Wayne Allen. On Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado.
UnidentifiedStudio portrait photograph of Agnes Eleanor Finding, daughter of Charles and Martha (Silverthorn) Finding. She wears a bow high in her hair. Handwritten on the reverse is "Mrs. Agnes Miner (?) Breckenridge". Circa 1880s-1890s.
UnidentifiedStudio portrait of Agnes (Finding) Miner of Breckenridge, Colorado, and daughter of Charles and Martha (Silverthorn) Finding. The print is mounted in a tri-fold grey-green paper enclosure with "Cooley Denver" embossed on one front panel.
UnidentifiedMembers of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Blue River Lodge No. 49 pose for a group portrait dressed in sack suits and the ceremonial I.O.O.F. sash. Most are wearing white gloves. The men stand side by side or sit in chairs placed in rows along the wooden boardwalk and on the dirt packed street. The photograph was taken in front of a wooden building with large four-pane casement windows, probably in Dillon, Colorado.
Westerman, OttoMembers of Improved Order of Red Men, Kiowa Tribe No. 6 pose for a group portrait. The men are dressed in suits and neckties with a ribbon pinned to their lapel. Circa 1930s. Eli Fletcher is holding a large, inscribed container/urn. Front row: George Bradley; [?] Hemmingway; Ed Carter; Frank "Bumpy" Richards. Middle row: Sid Simpson; Claire Detwiler; Eli Fletcher; [?] McClelland; Earl McClelland. Back row: Paul Burdett; Detler Roby; Tony McDougall; Marion Fletcher; John Hyland; Fred Simpson; Charley Waller; Theodore Knorr.
UnidentifiedBreckenridge, Colorado's three fire departments are represented in this group portrait, taken circa 1880s. Volunteer fire fighters from the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company, the Independent Hose Company, and the Blue River Hose Company are dressed in their uniforms, which include conductor's caps with metal badges, wide belts with edges bound in white leather, and pullover bib shirts with wide lapels. The Blue River Hose Company uniforms also feature buttoned chest protectors with the letter "H" centered on a herald-shaped patch. Far left is Chester Detwiler (next to the burro); to his right is Harry Detwiler. Carl Phillips stands in the back row, center. The other men are not identified. A plank roofed log cabin and evergreens are in the background.
UnidentifiedGroup portrait of six Breckenridge, Colorado, fire fighters dressed in parade uniform and insignia cap, sometime between 1882-1900s. From left to right, front row: Horace Morrison, Earl Phillips, Detler Roby. Back row: Jim Hunter, Fred Simpson, Marion Fletcher. Phillips and Fletcher wear the Blue River Hose Company uniform of a pullover shirt, quilted collar and buttoned chest protector; sewn on the front is a shield-shaped patch with the letter "H". Roby and Hunter wear the uniform of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company (sometimes called the "Hooks"). Their collared dark coats have quilted lapels and buttoned fronts; "Pioneer" is prominent on the cap's insignia. Morrison and Simpson are from the Independent Hose Company. They sport a white collared shirt and necktie under a wide collared pullover shirt.
UnidentifiedStudio portrait of Kathleen "Katie" (Trotter) Briggle, circa 1880s-1890s. Kathleen and her husband William H. Briggle lived in a house on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado.
UnidentifiedStudio portrait of Breckenridge, Colorado resident Minnie (Dusing) Thomas. She is wearing a white or ivory brocade bodice with fabric-covered button trim down the front. Her hair is parted in the middle with low chignon or bun above the ears. Circa 1900s.
UnidentifiedStudio portrait of brothers Sylvenus (also known as Vene) Rogers and Henry (referred to as Harry) Rogers. Both men wear wing-collared white shirts with white silk bowties. Circa 1880s-1910s. Henry owned a furniture store with Milton C. Huntress, on the east side of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, called Huntress and Rogers.
UnidentifiedStudio portrait of William W. Boyd, circa 1900s. Boyd was a blacksmith in Breckenridge, Colorado, from 1886-1904. He was nominated for mayor in 1902. By 1912 Boyd was living on a ranch with his wife, Irene, on the Lower Blue River Valley. Boyd also had mining interests in the Orthodox and Germania Mines outside of Breckenridge in 1937.
UnidentifiedPortrait of William W. Boyd standing in front of a painted photographer's studio backdrop of a rowboat and house. He wears a wide-brimmed western-style hat with a low crown, and is dressed in an overcoat, sack suit, and waistcoat with necktie. Circa 1910s.
UnidentifiedClass portrait taken outside the brick schoolhouse on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Rows of boys and girls pose on the steps with teachers standing in the very back row under the portico. Some boys hold up baseball bats or wear baseball mitts. Circa 1920s.
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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