Aerial oblique photograph taken in 1964 shows the town of Breckenridge, Colorado and the Breckenridge Ski Area on Peak 8. Photographic print mounted on board. Quoted from text handwritten on the back of the board: "For Andy Love - To remember his summer of labor on the mountain - 1964! Sincerely, S[illegible] Catlin, Pres. Breckenridge Lands Inc." Also on the board backing is a round Breckenridge Lands Inc. sticker with the mountain sunburst B logo.
UnidentifiedSheet film negatives circa 1910-1920s showing snow slides blocking the railroad in Ten Mile Canyon. Also, views of mine sites and structures east of Breckenridge and near Montezuma, Colorado.
Sayre, Robert H.A group of people pose on long wooden skis. They hold long wooden poles for balance. The women wear hats and ankle length ruffled skirts and long wool overcoats. One small child is seated on a sled. The snowy mountain peaks of the Tenmile Range are in the background. Title quoted from printed caption on card mount: "Snow-Shoe party in the Rocky Mountains, Breckenridge, Colo, April 10th, 1884. Snow 4 feet deep."
Churchill, W.D.Holiday postcard shows a snowy landscape and Helen Rich and Belle Turnbull's log cabin on French Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. In the background is Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range. Printed below the image are the words: "The Season's Greetings".
Westerman, OttoHoliday postcard shows a snowy landscape and Helen Rich and Belle Turnbull's log cabin on French Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Printed below the image are the words: "The Season's Greetings".
Westerman, OttoFreemasons pose in the snow for a group portrait outside Masonic Lodge No. 47, on the corner of Main Street and Washington Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado. The young men are dressed in sack suits, neckties and hats. Standing in the back row: [unidentified], Clyde McAdoo (on the right). Middle row: [unidentified], Oscar Paris (with white necktie), [unidentified]. Kneeling, front row: Harry Player, Bill Davis, [unidentified]. The two-story false front clapboard building has a glass storefront with an inset entry. Above between two sash windows is the Masonic symbol "G" enclosed in a square and compass and the number "47". Circa 1900s-1920s.
UnidentifiedA section of the "Great Flume" called the Swan River and Georgia Gulch flume, northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1905-1906. In the foreground, a waste gate diverts water downhill when a repair on the wooden flume was needed.
Westerman, OttoPhotograph taken by Otto Westerman for the Wapiti Mining Company circa 1896. Shows the view of the Great Flume on Farncomb Hill above American Gulch, six miles east of Breckenridge, Colorado. The buildings of Dog Town can be seen below. This area was known for its crystallized gold.
Westerman, OttoView of the Great Flume in American Gulch, located on Farncomb Hill near Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1896. The mill, originally built for the Victoria Gold Mining Company in 1887, is in view on the steep hillside.
UnidentifiedMine waste dumps or mine tailings at the Wellington Mine in French Gulch east of Breckenridge, Colorado. In the background is a view of the snow-covered peaks of the Tenmile Range.
UnidentifiedThe rotary snow plow and several train engines are stopped in a deep drift of snow covering the railroad tracks on Barney Ford Hill, east of Breckenridge, Colorado, in April 1899. A well-dressed man stands on a rock overlooking the tracks, while shovelers dig out debris buried under snow that could damage the rotary's blades. View of snowy Tenmile Range in the background.
UnidentifiedPlumes of smoke rise from the train engines pushing the rotary snow plow through deep snow covering the railroad tracks on its way to Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa April 1899.
Westerman, OttoRotary snow plow leaving Breckenridge, Colorado, during the Big Snow event of 1898-1899. Between four and six helper train engines were required to push the rotary because it was not self-propelled.
UnidentifiedMen watch the rotary snow plow clear deep drifts of snow off the railroad tracks near Breckenridge, Colorado. Probably during the Big Snow event of 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedPeople on or above the rotary snow plow stopped in one of the cuts through the deep snow drifts at Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Standing on the tracks below, a man holds a shovel high against the exposed side walls to show the snow depth. With him is another man and a boy with two dogs. Circa April 1899.
Westerman, OttoView looking southwest from Boreas Pass, above Breckenridge, Colorado. Pictured far left is Quandary Peak, the highest summit in the Tenmile Range.
Westerman, OttoA rotary snow plow and four or five helper engines prepare to leave Breckenridge, Colorado, and begin the slow ascent to Boreas Pass east of town. Snowy Tenmile Range in the background. Circa February 1899, during the Big Snow event of 1898-1899.
Westerman, OttoSnowy landscape view of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking east toward the railroad tracks on Barney Ford Hill. Plumes of smoke are visible rising from the rotary snowplow railroad engines. Bald Mountain in the background. During the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899.
Westerman, OttoPlumes of smoke rise from train locomotives leaving snowy Breckenridge, Colorado. In the background is a view of Peak 8 in the Tenmile Range. Probably circa 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedLog cabins and structures are buried under deep snow, somewhere near Breckenridge, Colorado.
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