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Boys 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.

During the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899, Ezra Stewart, in dark cape overcoat and hat, and his wife, Ada, walk a dog with William Briggle on the snowy road in front of Briggle's snow-loaded house on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado.

Children 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.

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".

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."

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.

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.

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

Studio portrait photograph of Martha (Silverthorn) Finding, wife of Charles A. Finding and resident of Breckenridge, Colorado.

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."

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".

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."

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.