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A man and woman, probably Carl and Esther Kaiser, stand in front of a gold dredge. Signs and notices on the dredge warn "No Admittance" and "Danger No Trespassing". Handwritten caption on the front: "Gold dredge managed by Carl Kaiser 1933-1938". The Yuba dredge (renamed Continental dredge) operated on the Blue River from 1917 to 1938, when it was dismantled and moved to Fairplay, Colorado. It was the last of the nine dredges operating around Breckenridge.

Two skiers take a break from skiing on a ski run on Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The man wears a striped sweater over a white turtleneck, tan ski pants and no hat. Standing upslope from him is a woman dressed in a red jacket and black ski pants. Her blonde hair is loose and covered with a light blue headband. She wears dark framed sunglasses even though the sky is overcast and cloudy.

A couple sitting at a table covered with a jacquard tablecloth listen to a man playing guitar in front of a large diamond lattice window, probably in the Gasthaus bar and restaurant on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Gasthaus served Hungarian food and was owned by Attila Gyrmathy.

A man plays piano on stage in the dimly lit lounge of a restaurant or bar in Breckenridge, Colorado. The rustic interior has hardwood floor and is clad in wood paneling. Beams run across the pitched or vaulted ceiling. A woman sits on the rustic log railing that borders the stage. In the foreground a large wooden wagon wheel leans against the wall.

A skier is covered in snow after falling down on her skis on a ski run at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. One loose ski is uphill but the other ski remains attached to her boot. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low ponytail. She wears a dark red ski sweater over a white turtleneck and coordinating dark red ski pants.

A backcountry skier stops to enjoy the view from Boreas Pass of the Breckenridge ski area and the Tenmile Range. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low ponytail and is covered with a headband.

A woman and young girl are standing in the snowy landscape to the east of Edwin Carter's log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. Looking west with a view of Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range in the background. Circa 1898-1899.

A woman stands with a girl and boy outside a snow tunnel crossing Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, in the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. The stone front of Charles A. Finding's hardware store is in view behind them.

A woman stands under a snow-covered evergreen outside her home in Breckenridge on December 25, 1899. Tracks in the snow lead to the open front door. The one and half story frame house featured a multi-gable roof.

A woman smiles as she sits on a piece of board placed across the wooden beams of a mine structure east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s. She wears a straw boater style hat, high collared shirtwaist, and ankle length skirt with matching jacket. The jacket has a button front and puffed sleeves. The snowy peaks of the Tenmile Range in the background.

On Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area, a woman smiles as she reclines on her skis supported by the straps of her ski poles stuck upright in the snow. She is dressed in a yellow cable sweater, dark blue or black ski pants and black ski boots. Her white-framed sunglasses shield her eyes from the bright sun reflecting off the snow.

A woman wearing a red and white Nordic-patterned sweater and dark framed sunglasses is reclined on skis supported by ski poles stuck in very deep snow. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low pony tail, covered with a headband. The photograph was probably taken somewhere on Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge. In the background is a view of the ski runs on Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.

A woman with strawberry blonde hair sings on stage in a bar or lounge in Breckenridge, Colorado. She wears a white eyelet top with a wide neck and puffed sleeves over a long red and blue bandana-patterned skirt.

A woman, dressed in a white high neck blouse and long dark skirt, sits on a rock outcropping in a mountain valley. She rests one hand on a hat placed next to her and holds a pine bough on her lap with her other hand. Trees and mountain peaks in the background. Colorado, circa late 1800s.

A woman reclining on skis supported by ski poles stuck in the snow looks to the side and smiles at the camera. She is dressed in a yellow cable sweater, dark blue or black ski pants and black ski boots. Her white framed sunglasses are propped up on her head. Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.

A woman wearing a hat and fur-collared coat stands at the end of a path cleared in the snow outside of George Watson's house in Breckenridge, Colorado. Looking east with Barney Ford Hill and Bald Mountain (Mount Baldy) in the background. Handwritten caption on the reverse: "Breckenridge Big Snow 1899".

A woman wearing a hat and fur-collared coat stands at the end of a deep trench cleared in the snow outside of George Watson's house in Breckenridge, Colorado. Looking east with Barney Ford Hill and Bald Mountain (Mount Baldy) in the background. Handwritten caption on the reverse: "View from y'd at G.B. Watsons April 20th '99".

From her seat at a table in a dimly lit restaurant in Breckenridge, Colorado, a woman unrolls scroll with a handwritten menu beginning with the words: "The Ullr [?] of this Kingdom of Breckenridge..." The menu lists a selection of dishes, including soup du jour (soup of the day), beef tenderloin, king crab legs, and more. Probably a special dinner offer in celebration of Breckenridge's Ullr Dag Winter Festival. The man on her left looks over her shoulder, and the couple across the table listen as she reads the document aloud.

A view from the side of a woman reclining on skis supported by ski poles stuck in the snow. She is wearing white framed sunglasses and is dressed in a yellow cable sweater, dark blue or black ski pants and black ski boots. On Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.

A woman in a belted white dress and flat wide brim hat poses with her bicycle in front of a leafy bush. She wears black wool stockings and black leather lace up shoes. Behind her is a wrought iron gate and fence bordering what appears to be a dirt sidewalk and a road. In the background is a frame house with a porch, and trees. Probably in Denver, Colorado. Circa 1890s.