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cou-bha BHA.0020-126 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

A man dressed in a suit coat and hat, and wearing pants tucked into tall, laced boots, stands on the dirt road outside the Wellington Mine and Mill operations in French Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Behind him is a large stack of lumber and finished mine timbers. Smoke fills the view in the background. Circa June 1913.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-062 · Item · 1900s
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

A snow plow moves snow to the side of a road in Aspen, Colorado. In the background is a two-story wood frame house. Handwritten on the reverse: "Aspen (?)". Stamped "RAYS LaCrosse, Wis. Nationally Known Guaranteed Prints" and "A24."

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-042 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Buildings fronted with concrete sidewalks line both sides of Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, looking north. Circa after 1912. Utility poles line the east side of the dirt packed street. Across the street, two men and a dog stand outside the building adjacent to Evans Pharmacy. To the right is the Denver Hotel. The balcony and covered portico has been removed and boards are placed across the second floor doors. Next is a front gable two and half story frame building, then Bruch's Barbershop and Store with a barber pole out front. Further north is the Silverthorn Hotel.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-043 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

The west side of North Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1890s-early 1900s. Men stand on the wooden sidewalk outside the Corner Saloon owned by Johnny Dewers. Next door is a two-story flat roof building with awnings that advertise "W.P. Condon - Hardware - Dry Goods". More false front and wood frame buildings line the dirt packed street.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-149 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

The Evans hydraulic elevator system at the the Gold Pan Mining Company south of Breckenridge, Colorado, with a view of the elevated trestle and sluice. Tailings were hauled up the elevated wooden trestle by ore trolley and dumped over the edge, away from the Blue River and Gold Pan excavating pit. The sluice was used to collect potential gold-bearing dirt and gravel. Mine buildings in the background, with a view of Barney Ford Hill. Circa early 1900s.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-148 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Evans elevator system and excavation pit at the Gold Pan Mining Company just south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Water diverted from the Blue River was forced under tremendous pressure down one pipe into the pit. A second pipe hydraulically lifted rocks, dirt, water and potential gold to the elevated trestle and sluice. Tailings were moved by conveyor belt into an ore trolley; the trolley hauled the rocks up the elevated wooden trestle and dumped them over the edge, away from the pit. In the background are houses on Ridge Street. Circa early 1900s.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-080 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Freemason procession up Lincoln Avenue in Breckenridge, Colorado to the cornerstone dedication for the Summit County Courthouse on July 31, 1909. Members from Breckenridge Lodge No. 47 and lodges from outside Summit County, including Denver's Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M., gathered for the ceremony.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-077 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Freemasons 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.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-138 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Evans elevator system at the Gold Pan Mining Company operations south of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa early 1900s. Water diverted from the Blue River was forced under tremendous pressure down one pipe into the pit. A second pipe hydraulically lifted rocks, dirt, water and potential gold to the elevated trestle and sluice. Tailings were moved by conveyor belt into an ore trolley; the trolley hauled the rocks up the elevated wooden trestle and dumped them over the edge, away from the pit. In the background are the Gold Pan Shops, including the pipe making shop and dipping tank; machine, blacksmith and carpenter shop; and pipe flanging and shearing shop. Also, the Gold Pan office building with dormer windows. Barney Ford Hill is in view, with Illinois Gulch to the southeast.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-151 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Goldpan Engineering and Mine Supply machine shops, a subsidiary of the Gold Pan Mining Company, at the south end of Ridge Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1901. The Goldpan shops consisted of three main buildings and numerous outbuildings: pipe shop (left); machine, blacksmith, wood working shop, and power plant with a tall smokestack (center); and a warehouse for boiler plate storage (right). The two story, multi gable wood frame building with dormer windows is the Gold Pan Mining Company office. In the foreground are the Colorado and Southern (C&S) railroad tracks. Barney Ford Hill in the background.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0011-001-127-003 · Part · 1975 August
Part of Town of Breckenridge Inventory of Historic District Structures, 1975-1980

Handwritten on reverse: "Y & M [Yingling and Mickles], Block 8, Lots 5-6". The grassy lot is east of the Alice Milne House at 102 North Harris Street. Far left is a view of Father Dyer Methodist Church at 105 South French Street, before it was moved to Wellington Avenue. Longbranch Condominiums and the Tenmile Range in the background.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0012-021 · Item · circa 1930s-1940s
Part of Breckenridge History Photograph Collection

Kaiser's residence on Ridge Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Constructed in 1885 as the home of Mr. Ira A. Cammett, the property was acquired in 1891 by Johann Christian ("Chris") Kaiser. Chris and his wife, Ida, were long-time proprietors of Kaiser's Market on Lincoln Avenue. They raised three sons in this house, Edwin, Harold, and Carl. The home featured a west facing square bay window and a second floor dormer window on the south side. Within the fenced yard are stairs leading up to the front porch and entrance. St. Mary's Church and its bell and belfry (added in 1899) is in the background.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-040 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Looking north on snow-covered Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1899-1910. False front and wood frame buildings and utility poles line both sides of the street. In view on the left is Evans Pharmacy and the Denver Hotel (with covered portico and balcony). Across the street is Firemen's Hall (with bell tower).

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0012-022 · Item · circa 1930s-1940s
Part of Breckenridge History Photograph Collection

Main Street, Breckenridge, Colorado looking north. Hotels and businesses line both sides of the dirt road. In the left foreground is the Arlington Hotel, recognizable by its curvilinear false-front and wide open porch with balcony. A few doors down is the Denver Hotel with a sign for Evans Pharmacy. Across the street is the 1892-built front-gable Arcade Hotel. Barely visible in the background is the hose drying tower on Fireman's Hall. Along the wooden sidewalks are utility poles.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-039 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Main Street Breckenridge, between Lincoln Avenue and Washington Avenue, looking north. Circa 1882-1890. This detailed image shows the covered portico of the Denver Hotel, with a man sitting in a chair on the wooden boardwalk. A dog waits nearby on the dirt street. Next door to the hotel stands a barbershop pole, and beyond, barely visible, is the sign for the Saddle Rock restaurant. Across the street (east side) are more wood frame false front businesses and Fireman's Hall with bell tower. A wagon is parked in front of the Livery.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-011-008 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Melting snowbank exposes a tunnel on the west side of Main Street, Breckenridge, in April 1899. A man interacts with a dog in the foreground. Behind them stands two false-front buildings and the side gabled Silverthorn Hotel. "April 14th, '99" is handwritten on the reverse.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0020-145 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

Company manager George H. Evans (left) and shops superintendent Robert "Bob" Gore (right) stand beside the water diversion headgate run by the Gold Pan Mining Company, south of Breckenridge, Colorado. An unidentified man stands on top of the wooden frame. The nearly four mile long Gold Pan Ditch and connecting pipeline brought water from Indiana Gulch, Pennsylvania Gulch, and the Blue River, to operate the Evans hydraulic elevator system. Circa 1900s.

Unidentified
cou-bha BHA.0001-032 · Item · 1893-07-04
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Looking south on Main Street, Breckenridge, a group of men and one boy stand with their bicycles decorated for an Independence Day celebration or parade on July 4, 1893. The curvilinear false-front of the Arlington House (Hotel) is partly visible in the right foreground. Title quoted from printed text on the item: "4th of July, 1893".

Unidentified