Collection

J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

• circa 1880s-1903 (Creation)

61 photographs (1 album) mounted on 50 board-like pages; album 14 x 11.25 x 1.5 inches, black pebbled-leather cover.

J. Frank Willis gave this souvenir album as a gift to his sister, Pauline (Willis) Merritt. The album contains photographs by Breckenridge photographer Otto Westerman. Various subjects include town views, mine site landscapes, railroad tracks through gulches and Willis' property on Gibson Hill. Some are of the Ten Mile Canyon outside of Frisco, Colorado and one photograph is of Tom's Baby (the largest piece of wire gold found in Colorado).

Pages are in the original sequence and context as imposed by the album creator.

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• Citation: "J. Frank Willis Photograph Album. Breckenridge History, Colorado."

• Breckenridge, CO
• Frisco, CO

• Willis, J. Frank (Subject)

• Albums
• Photographs