A man sits in a chair facing away from his desk inside the Colorado Telephone Company in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1899-1920s. On the desk are books, stacks of papers, inkwells and a candlestick telephone (also known as upright desk stands). The carpeted office is also furnished with typewriter desk with a typewriter on top, a wood secretary filled with books, and a bookstand. Taxidermy, two framed "State of Colorado Certificate of Authority" documents, and a hand crank telephone (or telegraph) hang on the wallpapered wall. The company began providing service to Breckenridge in 1899.

Interior of Edwin Carter's museum with Colorado wildlife taxidermy on display. Specimens include bison, bobcats, a donkey colt or filly, and elk and deer mounts. The black bear taxidermy mount is posed standing and holding a wine bottle. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "Carter Museum, showing wild Animals, captured in Colorado." Circa 1880s-1890s.

Edwin Carter's bird taxidermy in his log cabin and museum on Ridge Street in Breckenridge. Specimens include a bald eagle, a variety of small birds perched on tree branches, and numerous bird eggs in cartons. In the left foreground is a pheasant taxidermy posed standing on a branch mount.

Edwin Carter's taxidermy collection of Colorado birds on display in his log cabin and museum in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s. Specimens on the shelves include a bald eagle, a tree branch with a variety of smaller birds, bird eggs, and small bags and cartons filled with more items.

Edwin Carter's taxidermy collection of Colorado birds on display in his log cabin and museum in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s.

Edwin Carter's collection of ptarmigan taxidermy mounts displayed on wood shelves in his log cabin home and museum on Ridge Street in Breckenridge. Carter sought to collect a specimen for every day of the year to record its seasonal plumage colors, from white in the winter to gray-brown in spring-summer.

Edwin Carter's taxidermy on display in his log cabin and museum on Ridge Street in Breckenridge. Specimens on the shelves include, from top to bottom, bighorn sheep, bald eagle, a variety of birds perched on tree branches, and numerous bird eggs in cartons. In the foreground is a pheasant taxidermy posed standing on a branch mount.

Edwin Carter's taxidermy inside his log cabin and museum on Ridge Street in Breckenridge. Specimens include bison, bobcats, wolf, and bighorn sheep full body mounts, and deer and elk shoulder mounts. A black bear taxidermy mount is posed standing with a wine bottle.

Edwin Carter's taxidermy on display in his log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. Specimens include bison, bobcats, mountain lions and deer full body mounts, and bison, bighorn sheep, deer and elk shoulder mounts on the wall. Far left is a black bear taxidermy mount posed standing with a wine bottle.

Edwin Carter's taxidermy collection of Colorado animals and birds on display in his log cabin and museum in Breckenridge, Colorado. Specimens include two bison, bobcats, a wolf, big-horned sheep, deer and elk mounts, and a black bear holding a wine bottle. Circa 1890s.

Edwin Carter's taxidermy on display in his log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. In the foreground is a taxidermy full body mount of a mountain goat posed standing on a wooden crate. Above is a golden eagle taxidermy with a white snowshoe hare or rabbit in its claws. Several rifles hang on the wallpapered wall with bighorn sheep and deer taxidermy shoulder mounts.

Edwin Carter's taxidermy collection of Colorado wildlife on display in his log cabin and museum in Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s. Includes mountain goat, big horn sheep, deer and elk mounts, and a small burro with pack. Of note is the golden eagle with a snowshoe hare in its claws mounted on the wall.