Ambrotype of French Gulch Mining Camp, Breckenridge

The Breckenridge History archives recently acquired an ambrotype of a local mining camp.  Originally gifted to the Montana Historical Society,  Photo Archives Manager Jeff Malcomson researched the one-of-a-kind photograph and discovered that the location did not match either of the two French Gulch locations in Montana. Upon further investigation, he was able to confirm that the image actually matched French Gulch in Breckenridge.  Read more here.

Ambrotype of French Gulch mining camp, Breckenridge, Colorado

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I am a former curator of photography at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, now living in Colorado. I created this blog to share my research on 19th century Colorado photographers.

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