Snowy landscape in French Gulch, southeast of Breckenridge. In view are snow-covered piles of dredged rock leftover from the two gold dredging boats that worked the gulch from 1898 to 1942.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Snow covers the rock tailings left behind by gold dredging operations, with Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in view.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.View looking south on snowy Main Street in Breckenridge. In the right foreground is the National Saloon building, built in 1862.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.View of the snow-covered peaks of the Tenmile Range, looking west from Bald Mountain along Boreas Pass in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.View of the Peak 8 ski runs at Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. In the foreground a pair of snowshoes sink into deep, powdery snow. Probably on Boreas Pass, southeast of Breckenridge.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.View of the Peak 8 ski runs at Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. In the foreground a pair of snowshoes sink into deep, powdery snow. Probably taken from somewhere on Boreas Pass to the east.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A snowy road, probably the route along Boreas Pass on Bald Mountain, with a view of Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range in the background. Southeast of Breckenridge in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.View of the town of Breckenridge and snow-covered dredge piles left behind by gold dredging operations. Looking east from Shock Hill, with Bald Mountain in the background.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Snowy landscape with a view of Peak 9 and Peak 10 of the Tenmile Range in Colorado. The photograph was taken before ski runs or trails were cut on Peak 9 in 1970.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Looking west across a snow-covered landscape with a view of Peak 2 (Tenmile Peak) and Peak 1 of the Tenmile Range in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.View of a snowy landscape from Boreas Pass road on with the Tenmile Range in the background. East of Breckenridge, Colorado. Printed caption across the bottom of the image: "Breckenridge -- Ski Country, U.S.A." On the reverse: "A 'Colorado Specta-Vue' by John Topolnicki".
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Snowy landscape at sunset with a view (from left to right) of Peak 2 (known as Tenmile Peak), Peak 1, Mount Victoria and Mount Royal of the Tenmile Range in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Postcard, a "Colorado SPECTA-VUE" by John Topolnicki. Caption on the reverse: "Breckenridge Ski Area Off U. S. Highway 6 - On Colorado 9 Colorado - Ski Country U. S. A." and "In the Ten Mile Range - 19 excellent runs for skiers of all abilities - over 20 miles of well-groomed slopes, trails and powder runs. 3 double chair lifts and 3 T-bar lifts."
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Snowy landscape in Breckenridge, Colorado, looking west with Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range in the background. A split rail fence borders a property surrounded by evergreen trees. Circa 1890s.
UnidentifiedSnowy landscape of Breckenridge, looking west on Lincoln Avenue with the Tenmile Range in the background, circa 1898. The two-story frame schoolhouse stands on the corner of Lincoln and Harris Street. Built in 1882, the school featured a bell tower centered on the multi-gabled roof. The large white frame building in the left background is St. Mary's Catholic Church, facing east on French Street, before it had a bell tower installed in 1899. On the north end of French Street is Father Dyer United Methodist Church, at its original location before the county courthouse was built on the same lot in 1908.
UnidentifiedSnowy landscape view of Breckenridge from the east side of the Blue River, facing the Tenmile Range. In the foreground a wooden bridge and wooden flume cross the river on Washington Avenue at Montgomery Street. The flume beside the bridge is the water line coming into town. Far right is a mill. Circa early 1900s, before dredging began on the Blue River.
UnidentifiedSnowy landscape view of Edwin Carter's log cabin and museum in Breckenridge, looking west with the Tenmile Range in the background. Circa 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedSnowy landscape of Breckenridge, Colorado, looking east at the railroad tracks on Barney Ford Hill, with Bald Mountain in the background. Smoke rises from the stovepipes on wood frame buildings and houses. In view on the west side of Main Street, from left: the back of Denver Hotel's two buildings side-by-side; an unidentified structure with an angled roof; rear view of the Arlington Hotel, including the backside of its curvilinear false front; J.A. Turk and Company drugstore and saloon; and other structures and houses. Circa April 1899.
UnidentifiedPostcard, "The Hanging Tree" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse: "Snowscapes of the Colorado Rockies" and "A portion of the Gore Range as seen from interstate Highway 70, approaching Breckenridge - Dillon - Frisco - Silverthorne interchange."
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Photomechanical print of a photograph by John Topolnicki shows a view of a snowy landscape from Boreas Pass road on Bald Mountain, with the Tenmile Range in the background. East of Breckenridge, Colorado. Stamped: "Colorado Photography Topolnicki".
Topolnicki Sr., John A.