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cou-bha BHA.0001-001 · Item · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Justen G. "Jess" Oakley and Eli Fletcher carry the mail down snow-covered Main Street, Breckenridge, during the "Big Snow" event of 1898-1899. The men volunteered to ski over Boreas Pass to Como, where the Denver, South Park and Pacific (DSP&P) railway was stopped. Heavy snowstorms prevented trains from delivering mail, fresh food and other supplies. Quoted from handwritten text on the reverse: "US mail via snow shoe winter of the 78 day blockade".

Westerman, Otto
"View on Farncom hill."
cou-bha BHA.0006-026-001 · Part · 1895
Part of J. Frank Willis Photograph Album

The Great Flume going around the hill opposite Mount Guyot (in background), northeast of Breckenridge, Colorado in autumn of 1895. In the snow, a man stands next to the waist-high wooden flume while a dog sits on top. Title quoted from handwritten caption on card mount: "View on Farncom [sic] hill."

Westerman, Otto
cou-bha JTS.001-003-069-001 · Part · 1970-1972
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

Postcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Breckenridge At Dawn; I-70/US 6 and Colorado 9; Ski Country; Colorado" and "Breckenridge Ski Area Peaks 8 and 9 in background with a full moon over their summits. Touched by the light of the rising sun. The old mining town turned resort." One of six detachable postcards folded into a packet.

cou-bha BHA.0001-011-001 · Part · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Two girls stand in the entrance of a snow tunnel during the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. They wear berets and are dressed in wool coats with fur-trimmed capelet. Behind them is the Livery building on the east side of Main Street, Breckenridge. Handwritten on the reverse: "One of my best efforts".

Unidentified
cou-bha JTS.001-004-001 · Item · 1963-1967
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

Jon and Betty Jo Ballard pose with Larry Raff (dressed in sheepskin and a Viking-style helmet with horns) to be photographed by John A. Topolnicki Sr. in celebration of Breckenridge's Ullr Dag Festival. A dog moved to sit up just as the photograph was taken. Behind them is the Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant at the base of Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha BHA.0020-001 · Item
Part of Summit Historical Society Photograph Collection

A group of people pose on long wooden skis. They hold long wooden poles for balance. The women wear hats and ankle length ruffled skirts and long wool overcoats. One small child is seated on a sled. The snowy mountain peaks of the Tenmile Range are in the background. Title quoted from printed caption on card mount: "Snow-Shoe party in the Rocky Mountains, Breckenridge, Colo, April 10th, 1884. Snow 4 feet deep."

Churchill, W.D.
cou-bha BHA.0021-001 · Item · 1964
Part of Love Family Collection

Aerial oblique photograph taken in 1964 shows the town of Breckenridge, Colorado and the Breckenridge Ski Area on Peak 8. Photographic print mounted on board. Quoted from text handwritten on the back of the board: "For Andy Love - To remember his summer of labor on the mountain - 1964! Sincerely, S[illegible] Catlin, Pres. Breckenridge Lands Inc." Also on the board backing is a round Breckenridge Lands Inc. sticker with the mountain sunburst B logo.

Unidentified
cou-bha JTS.001-003-069-002 · Part · 1970-1972
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

Postcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Breckenridge Ski Area; I-70/US 6 and Colorado 9; Ski Country; Colorado" and "Mach I moguls on Peak 8. Degree of Difficulty - Advanced." One of six detachable postcards folded into a packet.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha JTS.001-003-002 · Item · 1962-1972
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

Postcard, a "Colorado SPECTA-VUE" by John Topolnicki. Caption on the reverse: "Arapahoe Basin Ski Area; U S 6 - Western Slope of Loveland Pass Colorado - Ski Country U. S. A." and "Alpine skiing on (12,500') Mt. Norway from November to June. Serviced by (3) double chair lifts and (5) Poma lifts."

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha JTS.001-004-002 · Item · 1962-1972
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

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.
cou-bha JTS.001-001-001-002 · Item · 1962-1972
Part of John A. Topolnicki Sr. Photographic Collection

"Ski Photography Shoppe" on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Owner John A. Topolnicki, Sr. photographed Colorado backcountry scenes, abandoned mine sites and views of early Breckenridge, Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and Steamboat Springs ski resorts. He turned his photographs into postcards and posters for sale to tourists.

Topolnicki Sr., John A.
cou-bha BHA.0001-003 · Item · 1899
Part of Agnes Miner Collection

Snow cleared from the railroad tracks and spur that serviced the Kilton Gold Reduction Company ore sampler west of Breckenridge, Colorado, in the winter of the "Big Snow" of 1898-1899. Quoted from print on reverse: "RR yds Breckenridge 1899".

Unidentified