Kodachrome color slide transparencies feature views in and around Breckenridge, including mountain landscapes, abandoned mine sites and wildflowers. Some are views of skiers gathering outside Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant, riding Chairlift 1, and skiing the snowy trails at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Postcards and photographic material created by photographer John Albert Topolnicki Sr. featuring the Colorado natural landscape, mountains, abandoned mine sites, ski areas and similar subjects. His photographs are considered the best historical record of Breckenridge Ski Resort and Summit County, Colorado landscapes in the early 1960s-1970s.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A stand of leafy aspen trees and deer grazing in the grass-carpeted alpine meadow. Sometime in the spring or summer in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A snowcat is stopped in front of the Winter Park Ski Shop at Winter Park Ski Resort in Colorado. Skis lean against a rack in the foreground. Circa 1960s.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Posters, notecards, plaques and other merchandise featuring some of Topolnicki's photographs, mostly landscapes.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.An instructor demonstrates to ski school students how to walk uphill in skis at the base of an unidentified ski area in Colorado. The instructor wears a light blue jacket and black ski pants. In the background is a parking lot filled with cars, and a ski lodge building.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Notecards (2) published by "Colorado Windows". Cover features a photomechanical print of a photograph by John A. Topolnicki, Sr., of a waterfall. Inside is a printed message or poem: "Come, walk with me in the mountains grand, created by God, nature's wonderland." Unmarked.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Poster, "Colorado Seasons", published by Colorado Photography Topolnicki. Landscape photographs by John A. Topolnicki Sr., featuring a waterfall, Boreas Pass buildings in the spring, autumn aspens, and snowshoes in the snow. Includes a list with brief descriptions about: The State Flower, The State Bird, The State Tree, The State Animal. Label on the lower right corner reads: "Colorado Seasons".
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A Colorado Specta-Vues postcard by Rock Hillendale. Captioned on the reverse: "Peak 8 Ski Area - Breckenridge, Colorful Colorado - Rounder's Run and Ego Lane in the shadow of magnificent (13,100') Peak 8."
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Areas in and around Breckenridge, Colorado. Includes Sallie Barber Mine, Wellington Mine Ore Bin, Jessie Mine, and other abandoned mining structures and log cabins. Also, views from Boreas Pass of the Breckenridge ski area and Tenmile Range, Main Street buildings, and a few images of Ullr Dag winter festival events. Most feature the base area of Peak 8 and skiers on ski runs. Others are of mountain landscapes and Lake Dillon (Dillon Reservoir).
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.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.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.Abandoned mine structures at the Jessie Mine and Mill site in Gold Run Gulch north of Breckenridge, Colorado. The Jessie operated from 1885 into the 1930s and was one of the largest gold, silver and lead mine and mill complexes in the Breckenridge area.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier is airborne after hitting a jump or hump in the snow on a ski run at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. This maneuver is sometimes called "catching air".
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A view of the Peak 8 ski runs at Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Ski tracks are visible on a snowy, steep slope with trees at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.On Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area, a woman smiles as she reclines on her skis supported by the straps of her ski poles stuck upright in the snow. She is dressed in a yellow cable sweater, dark blue or black ski pants and black ski boots. Her white-framed sunglasses shield her eyes from the bright sun reflecting off the snow.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A woman reclining on skis supported by ski poles stuck in the snow looks to the side and smiles at the camera. She is dressed in a yellow cable sweater, dark blue or black ski pants and black ski boots. Her white framed sunglasses are propped up on her head. Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
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