Two skiers take a break from skiing on a ski run on Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. The man wears a striped sweater over a white turtleneck, tan ski pants and no hat. Standing upslope from him is a woman dressed in a red jacket and black ski pants. Her blonde hair is loose and covered with a light blue headband. She wears dark framed sunglasses even though the sky is overcast and cloudy.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A dog walks across Main Street in Breckenridge. Businesses line both sides of the paved street, including (from left) Breckenridge Pharmacy, Drugs, and Liquor; a ski rental shop; a Cafe serving Coors beer and 7-Up and Coca Cola soft drinks. On the east side is the stone front building that housed Finding's Hardware Store, and a Mountain Bell telephone booth.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Two men outside a rustic log cabin in Illinois Gulch, east of Breckenridge, Colorado. One man fishes from a log bridge while the other man pans for gold near the cabin entrance. Smoke from the Colorado and Southern (C&S) railroad locomotive is visible on Rocky Point above. Circa early 1900s.
Westerman, OttoA man with snowshoes or skis stops to look at the view as he hikes through the trees on a mountain slope. He wears a beret, overcoat with scarf and mittens, and pants tucked into high boots. Snowy mountain range in the background. Probably Montezuma or Peru Creek area in Summit County, Colorado.
Sayre, Robert H.A hippie holding a rock sits on a hillside overlooking the dredge piles and the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Looking east from Shock Hill with Bald Mountain in the background. The man has shoulder length dark hair, a full beard and mustache, and is dressed in jeans, boots and a leather sleeveless vest or tunic over a striped collared shirt.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A hippie holding a rock sits on a hillside overlooking the dredge piles and the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Looking east from Shock Hill with Bald Mountain in the background. The man has shoulder length dark hair, a full beard and mustache, and is dressed in jeans, boots and a leather sleeveless vest or tunic over a striped collared shirt.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A hippie holding a rock sits on a hillside overlooking the dredge piles and the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. Looking east from Shock Hill with Bald Mountain in the background. The man has shoulder length dark hair, a full beard and mustache, and is dressed in jeans, boots and a leather sleeveless vest or tunic over a striped collared shirt.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A hippie holding a rock sits on a hillside overlooking the dredge piles and the town of Breckenridge, Colorado. At sunset, looking east from Shock Hill with Bald Mountain in the background. The man has shoulder length dark hair, a full beard and mustache, and is dressed in jeans, boots and a leather sleeveless vest or tunic over a striped collared shirt.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A man stands near the edge of a pond on a hill, with a view of the Brooks-Snider Mine and Mill in the distance. A buck and rail fence borders the property. On the left is a log cabin. Near Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1890s-1900s.
Ward, PJSki trails on a mountain slope, at an unidentified ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.Ski trails on a mountain slope, at an unidentified ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier stops to enjoy the view from above the terminus of a chairlift, probably Chairlift 1 on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Chairlift 1 started at the base of Peak 8, near the Bergenhof Restaurant, and went up the slope to a point about 500 feet above tree line or timberline.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier stops to enjoy the view from above the terminus of a chairlift, probably Chairlift 1 on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Chairlift 1 started at the base of Peak 8, near the Bergenhof Restaurant, and went up the slope to a point about 500 feet above tree line or timberline.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A backcountry skier stops to enjoy the view from Boreas Pass of the Breckenridge ski area and the Tenmile Range. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low ponytail and is covered with a headband.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A skier wearing an off-white wool sweater and black wool ski pants launches into the air after hitting a kicker or hump in the snow. This maneuver is sometimes called "catching air". On a ski trail through the trees at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A woman and young girl are standing in the snowy landscape to the east of Edwin Carter's log cabin and museum on Ridge Street, Breckenridge. Looking west with a view of Peak 8 of the Tenmile Range in the background. Circa 1898-1899.
UnidentifiedA woman smiles as she sits on a piece of board placed across the wooden beams of a mine structure east of Breckenridge, Colorado. Circa 1890s. She wears a straw boater style hat, high collared shirtwaist, and ankle length skirt with matching jacket. The jacket has a button front and puffed sleeves. The snowy peaks of the Tenmile Range in the background.
UnidentifiedA woman wearing a red and white Nordic-patterned sweater and dark framed sunglasses is reclined on skis supported by ski poles stuck in very deep snow. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low pony tail, covered with a headband. The photograph was probably taken somewhere on Boreas Pass, east of Breckenridge. In the background is a view of the ski runs on Peak 8 at the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.
Topolnicki Sr., John A.A woman, dressed in a white high neck blouse and long dark skirt, sits on a rock outcropping in a mountain valley. She rests one hand on a hat placed next to her and holds a pine bough on her lap with her other hand. Trees and mountain peaks in the background. Colorado, circa late 1800s.
Westerman, OttoPostcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Wagon Wheels in Colorful Colorado". Also, a three (3) verse poem about wagon wheels.
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