A boy stands in the snowy landscape outside the schoolhouse on Harris Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, circa 1898. Built in 1882, the two-story wood frame schoolhouse featured a bell and cupola centered on the simple gable roof and a shed addition on the south side. Brick chimneys rise from both gable ends and sash windows are pedimented throughout. Next door is a side gable frame house. In the foreground is a wooden sidewalk running along the east side of Harris Street. The schoolhouse was torn down and replaced with a brick structure in 1909.

A man stands near a cabin snowed in at Boreas Pass. Photographer's stamp: "O. Westerman Photographer Breckenridge, Colorado" and handwritten "cabin in mid winter snowed in at Boreas Pass".

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.

A little girl looks through one of the snow tunnels used to cross Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado, during the "Big Snow" winter of 1898-1899. Behind her are two women standing in front of the Livery building. Quoted from handwritten text on the reverse: "Big snow 1899".

A gold dredge operating in the snow, probably near Breckenridge, Colorado. Along the dredging route are snow-covered boulder and rock piles. Snowy mountains in the background.

Melting snow exposes one of the tunnels that had been used to access businesses on Main Street, Breckenridge, during the "Big Snow" winter of 1898-1899. A man reaches to hold the paw of a dog sitting with both front legs raised up off the ground. In the background are false front buildings and a side gable structure. "April 14th, '99" is handwritten on the reverse.

A man with snowshoes or skis stops to view something in the distance as he ascends 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.

Ski trails on a mountain slope, at an unidentified ski area in Colorado.

Ski trails on a mountain slope, at an unidentified ski area in Colorado.

Ski trails on a mountain slope with alpenglow (rosy light of a setting or rising sun seen on high mountains). At an unidentified ski area in Colorado.

Photomechanical print of a photograph by John Topolnicki shows a skier named Erich Windisch at Arapahoe Basin ski area in Summit County, Colorado. Stamped on the reverse: "Colorado Photography - Topolnicki".

Postcard, "Colorado Photography" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse includes the four (4) b's Breckenridge logo: "Arapahoe Basin; Colorful Colorado; 68 miles west of Denver - US-6 Off I-70; 11 miles east of Dillon and I-70 Interchange" and "Sun, fun and powder snow. One of Ski Country's major ski areas. Spring snow conditions are best in late April and May. Undulating open slopes above timberline - protected from the prevailing west winds by a natural bowl and steep west wall."

Erich Windisch, wearing a headband, black ski pants and a red V-neck sweater over a white turtleneck, skis down a run at Arapahoe Basin ski area in Colorado.

Postcard, "The Hanging Tree" by John Topolnicki. Scalloped edges. Caption on the reverse: "From November into May, America's finest skiing is on the powder snow slopes of the high, sunny Colorado Rockies." Arapahoe Basin ski area.

A skier is covered in snow after falling down on her skis on a ski run at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. One loose ski is uphill but the other ski remains attached to her boot. Her long blonde hair is pulled into a low ponytail. She wears a dark red ski sweater over a white turtleneck and coordinating dark red ski pants.

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.

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.

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.

A skier wearing an off-white wool sweater buttoned up the front and black wool ski pants lands a ski jump after skiing off a snow cornice (an overhanging edge of snow on a ridge). On a ski trail at Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado.

Photomechanical print of a photograph by John Topolnicki shows a skier airborne after launching off a snow cornice (overhanging edge of snow on a ridge) on Peak 8 of the Breckenridge ski area in Colorado. Stamped: "Colorado Photography Topolnicki".