Ullr Dag Festival parade on Main Street, Breckenridge, circa mid-1960s. Larry Raff, Festival King, and Dawn Denzer, Festival Queen, sit up on the backseat of a convertible and wave at spectators crowding the sidewalks. Businesses on the west side of Main Street include a Standard gas station, the Edwin Booth opera house (pink and yellow building), Liar's Den (a fishing shop), the Gasthaus (Hungarian food restaurant and bar), and Barney's Hotelery.
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12 Descrição arquivística resultados para Ullr Dag Festival (Ullr Fest)
People dressed in costume for an Ullr Dag winter festival party. On the table in the foreground is a visa for the "Kingdom of Breckenridge". At an unidentified indoor location in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Sem títuloPoster promoting the 1993 Ullr Fest in Breckenridge, Colorado, on January 11-17. Features artwork by P. Keenan. The winter festival was sponsored by Halls cough drops that year.
Sem títuloPoster for Ullr Fest held January 10-16, 1994 in Breckenridge, Colorado. Titled "Ullr's Reunion; Breckenridge's Winter Festival". Features a colorful illustration of the Norse god of winter on wooden skis with two little girls, also on wooden skis, and a young boy riding a husky dog. Artist is unidentified. Festival sponsors that year included Kahlua, Kraft Foodservice, Miller Light beer, and Duraflame.
Sem títuloPoster promoting "The Golden Anniversary" of Ullr Fest in 2013, held in Breckenridge, Colorado. Illustration by Stefan Bast features the Norse god of winter sitting on a snow-carved throne topped with the number "50". The event was held January 6-12 that year. Sponsors included Breck Ski Resort, Town of Breckenridge, Budweiser Light beer, GoBreck tourism office, and KSMT The Mountain radio.
Sem títuloPostcards 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.
Sem títuloFrom her seat at a table in a dimly lit restaurant in Breckenridge, Colorado, a woman unrolls scroll with a handwritten menu beginning with the words: "The Ullr [?] of this Kingdom of Breckenridge..." The menu lists a selection of dishes, including soup du jour (soup of the day), beef tenderloin, king crab legs, and more. Probably a special dinner offer in celebration of Breckenridge's Ullr Dag Winter Festival. The man on her left looks over her shoulder, and the couple across the table listen as she reads the document aloud.
Sem títuloA snow sculpture representing Ull, the Norse god of winter and skiing, in front of The Ski Photography Shoppe, Topolnicki's business on Main Street in Breckenridge, Colorado. Most likely sculpted for the winter celebration of Ullr Dag (Ullr Fest).
Sem títuloJon 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.
Sem títuloLarry Raff, wearing sheepskin and a Viking-style helmet with horns, stands with Jon and Betty Jo Ballard in front of the Bergenhof Bar and Restaurant, located at the base of Peak 8 of the Breckenridge Ski Area. In 1963, Breckenridge held its first Ullr Dag (day) Festival, named for Ull, the Norse god of winter and skiing. Raff often held the honorary title of "Ullr King", including the celebration held in 1967.
Sem títuloPoster for the 1967 Ullr Dag Festival in Breckenridge, Colorado, held on February 3-5. Logo designed by Richard A. Jagoda in yellow/gold features a Norse god of winter on skis holding a bow and arrow, enclosed in a yellow/gold circle and the words: "Ullr Dag Festival 1967". Blue lettering on white background: "Ullr Dag Festival - The Kingdom of Breckenridge - February 3, 4, 5".
Sem títuloPoster for Ullr Fest winter celebration held February 3-9, 2003 in Breckenridge, Colorado. Drawing by Barbara S. Moore shows the Norse god of winter holding a scepter topped with a glass orb, and a list of all the past years wafting away in the wind. The year 2003 was noted as "40 Years of Ullr". Sponsors included Budweiser beer, Summit Daily News, Town of Breckenridge, KSMT The Mountain radio, and Red Hook.
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