Photo Book 2: Early Ski History-General, Mid 1800s-Mid 1900s

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Snowshoe Thompson and the Longboard Speed Skaters
Photograph number 1: Sketches of Snowshoe Thompson and map showing his route from Carson City to Placerville
Photograph number 2: Drawings of Laporte California, 1800s
Photograph number 3: Snowshoe Thompson's skis and grave site in Genoa, Nevada. Photo taken by Alan Engen, June 18, 1996.
Photograph number 4: Robert Oliver or "Cornish Bob," of Sawpit Flat. Oliver was the winner of the first downhill ski championship held in Laporte, California in 1867. Photo courtesy of The Western Ski Sport Museum.
Photograph number 5: Frank Steward, recognized master "doping" (waxing) expert in the late 1800s. Photo courtesy of the Western Ski Sport Museum.
Photograph number 6: The longboard speed skiers of Laporte, California, circa 1860s. Note the man on the left with the gong which was used to official start the racers.
Carl Howelsen, Mathias Zdarsky, Hannes Schneider, and others
Photograph number 7: The Barnum and Bailey poster showing ski pioneer Carl Howelsen sailing over mountains in a death defying leap, circa 1907.
Photograph number 8: Portrait of Mathias Zdarsky
Photograph number 9: Carl Tellefsen, first President of the National Ski Association
Photograph number 10: Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games. Photo courtesy of Stan Cohen.
Photograph number 11: Thomas A. Lokken ski jumping at Ishpeming, Michigan, 1900
Photograph number 12: Suicide Hill in Ishpeming, Michigan, circa late 1920s
Photograph number 13: Hannes Schneider jumping in Austria
Photograph number 14: Revelstoke Ski Hill, 1921. Photo courtesy of Caryl Hall Bergdahl.
Henry Hall, Carl Hall and Others
Photograph number 15: Portrait of Henry Hall. Photo courtesy of Caryl Hall Bergdahl.
Photograph number 16: Drawing of Henry Hall jumping at Revelstoke. Photo courtesy of Caryl Hall Bergdahl.
Photograph number 17: Henry Hall jumping at Banff, 1925. Photo courtesy of Caryl Hall Bergdahl.
Photograph number 18: Henry Hall being carried as a hero for setting a world ski jumping record of 203 feet at Steamboat Springs, Colorado in 1917. Photo courtesy of Caryl Hall Bergdahl.
Photograph number 19: Hill in Westby, Wisconsin, January 22, 1928
Photograph number 20: Early scaffold jump, Nine Mile, Farmington, Michigan. Photo courtesy of Caryl Hall Bergdahl.
Photograph number 21: Revelstoke, B.C. Ski jump where Henry Hall set a world record of 229 feet in 1920. Photo circa 1921. Photo courtesy of Caryl Hall Bergdahl, daughter of Henry Hall.
Photograph number 22: Henry Hall, shortly after setting the world ski jump record in 1917 at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Photo special to reporter-Herald.
Skiing-General (First Half of 20th Century)
Photograph number 23: Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games. Photo courtesy of Stan Cohen.
Photograph number 24: The first U.S. Olympic ski team, 1924. Left to Right: Anders Haugen, Captain, LeMoine Batson, Harry Lein, Sigurd Overbye, and John Carleton. Photo taken at Chamonix, France in February, 1924. Ragnar Omtvedt arrived too late to be included in the photo. Photo courtesy of Stan Cohen.
Photograph number 25: Lady ski fashions of the early 1900s
Photograph number 26: Ruth Altmann, circa 1930s
Photograph number 27: Toddler in diapers, boots and holding skis, circa 1940s. "Hey mom, I just traded my britches in for skis and boots!" Photo by Bob Schumann.
Photograph number 28: Cross-country ski touring
Photograph number 29: Men skijouring behind a car
Photograph number 30: Young child on skis
Photograph number 31: Engen brother in a fur trimmed coat doing a snowplow
Photograph number 32: Rolla Dobbs, mining engineer, President and General Manager of the Old Louise Mine located at the base of Mt. Baldy, Alta, Utah, mid 1920s. Photo courtesy of Helen Goodro, daughter of Rolla Dobbs.
Photograph number 33: Young man holding a pair of skis in front of a mining shaft
Photograph number 34: Group of skiers touring in the Wasatch mountains. Utah State Historical Society photo.
Photograph number 35: Member of the Wasatch Mountain Club going over the pass between Park City and Brighton, circa mid 1920s
Photograph number 36: Modern skier impersonating a miner using a single ski pole (University of Utah photo P0390 Number 1.1.7)
Photograph number 37: Possibly the old blind miner of Brighton, circa 1880s (University of Utah photo)
Photograph number 38: Brighton, circa 1937 (University of Utah photo P0379 Number 1.3.36)
Photograph number 39: Miner skiers at Brighton, circa 1920s (University of Utah photo P0379 Number 1.7.63)
Photograph number 40: Early view of Alta, circa 1920s. Photo by W.H. Hopkins.
Photograph number 41: Early use of skis in Payson, Utah, circa early 1920s. Photo by L.D. Pfouts.
Photograph number 42: Balsam Inn at Brighton, circa early 1930s. Photo by W.H. Hopkins.
Photograph number 43: Members of the Wasatch Mountain Club looking over the snow covered terrain, mid 1930s
Photograph number 44: Looking down Park City's Main Street, circa 1920s. Photo by W.H. Hopkins.
Photograph number 45: Skier outside the Park City Daly-Judge Mill, circa early 1920s. Photo by W.H. Hopkins.
Photograph number 46: Family ski and snowshoe outing, circa late 1800s (University of Utah photo P0101 Number 29)
Photograph number 47-48: Wasatch Mountain Club skiing trip, 1934 (University of Utah photo P0392 Number 1.1.13, 1.1.9)
Photograph number 49: Wasatch Mountain Club skier jumping at Brighton, February 21-23, 1931 (University of Utah photo P0004 Number 509)
Photograph number 50: Group of Wasatch Mountain Club members on skis, January 11, 1931 (University of Utah photo P0004 Number 475)
Photograph number 51-52: Wasatch Mountain Club members on a skiing trip, early 1930s (University of Utah photo P0004 Number 271, 266)
Photograph number 53: Wasatch Mountain Club members at an old building in Thaynes Canyon, January 1934 (University of Utah photo P0004 Number 426)
Photograph number 54: Jack Wolfe and son Danny skiing over the pass from Park City to Brighton, 1934 (University of Utah photo P0392 Number 1.3.4)
Photograph number 55: Skiers taking the snow train to Deer Valley, circa 1930s (University of Utah photo P0004 Number 457)
Photograph number 56: Wasatch Mountain Club member jumping, circa 1931 (University of Utah photo P0004 Number 491)
Photograph number 57: Ralph Johnston and Fred Speyer in "Spring" ski wear, circa early 1930s (University of Utah photo P0392 Number 1.2.8)
Photograph number 58: Wasatch Mountain Club members in Lambs Canyon in their way to Ecker Hill on February 14, 1932 (University of Utah photo P0004 Number 803)
Photograph number 59: Sally Barnard and Harry Duerkop crossing Pioneer Ridge on their way from Park City to Brighton, 1934 (University of Utah photo P0392 Number 1.2.6)
Photograph number 60: Sally Barnard Johnston at Brighton, 1934 (University of Utah photo P0392 Number 1.2.5)
Photograph number 61: Ski outing at Alta, circa 1935. Left to Right: Joe Quinney, Ed Nordquist, unidentified, unidentified, Dave Quinney Sr., and Axel Andresen.
Photograph number 62: Ralph Johnston standing in front of his car in City Creek Canyon, 1932 (University of Utah photo P0392 Number 1.3.11)
Photograph number 63: Snow covered cabin with Mt. Millicent as a backdrop, 1933 (University of Utah photo P0392 Number 1.3.1)
Photograph number 64: Wasatch Mountain Club girls Florence Reich, Dorothy Green, and Marie Bringhurst Christensen, 1934 (University of Utah photo P0392 Number 1.2.13)
Photograph number 65: Wasatch Mountain Club girls on skis, early 1930s (University of Utah photo P0004 Number 492)
Photograph number 66: Members of the Wasatch Mountain Club visiting Alta, circa 1920s
Photograph number 67: Wasatch Mountain Club at Alta, circa mid 1920s. The building in the background is George Watson's boarding house located close to where the base of the Collins and Wildcat lifts are now.
Photograph number 68: Member of the Wasatch Mountain Club crossing the pass between Park City and Brighton, circa mid 1920s
Photograph number 69: Alf Engen ski jumping at Mount Shasta, California, circa 1931
Photograph number 70: Corey and Alf Engen in their parkas for the Warner Brothers Film "Norther Pursuit," circa 1943
Photograph number 71: Alf Engen's gas station card, circa 1933
Photograph number 72: Alf and Corey Engen, circa 1935
Photograph number 73-74: Alf Engen competing in the National Four-Way Championship at Mount Baker, Washington, circa March 1940. (Alf won the title.)
Photograph number 75: Shirm French at the finish line of the Intermountain Downhill and Slalom races held at Snow Basin, circa February 1941.
Photograph number 76: Audrey Roth racing at Alta, circa late 1940s (University of Utah photo P0377 Number 1.2.11)
Photograph number 77: Alf Engen first learning how to Alpine ski, circa 1933
Photograph number 78: Alf Engen ski racing
Photograph number 79: Ruth Altmann, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 80: Sverre Engen dressed as Oscar Operdahl
Photograph number 81-83: Alf Engen skiing
Photograph number 84: Alf Engen and an unidentified skier
Photograph number 85: Averell Harriman and Count Felix Schaffgotsch
Photograph number 86: Sun Valley, Idaho, early 1940s
Photograph number 87: Actors Gary Cooper and Clark Gable on skis together at Sun Valley, circa 1947
Photograph number 88: Paul Bietla holding skis
Photograph number 89: Alf Engen competing in a slalom race
Photograph number 90: Alta Snow cup race, 1946. Left to Right: Corey Engen (Number 43), Jim Huidekoper (Number 61), Johnny Fripp (Number 44, Canadian Kandahar Champion), and Jack Reddish.
Photograph number 91: The ski racing Wortele sisters of the mid 1940s. Rhoda and Rhona, circa 1947.
Photograph number 92: Ski racer competing in a Utah slalom event conducted by the Utah Ski Club, circa late 1940s. (University of Utah photo P0394 Number 6)
Photograph number 93: Corey Engen, Spence Eccles, Dave Vorse, Bonnie Jo Nelson, Rich Brewer, Georgia Craddock, and Marvin Melville in Sun Valley, circa 1951. (University of Utah photo P0396 Number 1.1.10)
Photograph number 94: Alf Engen winning the U.S. National Four-Way Slalom Championship at Mount Baker, Washington, circa March 1940.
Photograph number 95: Alf Engen performing a Gelande jump in his shorts, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 96: Mayor of Alta holding a pair of skis
Photograph number 97: Sharing a good lunch, Einar Fredbo, Sverre Engen, and Corey Engen, circa mid 1930s
Photograph number 98: Alf Engen, Forest Service Foreman and skiing competitor in the late 1930s and early 1940s
Photograph number 99: Sverre Engen holding a pair of skis during the early 1930s
Photograph number 100: Alf Engen as a Forest Service supervisor, circa late 1930s
Photograph number 101: Alf Engen, National Four-Way Champion, competing at Sun Valley, Idaho, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 102: A mounted horse pulling Alf Engen at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 103: Alf Engen ski jumping
Photograph number 104: Alf Engen ski jumping at Sun Valley. Photo by Ray Atkeson.
Photograph number 105: Art Devlin, Alf Engen and Torger Tokle jumping at Sun Valley
Photograph number 106: Sverre and Alf Engen holding skis
Photograph number 107-108: Engen ski jumping hill at the Spruces, no longer used. Photo by Alan Engen, June 8, 1996.
Photograph number 109: Dick Durrance skiing circa 1937. Photo by Steve Bradley.
Photograph number 110: Alf Engen
Photograph number 111: Alf Engen and three others jumping on Ruud Mountain at Sun Valley, 1947
Photograph number 112-113: Sverre and Alf Engen
Photograph number 114: Alf skiing
Photograph number 115: Alf Engen riding a chair lift at the Rasmussen farm, 1939. Photo by Charles Wanless.
Photograph number 116: Alf jumping at Lake Tahoe, 1930
Photograph number 117: Dick Durrance receiving the Harriman Cup replica from Mrs. Averell Harriman, circa 1937
Photograph number 118: Kathleen Harriman and Dick Durrance at Sun Valley, Idaho, circa late 1930s
Photograph number 119: The original Harriman Cup bowl with Dick Durrance and Averell Harriman at Sun Valley, circa 1937
Photograph number 120: Evelyn and Alf Engen at Sun Valley, Idaho, circa December, 1937
Photograph number 121: Ski fashions circa 1940s at Sun Valley, Idaho. Outfit designed by Frederick A. Picard.
Photograph number 122: Fallen skier at Sun Valley, Idaho, mid 1940s
Photograph number 123: Man learning to ski, circa 1938
Photograph number 124: Avarell Harriman, founder of Sun Valley, Idaho, circa late 1930s
Photograph number 125: Gretchen Fraser, circa 1949
Photograph number 126: Gretchen Fraser receiving the Harriman cup from Otto Lang at Sun Valley, Idaho, circa late 1940s
Photograph number 127: The art of learning to ski...on the Barrier Staves. Sverre Engen in his role as Oscar Operdahl in the ski film, "Dancing Skis." circa mid 1950s.
Photograph number 128: Gretchen Fraser skiing, circa mid 1950s (University of Utah photo P0377 Number 1.1.18)
Photograph number 129: Shirm French at the finish line of the Intermountain Downhill and Slalom races held at Snow Basin, circa February 1941.
Photograph number 130: Jack Reddish competing in the 1948 Winter Olympic Games held at St. Moritz, Switzerland, February 1948.
Photograph number 131: Jack Reddish, circa 1947
Photograph number 132: Dick Movitz competing in the U.S. National Downhill and Slalom Combined at Snow Basin, circa March 1947
Photograph number 133: Portrait of Dick Movitz, circa 1947
Photograph number 134: Sverre and Corey Engen teaching skiing at Snow Basin, circa 1942
Photograph number 135: Snow Basin ski area, circa mid 1940s
Photograph number 136: A mounted horse pulling Alf Engen at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 137: Gretchen Fraser competing in the Snow Cup at Alta, circa 1940
Photograph number 138: Jack Reddish, Alf Engen and Sverre Engen, Circa December 1948
Photograph number 139: Wasatch Mountain Club members at Brighton, circa mid 1950s
Photograph number 140: Group of women learning to ski at Brighton during the Deseret News Ski School, circa 1950
Photograph number 141: Use of the toboggans in the Wasatch Mountains during the 1940s
Photograph number 142: "Alf Engen, greatest all-round skier in the world, shows his son, Alan, just a few of the more than 500 trophies he has won in copping every major national title at least once."
Photograph number 143: Alf and Alan (age 7) Engen ski jumping in unison. 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Photograph number 144: Autographed 1948 U.S. Winter Olympic Ski Team (Nordic and Alpine)
Photograph number 145: Alf Engen and Walter Prager (Olympic coaches) entering the Opening Ceremonies of the 1948 Winter Olympic Games held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Photograph number 146: Coaches of the 1948 U.S. Winter Olympic Ski Team, Walter Prager and Alf Engen at Sun Valley, circa December 1947.
Photograph number 147: Members of the 1948 U.S. Olympic Ski Team. Left to Right, front row: Brynhild Grasmoen, Dodie Post, and Anne Jeanette Winn. Left to Right, back row: Dev Jennings, Corey Engen, Jack Reddish, Alf Engen (coach), and Dick Movitz. December 3, 1947.
Photograph number 148: Walter Prager and Alf Engen
Photograph number 149: Gretchen Fraser immediately following her winning a gold medal in the 1948 Winter Olympics, circa February 1948
Photograph number 150: Racer "Boots" Blatt, member of the 1948 U.S. Winter Olympic Ski Team
Photograph number 151: Suzy Harris and Gretchen Fraser, members of the 1948 U.S. Winter Olympic Ski Team, circa 1947
Photograph number 152: Gretchen Fraser and Suzy Harris Rytting on skis, circa 1947 (University of Utah photo P0396 Number 1.1.12)
Photograph number 153: 1948 Olympian Corey Engen in full stride, circa 1947
Photograph number 154: Corey Engen ski jumping in the 1948 Winter Olympic Games, circa February 1948
Photograph number 155: 1948 Olympic ski jumping hill in St. Moritz
Photograph number 156: Photo of a card displaying Swiss stamps minted for the 1948 Olympic Games
Photograph number 157: Article and images of the six Utah members of the 1948 U.S. Olympic Ski Team
Photograph number 158: Gordon Wren jumping in the 1948 Olympic Games in Switzerland. Photo by Byal Wilkes.
Photograph number 159: Elenor Prager, Evelyn Engen and J. Lyman Bingham (1948 Olympic "Chef de Mission.")
Photograph number 161: Jack Reddish skiing during the mid 1940s (University of Utah photo P0373 Number 1.1.9)
Photograph number 162: Jack Reddish at the start of the Snow Cup race, Alta, Utah, circa 1951
Photograph number 163: Jack Reddish racing at Sun Valley, circa 1947 (University of Utah photo P0373 Number 1.1.10)
Photograph number 164: Dick Movitz on skis (University of Utah photo P0396 Number 1.1.11)
Photograph number 165: Members of the U.S. 1948 Olympic Ski Team. Ladies Left to Right: Brynhild Grasmoen, Dodie Post and Anne Jeanette Winn. Men Left to Right: H. Devereaux Jennings, Corey Engen, Jack Reddish, Alf Engen (coach), and Dick Movitz.
Photograph number 166: Cortlandt T. Hill (team manager), Alf Engen and Walter Prager marching in the opening ceremonies of the 1948 Winter Olympics.
Photograph number 167: Jack Reddish, circa 1947
Photograph number 168: Elenor Prager, Evelyn Engen and J. Lyman Bingham (1948 "Chef de Mission") sitting on a bench
Photograph number 169: 1948 Olympic jumping hill in St. Moritz, Switzerland
Photograph number 170: Walter Prager and Alf Engen, coaches of the 1948 U.S. Olympic Ski Team, at Sun Valley, December 1947
Photograph number 171: 1948 United States Olympic Downhill and Slalom Team. From left-top row: Gene Gillis, Boots Blatt, Steve Knowlton, Third row: Dick Movitz, Dev Jennings, Dave Faires, Barney McLean, Bob Blatt, Colin Stewart, George Macomber, Jack Reddish. Second row: Gretchen Fraser, Paula Kann, Brynhild Grasmoen, Andrea Mead, Dodie Post, Rebecca Fraser, Anne Winn, Suzy Harris, Ruth-Marie Stewart. Front row: Albert Sigal, chairman Olympic Ski Committee and team manager; co-coaches Walter Prager and Alf Engen; and Darroch Crookes, Olympic Ski Committee member.
Photograph number 172: Walter Prager and Alf Engen, 1948 U.S. Olympic Ski Team coaches
Photograph number 173: Gretchen Fraser, 1948 Olympic champion
Miscellaneous
Photograph number 174: The Alf Engen family. Left to Right: Evelyn Engen (holding son Jon), Alf Engen (with Helm Hall of Fame plaque), and Alan Engen (age 13, Eagle Scout), March 1954.
Photograph number 175: Sverre and Alf Engen holding up Jon Engen, son of Alf and Evelyn, circa 1953.
Photograph number 176: Founders of the Ski Utah Associates. Wilby Durham (front left), Jack Wilson (front right), Dev Jennings (rear left), and Stan Nelson (rear right), circa late 1950s.
Photograph number 177: Freidl Pfeifer and actress Claudette Colbert at Sun Valley, circa late 1930s

Dates

Mid 1800s-Mid 1900s

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