Photo Book 3-A: Ski Jumping, the Glory Years (Not Including Ecker Hill), Late 1800s-Mid 1900s

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Ruud Mountain, Sun Valley
Photograph number 1-2: Alf Engen jumping on Ruud Mountain Hill, Sun Valley, ID, circa 1946
Photograph number 3: Torger Tokle, Alf Engen and Art Devlin jumping together at Sun Valley
Photograph number 4: Torger Tokle and Art Devlin jumping at Sun Valley
Photograph number 5: Torger Tokle jumping
Photograph number 6: Corey Engen jumping at Ruud Mountain Hill, Sun Valley, circa 1947
Photograph number Dry Canyon, Fort Douglas, Utah's First Ski Jumping Hill
Photograph number 7: Dry Canyon ski jumping hill near Fort Douglas, University of Utah, circa 1916
Photograph number 8: Site of Dry Canyon ski jumping hill, June 7, 1996. Photo by Alan Engen.
Photograph number 9: Map showing the area where Dry Canyon hill was located
Photograph number 10: Article about ski jumping at Dry Canyon
Photograph number 11: Article about the Dry Canyon ski tournament being made an annual event
Photograph number 12: Pete Ecker jumping at Dry Canyon, circa 1918
Photograph number 13: Jumper on Dry Canyon Hill, circa 1916
Photograph number 14: Advertisement for the first annual ski tournament held at Dry Canyon
Photograph number 15: Jumper at Dry Canyon
Photograph number 16: Pete Ecker jumping at Dry Canyon, circa 1918
Photograph number 17: Jumper at Dry Canyon, circa 1916
Photograph number 18: Jumper on the first Utah ski jump at Dry Canyon, 1915
Photograph number 19-20: Skiers at Dry Canyon, 1918
Photograph number 21-22: Skiers at Dry Canyon, 1915
Becker Hill, Ogden, Utah's First Large Ski Jumping Hill
Photograph number 23: Becker Hill, circa 1930
Photograph number 24: Sverre Engen displaying his ski jumping prowess at Becker Hill, January 1930
Photograph number 25: Building the take-off at Becker Hill, circa 1929
Photograph number 26: Becker Hill, circa summer 1929
Photograph number 27: Professional ski jumpers at Becker Hill. Left to Right: Steffan Trogstad, Halvor Hvalstad, Halvor Bjorngaard, and Alf Engen, circa 1930.
Photograph number 28: Alf Engen flying off the take-off on Becker Hill, circa January 1930
Photograph number 29: Sverre Engen, Halvor Hvalstad and Halvor Bjorngaard standing in front of a Becker Hill billboard
Photograph number 30: Alf Engen airborne at Becker Hill, circa 1930
Photograph number 31: Professional ski jumpers of the early 1930s at Becker Hill. Left to Right: Sverre Engen, Steffan Trogstad, Einar Fredbo, Alf Engen, and Halvor Hvalstad.
Photograph number 32-33: Sigurd Ulland, professional ski jumper, circa 1930
Photograph number 34: Steffan Trogstad jumping at Becker Hill, circa 1930
Photograph number 35: Becker Hill, circa 1930
Photograph number 36-37: Alf Engen jumping at Becker Hill
Photograph number 38: Becker Hill, circa 1930
Photograph number 39: Sverre Engen, Halvor Hvalstad and Halvor Bjorngaard standing in front of a Becker Hill billboard, circa 1930
Photograph number 40: Becker Hill, circa 1930
Photograph number 41-42: Alf Engen airborne at Becker Hill, circa 1930
Photograph number 43: Sverre Engen airborne at Becker Hill, circa 1930
Photograph number 44: Professional ski jumpers Steffen Trogstad, Halvor Hvalstad, Halvor Bjorngaard, and Alf Engen at Becker Hill, circa 1930
Big Pines, California
Photograph number 45: Alf Engen jumping at Big Pines, California, circa 1931
Photograph number 46: Professional ski jumpers waiting at the start of the jump run. Left to Right: Sverre Engen, Alf Matisen, Halvor Bjorngaard, Halvor Hvalstad (center, ready to jump), Steffan Trogstad, and Alf Engen, circa early 1930s.
Photograph number 47: Jumper airborne at Big Pines, circa early 1930s
Photograph number 48: Jumping Hill at Big Pines, California
Photograph number 49: Alf taking off the jump ramp at Big Pines
Photograph number 50: Sverre Engen jumping at Big Pines
Photograph number 51: Alf Engen jumping at Big Pines
Photograph number 52: Alf Engen taking off the ramp at Big Pines, circa 1931
Photograph number 53: Sverre Engen jumping at Big Pines
Photograph number 53a: Alf Engen jumping at Big Pines
Photograph number 54: Ski jumper at Big Pines, circa early 1930s
Eastern U.S. Ski Jumping Hills
Photograph number 55: Alf Engen on the in-run jumping at Fox Grove, Illinois, circa early 1930s
Photograph number 56: Alf Engen jumping in Wisconsin, circa 1934
Photograph number 57: Article about ski jumping in Soldier's Field, Chicago, February 1934
Photograph number 58: Unidentified ski jumpers
Photograph number 59: Alf Engen jumping at a hill in Rochester, New York, February 1934.(He won the tournament).
Photograph number 60-61: Vermont State Championship ski jumping tournament brochure
Photograph number 62: Peder Falstad jumping at Devil's Lake, North Dakota, circa 1930
Photograph number 63: John Elvrum ski jumping
Creole Hill, Park City
Photograph number 64: Group of young boys at Creole Hill
Photograph number 65: John Spendlove on the Creole Hill take-off. Photocopy courtesy of the Park City Museum.
Photograph number 66: Young boy airborne at Creole Hill, Park City
Photograph number 67: Airborne jumper at Creole Hill, Park City, 1934. Photo courtesy of Mel Fletcher.
Photograph number 68: Creole Hill, Park City
Howelson Hill, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Photograph number 69: Alf Engen jumping at Steamboat Springs, circa 1942
Photograph number 70: Alf Engen and Torger Tokle (Tokle's last jump) at Steamboat Springs, Colorado, circa 1942
Bjorngaard Hill, Snow Basin
Photograph number 71: Alf and Sverre Engen performing a dedicatory jump on Bjorngaard Hill at Snow Basin, Sunday February 16, 1941
Photograph number 72: Unidentified jumper on Bjorngaard Hill, Snow Basin, circa early 1940s (University of Utah photo P0374 Number 1.4.20)
Photograph number 73-74: Alf and Sverre Engen performing a dedicatory jump on Bjorngaard Hill at Snow Basin, Sunday February 16, 1941
Landes Memorial Hill, Alta
Photograph number 75: Construction of Landes Hill, 1947
Photograph number 76: Advertisement for Alta's first annual Landes Hill Tournament, April 1949
Photograph number 77: Winners of Landes Memorial ski jumping meet, circa February 1951. Left to Right: Ike Hall, Ramon Johnson and Gordon Despain.
Photograph number 78: Skiers and spectators at Landes Memorial Hill, circa 1960s
Photograph number 79: Alf Engen setting a new hill record of 181 feet at Alta, 1948
Photograph number 80: Dedication program for Landes Hill, 1948
Photograph number 81: View of Landes Memorial Hill, 1952
Photograph number 82: Corey, Alf and Sverre Engen dedicating Landes Memorial Hill, November 28, 1948
Photograph number 83: Alf jumping on Landes Hill, November 1948
Photograph number 84: Mel Fletcher jumping on Landes Hill, circa 1949
Photograph number 85: Norwegian jumper, Arnfinn Bergmann, executing a perfect telemark landing, circa early 1960s
Photograph number 86: Dick Simon jumping on Landes Hill, circa 1958
Photograph number 87: Alan Engen, Intermountain Junior Jumping Champion, jumping on Landes Hill, circa 1957
Photograph number 88: Mel Fletcher jumping on Landes Hill, 1949. Photo courtesy of Mel Fletcher.
Photograph number 89: Sverre Engen in flight on Landes Hill, 1948
Photograph number 90: Alan Engen, age 10, jumping on Landes Hill, 1951
Photograph number 91: Alan Engen jumping on Landes Hill, circa 1957
Photograph number 92: Matz Jenssen after setting a new Landes Hill official record of 200 feet on December 8, 1968.
Photograph number 93-94: Tearing down the judges stand at Landes Hill, May 1988
Photograph number 95: Composite photo showing Landes Hill circa 1951 (top) and Landes Hill circa July 1995. Photo by Alan Engen.
Photograph number 96: Winners of the Landes Memorial Ski Jumping Tournament held February 22, 1951. Left to Right: Ike Hall, Ramon Johnson and Gordon Despain.
Photograph number 97: Winners of the Landes Memorial Ski Jumping Tournament held December 12, 1965. Left to Right: Fritzjof Prydz and David Engen.
Photograph number 98: Fritzjof Prydz jumping on Landes Hill, circa 1963
Summer Ski Jumping
Photograph number 99: Engens standing in front of a manmade steel scaffold created for ski jumping at the San Francisco World Fair, circa 1939. Left to Right: Lois Engen, Sverre Engen, Evelyn Engen, Alf Engen, Norma Engen, Corey Engen.
Photograph number 100: Summer ski jumping hill at the Utah State Fair grounds under construction, circa July or August 1953. Photos by T.N. Bleak.
Photograph number 101: A listing of those who participated in the summer jumping tournament at the Utah State Fairgrounds in September 1953.
Photograph number 102: Scaffolding for a summer ski jumping exhibition
Photograph number 103: Summer ski jumping hill at the Utah State Fairgrounds in Salt Lake City, September 1953
Photograph number 104: Junior Bounous and Corey Engen climbing the artificial ski jumping hill at the Salt Lake Fairgrounds, September 1953
Photograph number 105: Article in the Salt Lake Tribune about the fall of a newly constructed summer ski jump in Salt Lake, late September 1958
Photograph number 106: "Summer Snow Incorporated" patch
Photograph number 107: Summer ski jumping at Sugarhouse Park, September 1958. Left to Right: Alan Engen and Dick Simon.
Photograph number 108: Skiers standing on the top of a summer ski jump at Sugarhouse park, circa September 1958
Photograph number 109: Deseret News article about artificial snow used for summer ski jumping, Wednesday, September 21, 1960
Photograph number 110: Alf Engen summer ski jumping at Mt. Baldy, California, circa 1959
Photograph number 111: Alf and Alan Engen performing a double jump at Mt. Baldy, California, circa 1960
Photograph number 112: Alan Engen attempts ski jumping on his hands as Alf Engen watches at Mt. Baldy, California, circa summer 1959
Photograph number 113: Summer ski jumping hill at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960
Photograph number 114: Alf and Alan Engen performing a double jump at night at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960.
Photograph number 115: Alan Engen at the top of the in-run at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960.
Photograph number 116: Danny Craig jumping the "B" take-off at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960. Note the "V" position of the skis similar to the current style of ski jumpers.
Photograph number 117: Alan Engen at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960
Photograph number 118-119: Alan Engen and Alf Engen airborne at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960
Photograph number 120: Jon Engen, age 9, jumping at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960
Photograph number 121: View from the top of the scaffolding at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960
Photograph number 122: Jumping hill at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960
Photograph number 123: Group photo of ski jumpers at the top of the in-run before thousands of spectators at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960
Photograph number 124: Jumper standing at the end of the in-run on a summer ski jump
Photograph number 125: Alf Engen jumping at Mt. Baldy, California, 1959
Photograph number 126: Alan and Alf Engen performing a double jump at Mt. Baldy, California, 1959
Photograph number 127: Alan and Alf Engen performing an exhibition double jump at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, California, September 1960
Timp Haven, Utah
Photograph number 128: Alf Engen airborne at the Timp Haven Area ski jump, circa 1950 (University of Utah photo P0376 Number 1.1.18)

Dates

Late 1800s-Mid 1900s

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