Photo Book 3-B: Ski Jumping, the Glory Years, Ecker Hill, 1930-1950

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The First Professional Ski Jumpers in America, Early 1930s
Photograph number 1-2: The only photo on record showing the 13 original members of the first professional ski jumping group to tour America. Front row Left to Right: Lars Haugen, Halvor Bjorngaard, Burt Wilchock, Sigurd Ulland, Sverre Engen. Back row Left to Right: Olver Karldal, Alf Matisen, Alf Engen, Einar Fredbo, Ted Rex, Carl Hall, Steffan Trogstad, and Halvor Hvalstad. Photo circa 1930.
Photograph number 3-4: Sigurd Ulland and Alf Engen, circa 1930
Photograph number 5: Two of the greatest early American ski champions, Lars Haugen and Alf Engen, early 1930s
Photograph number 6: Einar Fredbo and Halvor Hvalstad, early 1930s
Photograph number 7: Professional ski jumpers at Lake Tahoe, 1930
Photograph number 8: Anders Haugen and Lars Haugen
Photograph number 9: Einar Fredbo and Alf Engen
Photograph number 10: Sverre and Alf Engen, circa 1932
Photograph number 11: Alf Matisen and Sverre Engen
Photograph number 12: Halvor Bjorngaard and Steffan Trogstad
Photograph number 13: Halvor Hvalstad and Alf Engen
Photograph number 14: 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 15: The professional ski jumpers at Lake Tahoe, 1930
Photograph number 16: Professional ski jumping group, Left to Right: Lars Haugen, Sverre Engen, Ted Rex, Einar Fredbo, Halvor Hvalstad, Steffan Trogstad, Alf Engen and an unidentified jumper.
Photograph number 17: Einar Fredbo, Sverre Engen and Alf Engen
Photograph number 18: Alf Engen and Pete Ecker
Photograph number 19: Group of professional ski jumpers
Photograph number 20: Einar Fredbo and Alf Engen
Photograph number 21: Alf Matisen and Sverre Engen
Photograph number 22: Einar Fredbo and Alf Engen
Photograph number 23: Sigurd Ulland and Alf Engen
Photograph number 24: Back row Left to Right: unidentified, Einar Fredbo, Victor Johansen, Sverre Engen. Front row Left to Right: Alf Engen, Pete Ecker, Axel Andreson, Ed Nordquist.
Photograph number 25: Lars and Anders Haugen
Photograph number 26: Left to Right: Halvor Hvalstad, Halvor Bjorngaard, Sverre Engen, Einar Fredbo, Ted Rex, Alf Matisen, Lars Haugen, Steffan Trogstad, Alf Engen, early 1930s.
Photograph number 27-28: Alf Engen, 1930 and 1934
Photograph number 29: Article about the death of Ogden athlete, Halvor Bjorngaard
Utah Ski Club Officials
Photograph number 30: Marthinius "Mark" A. Strand (1887-1965), one of America's foremost ski visionaries and promoter of Utah Winter sports.
Photograph number 31: Significant ski personalities in the 1930s "Glory Days" of ski jumping. Top row Left to Right: Axel Andresen, S. Joe Quinney and Sydney Cote. Middle row Left to Right: Ed Nordquist, Marthinius "Mark" Strand and Ray Engerbretsen. Bottom row Left to Right: Dick Sorensen, Pete Ecker and Alf Engen.
Photograph number 32: Portrait of Marthinius "Mark" Strand, circa late 1930s
Photograph number 33: Portrait of Pete Ecker, circa late 1930s
Photograph number 34: Marthinius "Mark" Strand who established the first skiing club, the Norwegian-American Athletic Club, west of the Mississippi in Salt Lake City in 1918. This club was later changed to the Utah Ski Club.
Photograph number 35: Portrait of Gus Becker
Photograph number 36: Marthinius Strand, circa 1950
Photograph number 37: Article about Calmar Andreasen breaking a jumping record
Photograph number 38: Four Utah ski pioneers, Left to Right: Axel Andresen, Ed Nordquist, Calmar Andreasen, Eugene Andresen, circa early 1930s.
Photograph number 39: Salt Lake Tribune article about the Utah Ski Club, December 14, 1930
Photograph number 40: Utah Ski Club directors, 1935
Photograph number 41: Utah Ski Club officers, 1937
Photograph number 42: Utah Ski Club directors, 1947
Photograph number 43: Utah Ski Club directors, 1948
Photograph number 44: Portrait of Pete Ecker
Photograph number 45: Portrait of Joe Quinney
Photograph number 46: Portrait of Gus Becker
Photograph number 47: Portrait of Dick Sorensen
Photograph number 48: Portrait of Frank Rasmussen
Photograph number 49: Portrait of Vic Johanson
Photograph number 50: Portrait of Ike Hall, circa late 1940s
Photograph number Ecker Hill and Jumpers-General
Photograph number 51: Rasmussen jumping hill, circa early 1930s
Photograph number 52: Ski jumping on Rasmussen Hill, early 1930s (University of Utah photo P0378 Number 1.2.11)
Photograph number 53: Ski jumper going down the scaffold in-run on Rasmussen Hill, early 1930s (University of Utah photo P0378 Number 1.2.8)
Photograph number 54: Two young ski jumpers at Rasmussen Hill (University of Utah photo P0378 Number 1.2.21)
Photograph number 55: The Rasmussen brothers, Left to Right: Frank, James and Lawrence. Photo courtesy of Mrs. Selma Kilby.
Photograph number 56-57: The Rasmussen family "Well Come Inn," early 1930s
Photograph number 58: Rasmussen Farm and small ski jumping hill for kids, 1930s
Photograph number 59: Salt Lake Tribune article about Calmar Andreason breaking the state ski jumping record, March 3, 1930
Photograph number 60: The professional ski jumpers were also acrobats
Photograph number 61: Salt Lake Tribune article about the Norwegian-American skiers practicing for a tournament, January 27, 1929
Photograph number 62: 1929 Salt Lake Tribune article highlighting the first competitive jumping event to be held at the Rasmussen Ranch close by where Ecker Hill was to be built a year later.
Photograph number 63: Salt Lake Telegram article highlighting the activities surrounding the dedication of Ecker Hill on March 2, 1930
Photograph number 64: Some of the first professional ski jumpers in America gather at the base of Ecker Hill a few days prior to the Hill's dedication, circa February 1930. Left to Right: Carl Hall, Halvor Bjorngaard, Sverre Engen, Burt Wilchock, Steffan Trogstad, Einar Fredbo, and Halvor Hvalstad.
Photograph number 65: Photo of Ecker Hill on the day the hill was dedicated, Sunday March 2, 1930. The hill was named after Pete Ecker, a prominent Salt Lake ski official and supporter.
Photograph number 66: Ecker Hill, circa 1933
Photograph number 67: Ecker Hill, 1930. Note the gulley that had to be cleared on the knoll.
Photograph number 68 The first tournament on Ecker Hill, circa 1930
Photograph number 69: A good photo of the original jumping site named Ecker Hill. Photo taken on the day the hill was dedicated, March 2, 1930.
Photograph number 70: Ecker Hill, early 1930s
Photograph number 71: Utah State Championship, February 22, 1931. Back row, Left to Right: Halvor Hvalstad, Halvor Bjorngaard, Sverre Engen, Einar Fredbo, Ted Rex, Alf Marthiesen, Lars Haugen, Steffen Trogstad, and Alf Engen. Front row, Left to Right: Pete Ecker, Victor Johansen, Axel Andresen, Ed Nordquist, Marthinius Strand, and Rolf Larsen.
Photograph number 72: Ecker Hill, mid 1930s
Photograph number 73: Ecker Hill at the 1937 National Ski Jumping Championships
Photograph number 74: Casper Oimoen, National Amateur Jumping Champion, 1930, 1931, and 1934
Photograph number 75: Front, Left to Right: Victor Johansen, Axel Andresen, unidentified. Rear, Left to Right: Pete Ecker, Alf Engen, Einar Fredbo, and Sverre Engen.
Photograph number 76: Ecker Hill
Photograph number 77: Alf Engen airborne at Ecker Hill, 1933
Photograph number 78-79: Ecker Hill
Photograph number 80: Three promising young jumpers standing on the outrun of Ecker Hill, 1930
Photograph number 81: Left to Right: Don and Eugene Berntsen at Ecker Hill, February 22, 1933.
Photograph number 82: Article about ski jumping in the Ogden Examiner, 1932
Photograph number 83: News article describing Alf Engen's breaking of the World's Professional Ski Jumping record at Ecker Hill on New Year's Day, 1931.
Photograph number 84: Alf Engen leaving the take-off at Ecker hill, 1932
Photograph number 85: Salt Lake Tribune map of the master plan for the Wasatch Winter Sports Area development, December 12, 1937
Photograph number 86-87: Alf Engen airborne at Ecker Hill
Photograph number 88: Alf Engen in landing position
Photograph number 89: Sverre Engen jumping on Ecker Hill
Photograph number 90: Alf Engen ski jumping on Ecker Hill
Photograph number 91: Alf Engen airborne on Ecker Hill, 1930s
Photograph number 92: Unidentified ski jumper on Ecker Hill
Photograph number 93: Alf Engen, "World's Professional Champion"
Photograph number 94: Alf Engen on Ecker Hill, 1930s
Photograph number 95-99: Unidentified skier airborne on Ecker Hill
Photograph number 100: Reidar Andersen of Norway on Ecker Hill for the 1939 U.S. Nationals, February 22, 1939. Photo by Ronald H. Bytheway.
Photograph number 101: Ecker Hill billboard, 1932
Photograph number 102: The "Kings of the Air" ski jumpers gather for a group photo on the outrun of Ecker Hill prior to the start of competition, 1932.
Photograph number 103: Alf Engen setting a new World Professional Ski Jumping record of 231 feet on Ecker Hill, New Year's day, 1931.
Photograph number 104: Alf Engen, center foreground, and Alf Matisen, right foreground, at Becker Hill in Ogden, circa February 1930
Photograph number 105: Professional ski jumper Alf Matisen at Ecker Hill, 1931
Photograph number 106: Lawrence Rasmussen ski jumping at Ecker Hill on the "B" take-off, circa 1930
Photograph number 107: Deseret News article about Alf Engen's world record jump in February 1933
Photograph number 108: February 21, 1932 article about ski competition
Photograph number 109: Pete Ecker and family with Sverre and Alf Engen. Left to Right: Pete Ecker, Gudren Ecker (Pete's wife), Alf Engen, unidentified boy, Sverre Engen, unidentified woman.
Photograph number 110: Portrait of Halvor Bjorngaard on skis
Photograph number 111: Article about the death of Ogden athlete Halvor Bjorngaard
Photograph number 112: Ecker Hill, looking down from above the "A" take-off, circa 1933
Photograph number 113-115: Alf Engen jumping on Ecker Hill, circa 1934, 1931, 1932
Photograph number 116-117: Portrait of Alf Engen, 1933, 1934
Photograph number 118: Unidentified ski jumper leaving the large take-off on Ecker Hill, circa 1934
Photograph number 119: Einar Fredbo on Ecker hill, circa 1935
Photograph number 120: Alf Engen in his prime, early 1930s
Photograph number 121: Alf Engen jumping at Ecker Hill, circa 1931
Photograph number 122: Alf Engen jumping at Ecker Hill, early 1930s
Photograph number 123: Professional ski jumpers gather at the take-off of Ecker Hill, circa 1934
Photograph number 124: Alf Engen jumping on Ecker Hill, circa 1932
Photograph number 125: Alf Engen and other professional ski jumpers look down at the crowd at Ecker hill, early 1930s
Photograph number 126: Alf Engen airborne at Ecker Hill, early 1930s
Photograph number 127: Ecker Hill, early 1930s
Photograph number 128: Ecker Hill billboard, 1932
Photograph number 129: Ecker Hill during the U.S. National Jumping and Cross-country Combined Championship on February 22, 1939. Photo by Ronald H. Bytheway.
Photograph number 130: Ecker Hill take-off platform during the summer
Photograph number 131: Alf Engen and his young admirers at Ecker Hill, 1933
Photograph number 132: Unidentified skier, Einar Fredbo, Casper Oimoen, Alf Engen, Corey Engen, and Sverre Engen, circa 1935.
Photograph number 133: Portrait of Ike Hall
Photograph number 134: The first Mount Olympus Ski Club tournament flyer, 1935. Flyer courtesy of Jack Walker.
Photograph number 135-136: Alf Engen, the "Human Falcon," at Ecker Hill, circa 1932
Photograph number 137: Alf Engen in his landing position at Ecker Hill, circa 1931
Photograph number 138: Newspaper article headline following Alf Engen's record breaking jump on February 1, 1931 at Big Pines California.
Photograph number 139: Alf Engen and Einar Fredbo performing a double jump at Ecker Hill, early 1930s
Photograph number 140: Mount Olympus Ski Club jumpers, Left to Right: Dave Quinney Sr., Vern Nichol, Rowland Walker, A.L. Hamlin, Jack Walker, Alf Engen, Charles Wanless, Bill Bailey, and unidentified at Ecker Hill, circa 1933.
Photograph number 141: Jack Walker wearing a sweater with the Mount Olympus Ski Club emblem, circa 1933
Photograph number 142: Alf Engen at Creole Hill in Park City with some of his favorite people, children, circa 1932
Photograph number 143: Left to Right: Dave Quinney Sr., Vern Nichol, Rowland Walker, A.L. Hamlin, Jack Walker, Alf Engen, Charles Wanless, Bill Bailey, and unidentified at Ecker Hill, circa 1933.
Photograph number 144: Left to Right: Jack Walker, Alf Engen and Charles Wanless, circa 1933
Photograph number 145: Composite photo of images of Alf Engen, 1930s. Photos by Bill Shipler.
Photograph number 146: Group of ski jumpers gathered at the top of Ecker Hill
Photograph number 147: Airborne ski jumper
Photograph number 148: View of the crowds gathered at Ecker Hill from high on the hill
Photograph number 149: Alf Engen airborne, 1930s. Photo by Charles Wanless
Photograph number 150: Alf Engen jumping at Ecker Hill, February 22, 1932
Photograph number 151: Einar Fredbo and Alf Engen performing a double jump at Ecker Hill, circa 1941
Photograph number 152: Sverre Engen flying in space in Ecker Hill, circa mid 1930s
Photograph number 153-154: Alf Engen making a record jump on Ecker Hill, February 12, 1931
Photograph number 155: Mount Olympus Skiers at Ecker Hill, circa 1934. Back row, Left to Right: Jimmy Howell, Hal Thompson, Chet Dalgleish, Jack Walker, Ed Gorder, Frank Williams, and Bill Cowan. Front row, Left to Right: Barrquist, Sharf Sumner, W.W. "Bill" Riter, and Tom Todd.
Photograph number 156: Jack Walker at Ecker Hill, circa mid 1930s
Photograph number 157: Jack Walker, circa 1936
Photograph number 158: Club House of the Mount Olympus Ski Club, alias "Leaky Lodge," circa 1934. Photo courtesy of Jack Walker.
Photograph number 159: Left to Right: Vern Nichol, Rowland Walker, A.L. Hamlin, and Jack Walker at Ecker Hill, circa 1933.
Photograph number 160-161: David Quinney, Sr
Photograph number 162: Ecker Hill
Photograph number 163: Unidentified ski jumper
Photograph number 164: Alf Engen leaving the take-off at Ecker Hill, early 1930s. Note both the American and Norwegian flags.
Photograph number 165: Unidentified jumper at Ecker Hill, early 1930s
Photograph number 166-167: Alf Engen airborne at Ecker Hill, early 1930s
Photograph number 168-169: Alf Engen, circa 1930, 1933
Photograph number 170-171: Alf Engen
Photograph number 172: Building the take-off on Ecker Hill for winter jumping, circa 1932 (Sverre Engen standing on the take-off)
Photograph number 173: Casper Oimoen
Photograph number 174: Left to Right: Don and Eugene Berntsen at Ecker Hill, February 22, 1933
Photograph number 175: Alf Engen at Ecker Hill
Photograph number 176: Airborne jumper at Ecker Hill
Photograph number 177: Ecker Hill, February 22, 1939. Photo by Ronald H. Bytheway.
Photograph number 178: Three promising young jumpers standing on the outrun of Ecker Hill, circa 1930
Photograph number 179-182: Unidentified airborne jumpers at Ecker Hill
Photograph number 183: Alf Engen jumping at Ecker Hill, circa 1934
Photograph number 184: Young jumpers at Ecker Hill, circa 1934
Only Woman to Jump Ecker Hill (Johanna Kolstad)
Photograph number 185: Johanna Kolstad, woman ski jumper, circa 1933
Photograph number 186: Jumpers preparing to jump the "B" take-off on Ecker Hill, circa February 1933. Left to Right: Johanna Kolstad, Sverre Engen, Steffan Trogstad, Alf Engen, Einar Fredbo, and Halvor Hvalstad.
Photograph number 187: Alf Engen and Johanna Kolstad, February 1933
Photograph number 188: Alf Engen and Johanna Kolstad jumping on Ecker Hill's "B" take-off, February 26, 1933
Photograph number 189: Portrait of Johanna Kolstad holding a pair of skis, early 1930s
Calmar Andreason, Jumping Fatality
Photograph number 190: Calmar Andreason at the top of the Ecker Hill in-run waiting for his turn to jump. Unfortunately, he lost his life during his second jump of the day, February 22, 1934.
Photograph number 191: Calmar Andreason on his way down the in-run at Ecker Hill during the last jump of his life, February 22, 1934.
Photograph number 192: Steffan Trogstad and Calmar Andreason
Photograph number 193: Article about the death of Calmar Andreason on Ecker Hill
Photograph number 194: Ecker Hill
Photograph number 195: Calmar Andreason jumping on Ecker Hill
Photograph number 196: Jack Reddish jumping on Ecker Hill, early 1940s
Photograph number 197: Alf Engen in the air at Ecker Hill during the 1939 National Jumping and Cross-Country Championships held February 20-22, 1939. Photo by Ronald H. Bytheway.
Photograph number 198-199: View of Ecker Hill from above the take-off ramps
1935 U.S. Olympic Finals
Photograph number 200: Cover of U.S. Olympic Ski Jumping Finals brochure
Photograph number 201: Casper Oimoen, Corey Engen and Alf Engen jumping side-by-side at Ecker Hill, circa 1936
Photograph number 202: Portrait of Torger Torkle, circa early 1940s. Torkle was one of America's all-time finest ski jumpers. He was killed in action while serving in Italy with the 10th Mountain Division, WWII, 1945.
1937 U.S. National Ski Jumping Championship
Photograph number 203: Program cover for the National Ski Tournament Championship Meet at Ecker Hill, February 21-22, 1937
Photograph number 204: Ecker Hill, February 1937
Photograph number 205: Alf Engen and Sigmund Ruud at the 1937 National Ski Jumping Championships at Ecker Hill, February 22, 1937
Photograph number 206: All the ski jumpers at the 1937 National Ski Jumping Championships, Ecker Hill
Photograph number 207-208: Sigmund Ruud and Alf Engen performing a double jump on Ecker Hill, 1937
Photograph number 209-211: Alf Engen and Sigmund Rudd, 1937
Photograph number 212-213: Sigmund Ruud and Alf Engen performing a double jump on Ecker Hill, 1937
1939 National Jumping Cross-Country Combined
Photograph number 214: Alf Engen in the air at Ecker Hill during the 1939 National Ski Jumping and Cross-Country Combined Championships, circa February 22, 1939
Photograph number 215: Alf Engen in the air at Ecker Hill during the 1939 National Ski Jumping and Cross-Country Combined Championships, circa February 22, 1939 (University of Utah photo P0377 Number 1.1.12)
Photograph number 216: Seven of America's great ski legends, all of whom have been inducted in the National Ski Hall of Fame. Left to Right: Corey Engen, Barney McLean, Sverre Engen, Gordon Wren, Torger Tokle, and Art Devlin at Ecker Hill, circa 1941.
Photograph number 217: David Quinney, Sr. at Ecker Hill, early 1940s. Photo by Dr. Frank Howard.
Photograph number 218: Peter Hugsted, Olympic jumping champion of 1948, at Ecker Hill, February 1949
Photograph number 219: Cover of the United States Ski Jumping Championships brochure
Photograph number 220: Utah Ski Club Officers, 1947
Photograph number 221: Jumpers on Ecker Hill, February 15, 1940. Left to Right: Einar Fredbo, Alf Engen, Ike Hall, Gordon Wren.
Photograph number 222: Reidar Anderson, Norwegian jumping champion, and Alf Engen, circa 1939
Photograph number 223: Reidar Anderson jumping at Ecker Hill, circa February 1939
Photograph number 224: Article in the Salt Lake Telegram highlighting Reidar Anderson, February 1939
Photograph number 225: One of the last Intermountain Ski Jumping Championships on Ecker Hill, circa 1957. Tournament winners, Left to Right: Steve Rieschl, Harold Aase, Erlon Broomhall, and Alan Engen.
Ecker Hill-A Utah Historical Monument
Photograph number 226: Certificate stating that Ecker Hill Ski Jump is officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places, June 4, 1986.
Photograph number 227: Alan Engen speaking at the Ecker Hill dedication, May 26, 1986
Photograph number 228: Jon, Alf, Evelyn, and Alan Engen at the Ecker Hill Dedication
Photograph number 229: Alf Engen saying goodbye to Ecker Hill
Photograph number 230: Stein Eriksen and Alf Engen at the Ecker Hill dedication
Photograph number 231: Alf Engen standing by the new Ecker Hill Historical marker, October 20, 1991. Photo by Alan Engen.
Photograph number 232-233: Ecker Hill Historical marker
Photograph number 234: Alf at Ecker Hill memorial historic marker, July 1995
Photograph number 235: Ecker Hill historical marker
Photograph number 236: Basque (?) sheepherder wagon parked near Ecker Hill, 1989. Photo by Alexis Kelner.
Photograph number 237: Ecker Hill historical marker, circa 1986
Photograph number 238-239: Alf Engen looking at the Ecker Hill historical marker, July 1995 and October 20, 1991. Photos by Alan Engen.
Photograph number 240: Ecker Hill historical marker, August 1993. Photo by Alan Engen.
Photograph number 241-242: Corey, Sverre, Alf, and Alan Engen standing in front of the new Ecker Hill historical marker
Photograph number 243-244: Ecker Hill historical marker

Dates

1930-1950

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