Photo Book 4-1: Early Utah Skiing-General, Mid 1800s-Mid 1900s

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Scope and Contents

Photograph number 1: Backcountry skiers during the early 1940s looking up East Greeley and Gunsight at Alta (University of Utah photo P0370 Number 1.1.22)
Photograph number 2: Alf Engen riding one of the earliest ski lifts
Photograph number 3: Dog sniffing at a fallen skier during the Wasatch Mountain Club's Spring Carnival, 1953. Photo courtesy of Mel and Peggy Fletcher.
Photograph number 4: Alta Mayor George Watson
Photograph number 5: Woman standing on a cornice overlooking the valley below (University of Utah photo P0374 Number 1.5.10)
Photograph number 6: Town of Alta, mid 1880s
Photograph number 7: Old miner near Brighton or Alta, one of Utah's first skiers, circa 1880s (University of Utah photo)
Photograph number 8: Rolla Dobbs, mining engineer and President of the Old Louis Mine at Alta, early 1900s
Photograph number 9: Ralph Johnston standing in front of his car in City Creek Canyon (University of Utah photo P0392 Number 1.3.11)
Photograph number 10: Mrs. Maurice P. Alger and Miss Helga Johnson enjoying an outing on skis up Emigration Canyon, circa mid 1920s. Photo by W.H. Hopkins.
Photograph number 11: Local Salt Lake skiers, circa late 1930s
Photograph number 12: Alf Engen and others enjoying coffee on the slope
Photograph number 13: George Watson welcoming visitors at his entrance shaft
Photograph number 14: Early Wasatch Mountain Club ski touring
Photograph number 15: Constructing a rock shelter, circa 1937. Photo courtesy of Snow Pine Lodge.
Photograph number 16: 1938 article discussing Alf's evaluation of Bogus Basin, near Boise, Idaho, as a potential site for a ski area
Photograph number 17: Joe Quinney and Ed Nordquist at Alta, circa mid 1930s
Photograph number 18: Alf Engen selecting a potential ski area, Snow Basin, circa 1936
Photograph number 19: Alf Engen and Jimmy Christensen building the initial road into Snow Basin, circa 1936
Photograph number 20: U.S. Olympic Ski Jumping finals brochure article about Ecker Hill, March 3, 1935
Photograph number 21: Jack Walker on skis, circa 1936
Photograph number 22: Alta jumpers in the early days. Alf Engen (left), Mac Maeser (next to Alf), and the late Dave Quinney (second from right), remainder are unidentified.
Photograph number 23: Clyde Anderson skiing during the mid 1940s (University of Utah photo P0377 Number 1.2.14)
Photograph number 24: "And who says Santa can't ski?" Circa mid 1940s
Photograph number 25: Ski racing at Snow Basin, mid 1940s (University of Utah photo P0377 Number 1.2.2)
Photograph number 26: 1948 Utah Olympic skiers, Left to Right: Jack Reddish, Dick Movitz, Dev Jennings, Brynhild Grasmoen, Anne Jeanette Winn, Boots Blatt, and Don Johnson, circa 1947. (University of Utah photo P0377 Number 1.2.3)
Photograph number 27: Ski racing at Snow Basin, circa early 1950s (University of Utah photo P0374 Number 1.1.8)
Photograph number 28: Snow King tow, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, circa 1939
Photograph number 29: Jean Gosselin, famous one-legged skier of the early 1940s, making a gelande with two friends near Snow Basin, circa 1941
Photograph number 30: Sharing a good lunch, Left to Right: Einar Fredbo, Sverre Engen and Corey Engen, circa mid 1930s
Photograph number 31: Mayor George Watson in the entrance to his cabin at Alta. Guests had to climb down a 15 foot ladder to enter the main part of the cabin.
Photograph number 32: Left to Right: Mayor George Watson, Sharlene Brewer, Felix Koziol, and Jack Reddish, circa 1950 at Alta
Photograph number 33: George H. Watson entertains with a "Ski Ball" in his cabin, circa late 1940s
Photograph number 34: Mayor George Watson with his collection of posters, pictures and other objects, circa 1950 at Alta
Photograph number 35: Mayor George Watson asleep in his cabin, circa 1950 at Alta
Photograph number 36: Wasatch Mountain Club ski touring near Alta, 1925
Photograph number 37: George Watson with skis, circa 1940s
Photograph number 38: Mayor George Watson
Photograph number 39: George Watson with Deseret News Ski Schoolers, 1948
Photograph number 40: Alf Engen, Felix Koziol and Ted Keller at Alta, circa April 1938
Photograph number 41: Left to Right: George Watson, Alf Engen. Ted Keller, Ken Maughan, and Felix Koziol at Alta, circa April 1938.
Photograph number 42: Joe Hilbero on Mel Fletcher's shoulders at Brighton, circa 1949
Photograph number 43: Unidentified skier
Photograph number 44: Two female skiers
Photograph number 45: Peruvian Lodge, late 1940s
Photograph number 46: Beginning skiers
Photograph number 47: Skier wearing a cowboy hat (University of Utah photo P0374 Number 1.4.23)
Photograph number 48: Group loading up a Utah Mountain Tours Bus (University of Utah photo P0374 Number 1.6.5)
Photograph number 49: 503rd Parachute Battalion training at Alta, 1942. Photo by Dick Durrance.
Photograph number 50: Skiers at Alta, early 1940s. Photo by Clyde Anderson. (University of Utah photo P0377 Number 1.1.5)
Photograph number 51: Inside the Alta Lodge looking toward Mt. Superior, late 1940s. Photo by Clyde Anderson. (University of Utah photo P0377 Number 1.1.1)
Photograph number 52: Driving through a recent avalanche run (below Hellgate Cliffs) which had been plowed, circa 1939
Photograph number 53: Sverre Engen, Circa mid 1940s
Photograph number 54: Fred Speyer, first General Manager of the ski lifts at Alta, early 1950s
Photograph number 55: Skiers and snowshoers outside Alta's Germania Hut, mid 1950s
Photograph number 56: Alf Engen teaching a young girl how to ski at Alta, circa 1952
Photograph number 57: Skiers looking at figure 8's running down Alf's High Rustler at Alta, circa 1947. Photo by Clyde Anderson. (University of Utah photo P0377 Number 1.1.4)
Photograph number 58: Alf Engen, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 59: Alf and other Forest Service personnel discussing ski teaching methods, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 60: Alf Engen teaching Forest Service personnel how to ski at Alta, early 1940s
Photograph number 61: Alf Engen doing a gelande in his shorts, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 62: Alf Engen side-stepping up a hill with four young boys
Photograph number 63-64: Alta ski lift
Photograph number 65: Engen brother in a fur trimmed coat during the filming of a movie
Photograph number 66: Peruvian Lodge, Alta
Photograph number 67: Snow Pine shelter at Alta, 1938
Photograph number 68: Chic Morton at Alta, 1949
Photograph number 69: Jack Reddish racing, circa late 1940s (University of Utah photo P0373 Number 1.1.9)
Photograph number 70: Jack Reddish, 1947
Photograph number 71: Jack Reddish at the start of the Snow Cup race
Photograph number 72: Winners of the Alta Cup, Left to Right: Barney McLean, Jerry Hiat and Dick Movitz
Photograph number 73: Alf and Evelyn Engen on their wedding day, December 23, 1937 in Centerville, Utah
Photograph number 74: Evelyn and Alf Engen in Sun Valley, circa December 1937
Photograph number 75: Evelyn Engen at Sun Valley, circa late 1930s
Photograph number 76: Montgomery (Monty) Atwater, Snow Ranger at Alta in the late 1940s and 1950s. Atwater developed the avalauncher, still in use today. Photo by Felix Koziol, circa early 1950s.
Photograph number 77: Monty Atwater, legendary Snow Ranger, circa 1949
Photograph number 78: Article in the Salt Lake Tribune highlighting Utah's first discussions of making a bid for the Olympics, December 1934
Photograph number 79: Alta Powder News article about Sverre Engen
Photograph number 80: Alan Engen ski racing, circa 1950
Photograph number 81: Alan Engen, age 11, on the cover of a Boy Scout merit badge pamphlet cover, circa 1953
Photograph number 82: An embarrassing moment for Alan Engen, age 10, to Betty Lou Sine's amusement, circa December 1950
Photograph number 83: Alan Engen, age 10, at Alta, circa December 1950
Photograph number 84: Alta Ski Area, circa 1950s
Photograph number 85: Jill Kinmont skiing, circa 1954
Photograph number 86: Norma, Lois and Evelyn Engen at the fairgrounds, circa 1938
Photograph number 87: Germania ski hut at Alta, circa early 1950s
Ski Instruction-Intermountain Region
Photograph number 88: Intermountain certification pins
Photograph number 89: Letter giving permission for a ski instructor's certification program to be organized
Photograph number 90: I.S.I.A. brochure or advertizement
Photograph number 91: Sverre Engen, circa 1970s (University of Utah photo P0396 Number 1.1.1)
Photograph number 92: Lou Lorenz and Jim McConkey of Solitude, circa mid 1960s (University of Utah photo P0404 Number 36)
Photograph number 93: Two keys to the development of the Professional Ski Instructors of America, Lou Lorenz and Bill Lash, circa mid 1960s. (University of Utah photo P0404)
Photograph number 94: Alf Engen, circa early 1960s
Photograph number 95: The first inductees into the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) Intermountain Division Ski Hall of Fame on April 23, 1989 at Alta, Utah. Left to Right: Bill Lash, Alf Engen, K. Smith, and M. Earl Miller.
Ski Patrol
Photograph number 96: Ski patrollers at Alta, Left to Right: Tom Foley, Harold Goodro, Gordon Alcott, Dave Shelden, circa 1949. (University of Utah photo P0403 Number 29)
Photograph number 97: Cover of the Ski Patrol Manual
Photograph number 98: Ski patroller watching skiers
Photograph number 99: Minot Dole, founder of the National Ski Patrol
Photograph number 100: Dr. Frank Howard, National Ski Patrol, and two ski patrol assistants giving attention to an injured skier at Alta, 1947
Photograph number 101: Jim Shane and Harold Goodro taking a skier down an Alta slope in a sled., circa late 1940s
Ski movies of the 1940s
Photograph number 102-103: Corey and Alf Engen in their fur parkas for the Warner Brothers film, "Northern Pursuit," Circa 1943
Photograph number 104: Alf Engen with the other stars of the film "Ski Gulls," circa 1944 at Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Photograph number 105: Otto Lang, film producer of "Ski Gulls," with film support crew and stars of the film at Rabbit Ears Pass, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, circa mid 1940s
Photograph number 106: Movie actor Ralph Bellamy and Alf Engen at Sun Valley, circa 1945
Photograph number 107: Young jumpers in the film "Ski Gulls," filmed on Rabbit Pass, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, circa mid 1940s
Photograph number 108: Movie actors Gary Cooper and Clark Gable skiing together at Sun Valley, circa mid 1940s
Photograph number 109: Alf and Evelyn Engen skiing at Sun Valley, circa 1939
Photograph number 110: Advertisement for the film "Ski Aces"
Photograph number 111: Engen brothers in "Ski Aces," film, 1943-1944
Photograph number 112: The Engen brothers, Sverre, Corey and Alf, circa mid 1930s
Deseret News Ski School
Photograph number 113-114: Young skiers at the first session of the Deseret News Ski School held at the Bonneville Golf Course, December 1948.
Photograph number 115: Instructor Bob Beck teaching a class at the first Deseret News Ski School session held at the Bonneville Golf Course in Salt Lake on December 18, 1948.
Photograph number 116: Skiers attending the first session of the Deseret News Ski School on December 7, 1948 (University of Utah photo P0410 Number 6)
Photograph number 117: Instructors present for the first session of the Deseret News Ski School held December 18, 1948 at the Bonneville Golf Course. Front row, Left to Right: Tom Trua, Gordon Alcott, Michael-Ann Healy, Bob "Pepi" Smith, Gary Peterson, Jack Reddish. Back row, Left to Right: Bob Beck, John Belden, Sverre Engen, Lois Engen, Felix Koziol, Harold VanPelt, Carolyn Harris, Evelyn Engen, and Alf Engen.
Photograph number 118: Article written to highlight the Deseret News Ski School, circa December 1949
Photograph number 119: Skiers at the Deseret News Ski School, December 1948
Photograph number 120: Left to Right: Jack Reddish, Alf Engen and Sverre Engen
Photograph number 121: Mark Nichol teaching a class at the Deseret News Ski School at Alta, circa 1949
Photograph number 122-125: Skiers at the Deseret News Ski School
Photograph number 126: Alf Engen with Pamela Nichol and Cal McPhie at Little Mountain, circa early 1950s
Photograph number 127: Alf Engen and Dorris Johnson
Photograph number 128: Deseret News Ski School instructors at Alta. Front row, Left to Right: Alf Engen, Bill Lash and Daniel Craig. Back row, Left to Right: Tom Plofchan, Corey Engen, Bill Craig, Alan Engen, David Engen, and Nolan Hyde. Circa November 28, 1960.
Photograph number 129-131: Alf Engen at a session of the Deseret News Ski School
Photograph number 132: Jim Gaddis helping a young lady learn to ski on grass at Sugarhouse Park, circa 1970s.
Photograph number 133: Alf and Sverre Engen demonstrating a turn to a group of Alta instructors, circa 1953.
Photograph number 134: Sverre and Corey Engen teach at the Deseret News Ski School at Alta, circa 1953. (University of Utah photo P0416 Number 5)
Photograph number 135-137: Rulon Nichol demonstrating a turn for his Deseret News Ski School class under the watchful eyes of top ski instructors Lou Lorenz, Keith Lange, Bill Lash, and the master, Alf Engen.
Photograph number 138: Ski School students at Alta near Peruvian Lodge, January 1949
Photograph number 139: Alf Engen and another skier examining a tiny cup
Photograph number 140: Alf Engen speaking into a microphone
Photograph number 141: Ski instructor pointing something out to a young skier
Photograph number 142: Group portrait of Deseret News Ski School instructors
Photograph number 143: Instructors present for the first session of the Deseret News Ski School held December 18, 1948 at the Bonneville Golf Course. Front row, Left to Right: Tom Trua, Gordon Alcott, Michael-Ann Healy, Bob "Pepi" Smith, Gary Peterson, Jack Reddish. Back row, Left to Right: Bob Beck, John Belden, Sverre Engen, Lois Engen, Felix Koziol, Harold VanPelt, Carolyn Harris, Evelyn Engen, and Alf Engen.
Photograph number 144: Group of unidentified Deseret News Ski School instructors including Alf and Evelyn Engen
Photograph number 145: Harold Goodro, Pat Lambrose and Alf Engen at the first session of the Deseret News Ski School, circa 1988. Photo by David Conley.
Photograph number 146: Nick Nichol, Dan Meldrum, Harold Goodro, Pat Lanbrose, Alf Engen, and Max Lundberg at the first session of the Deseret News Ski School, circa 1988. Photo by David Conley.

Dates

Mid 1800s-Mid 1900s

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