Photo Book 8: Miscellaneous Ski Photos-Art, Cartoons, Stamps, Advertising, Pins, Patches, Medals, and related items of interest

File — Box: 3, Folder: 3

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Scope and Contents

Photograph number 1: A photo montage of Utah ski history highlighting Alf Engen, Utah's "Athlete of the 20th Century." (The second proposed cover idea for the book, "For the Love of Skiing.") March 1998.
Photograph number 2: Alan Engen featured on ski poster for the 1964 Winter Olympic Games. Photo by Fred Lindholm, March 1963.
Photograph number 3: Devil's Castle, Alta, Utah, 1994. Photo by Alan Engen.
Photograph number 4: Powder skier at Brighton, 1980s (University of Utah photo P0379 Number 1.7.128)
Photograph number 5: Looking down Little Cottonwood Canyon from the top of Peruvian Ridge, Alta, 1963. Photo by Alan Engen.
Photograph number 6: Mount Superior, Alta, February 13, 1963. Photo by Alan Engen.
Photograph number 7: Ullr medal. Photo by Dobber Price.
Photograph number 8: Ullr-Scandinavian mythology-winter God and the patron saint of skiing. The famous Ullr medal which, so told, brings good luck to the skiers who wear it.
Photograph number 9: Norwegian National Ski Organization medal, "Foreningen til ski idrettens frenne," started in 1883
Photograph number 10: Ullr, patron saint of skiers
Photograph number 11: Overview of ski jumping technique in the 1930s
Photograph number 12: Overview of the current ski jumping hills and jumping technique
Photograph number 13: Banner promoting the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games
Photograph number 14: Watercolor painting of skiers in the Wasatch mountains, "Twilight Trek," by Linda Roberts
Photograph number 15: Watercolor of Alta by Linda Roberts
Photograph number 16: Map of the Wasatch Front ski areas, 2000. Illustration by James, photo courtesy of Ski Utah.
Photograph number 17: Betty Lou Sine, circa December 1950
Photograph number 18: Two women skiers, circa 1950
Photograph number 19-20: Mountain goat on top of Mount Superior. Photo by David Houghton.
Photograph number 21: Drawing and poem about ski jumping by Glenn Ward Dresback
Photograph number 22: Medal from the St. Moritz 1948 Winter Olympics received by Alf Engen for coaching the U.S. Ski Team
Photograph number 23: Watercolor of a ski jumper used on the cover of the 1948 American Ski Annual highlighting the 1948 Olympics at St. Moritz.
Photograph number 24: Olympic birthday card highlighting Alf Engen
Photograph number 25: Medal from the St. Moritz 1948 Winter Olympics received by Alf Engen for coaching the U.S. Ski Team
Photograph number 26: The Alf Engen ski wax line, circa 1960
Photograph number 27: Advertisement for micro-camber block, edorsed by Sverre Engen, circa 1947
Photograph number 28: Advertisement for Alf Engen skis in the Utah magazine, 1946
Photograph number 29: Charcoal illustration of Alf Engen and Walter Prager (coaches of the 1948 U.S. Ski Team) done in Davos, Switzerland in 1948
Photograph number 30-31: Old fashioned skis
Photograph number 32: Artist illustration of a member of the 10th Mountain Division during WWII
Photograph number 33-34: Illustration of a skier
Photograph number 35: Illustration of an old fashioned ski boot
Photograph number 36: Illustration of a skier
Photograph number 37: Cartoon of a Viking ski by Bob Bugg for Ski Magazine, November 1959
Photograph number 38: Cartoon showing the British influence on skiing by Bob Bugg for Ski Magazine, November 1959
Photograph number 39: Cartoon showing Hannes Schneider's influence on skiing by Bob Bugg for Ski Magazine, November 1959
Photograph number 40: Front, Left to Right: 1930s ski boots and 1940s-1950s ski boots. Back, Left to Right: 1960s ski boots and 1980-1990s ski boots. Photo by Alan Engen.
Photograph number 41: Large woodcut located in Squaw Valley
Photograph number 42-43: Old fashioned skis. Photo by Alan Engen, January 1998.
Photograph number 44-45: Old fashioned skis with boots attached. Photo by Alan Engen, January 1998.
Photograph number 46: Newspaper illustration of Alf Engen by Everett Thorpe
Photograph number 47: "The Skier," woodcut by Alan Engen, 1961
Photograph number 48: ZCMI advertisement for Alf Engen skis
Photograph number 49: Alf Engen sun and wind screen
Photograph number 50: Illustration of a skier on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, March 3, 1928
Photograph number 51: Advertisement for the Hjalmar Hvam Safety Bindings, circa 1946
Photograph number 52: Woodcut of Alta City, 1873
Photograph number 53-54: Illustration of Alf Engen by Everett Thorpe
Photograph number 55: Comic strip about Alf Engen by Forrest B. Myers
Photograph number 56: Cartoon by Jonathan Brown run in August 1997 edition of the "Mountain Times" publication. Per Conversation with Jonathan Brown on 10/20/1997, permission given to Alan Engen to reproduce cartoon in "Ski Tracks."
Photograph number 57: Illustration of cross-country runners
Photograph number 58-59: Poster highlighting Alf Engen and his distance records on Ecker Hill, mid 1930s
Photograph number 60: The famous Wheaties ad that kept Alf Engen from competing in the 1936 Winter Olympics held at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Photograph number 61: Illustration of Alf Engen, Sigmund Ruud, George Kotlarek, and Casper Oimoen in the February 21, 1937 Salt Lake Tribune.
Photograph number 62: Artwork by Alan Engen used for the Alf Engen Ski Wax Combination Kit (consisting of "Engen Gold," "Engen Silver," and "Engen Glacier" waxes), 1960s.
Photograph number 63: Illustration of Alf Engen by Everett Thorpe
Photograph number 64: Illustration of Jim Gaddis by Everett Thorpe, 1962
Photograph number 65: Advertisement for Alf Engen "Tan-Glo" oil
Photograph number 66: Stamp from the Lake Placid 1932 Winter Olympic Games
Photograph number 67: Stamps from the Oslo 1952 Winter Olympic Games
Photograph number 68: Stamps from the St. Moritz 1948 Winter Olympic Games
Photograph number 69: Intermountain certification pins, 1940s-1990s
Photograph number 70: "Avalanche in Cottonwood Canyon that Destroyed Alta," painting by Thomas Moran, 1895
Photograph number 71: "Two of Utah's 100 Treasures" (as selected by Utah museums), The Engen Bell and Collins chair lift
Photograph number 72: The Engen Bell
Photograph number 73: Head poster, skiers Left to Right: Bob "Pepi" Smith, Alf Engen, and Bill Lash, circa early 1970s at Alta.
Photograph number 74: First Alta Ski Area illustration used for promotional purposed. Rendering by Alan Engen, circa 1960.
Photograph number 75: Newspaper article about Alf Engen's rise to fame
Photograph number 76: Ski poem by Milton Mangum
Photograph number 77: Illustration of the Wasatch Front and its ski areas
Photograph number 78: Salt Lake Tribune article highlighting the cabins built by the Engen brothers and Monty Atwater
Photograph number 79: Sunset looking down Little Cottonwood Canyon (taken from the porch of the ski school), March 3, 1996. Photo by Alan Engen.
Photograph number 80: Illustration of a 21st century skier
Photograph number 81: Alta torchlight parade honoring Alf Engen, December 31, 1999. Photo by Dobber Price.
Photograph number 82-105: Display panels prepared by Alan Engen highlighting the history of skiing and ski jumping
Photograph number 106-125: Displays prepared by Alan Engen highlighting the history of the Deseret News Ski School

Dates

1860-2004

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