Subject: Chair Lifts, 1930s-1940s

File — Box: 8, Folder: 17

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photograph number 1: Prototype of America's first chairlift, Union Pacific Railroad shop, Omaha, Nebraska
Photograph number 2: Alf Engen on the chairlift at Rasmussen farm
Photograph number 3: Upper terminal of the Peruvian lift at Alta, Utah
Photograph number 4: The March 1937 cover of LIFE Magazine which featured Sun Valley
Photograph number 5: Skier rides the world's second chair lift at Sun Valley, Idaho
Photograph number 6: Original Collins lift, built in 1938
Photograph number 7: Peruvian J-Bar chair lift, 1942
Photograph number 8: Original Collins chair, circa 1940
Photograph number 9: Skiers riding the Original Collins lift passing by tower 17, near the top

Dates

1930s-1940s

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.