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Subject: Covers/Posters, 1940s-1990s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 18

Scope and Contents

  1. Photograph number 1: "Utah Ski Jumping...The Glory Years" Introduction page for one of Alan Engen's Ski History presentations.
  2. Photograph number 2: First Annual Intermountain Ski Jumping Championships, Ecker Hill, 1940 program cover
  3. Photograph number 3: Advertisement in the 1946 January issue of Utah Magazine, highlighting the Snow Basin Ski Resort.
  4. Photograph number 4: Signature ski illustration used in the book "First Tracks, A Century of Skiing in Utah" by Alan K. Engen and Dr. Gregory Thompson, drawing circa 1940s.
  5. Photograph number 5: Poster to promote the National Ski Patrol System, circa later 1940s
  6. Photograph number 6: Cover for 1940s Ski Patrol Manual
  7. Photograph number 7: 1940s Advertisement Promoting Skiing
  8. Photograph number 8: Copy of program cover for the 1949 U. S. National Ski Jumping Championships held at Ecker Hill
  9. Photograph number 9: Advertisement for the first annual Landes Memorial Ski Jumping Tournament held on Landes Hill, Alta, Utah, in April, 1949
  10. Photograph number 10: Cover for Sverre Engen's book published in 1976 "Skiing a Way of Life: Saga of the Engen Brothers, Alf, Sverre, Corey."
  11. Photograph number 11: Inscribed cover sheet for Sverre Engen's book signed by the three Engen brothers
  12. Photograph number 12: The 1949-1950 Little Mountain Ski Poster
  13. Photograph number 13: Photocopy of the first Alf Engen Ski School Poster which was made by Evelyn Engen in 1949
  14. Photograph number 14: Photo showing a good representation of ski technology in the late 1940s/early 1950s. Seated on the chair is Merrie Duona.
  15. Photograph number 15: Ullar, patron saint of skiing, photo circa 1950
  16. Photograph number 16: Toddler holding skis and standing in ski boots
  17. Photograph number 17: Photo of Today's Health Magazine cover featuring Blanch Houserman at Alta, Utah, circa 1954
  18. Photograph number 18: Famous photo used by Head ski company showing Alf Engen leading Bill Lash and Bob "Pepi" Smith down Greeley Hill at Alta, circa 1958.
  19. Photograph number 19: Billy Kidd and Jimmy Heuga, silver and bronze medalists in the 1964 Olympic slalom held at Innsbruck, Austria.
  20. Photograph number 20: Poster for Sverre Engen's film "Ski Time USA" featuring Alf Engen in his perfect double pole jump turn.
  21. Photograph number 21: Cover of "First Tracks: A Century of Skiing in Utah" by Alan K. Engen and Dr. Gregory Thompson.

Dates

  • 1940s-1990s

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.

Extent

From the Collection: 25 Boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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