Places: Alta, Utah-Scenic, 1880s-1990s

File — Box: 9, Folder: 2

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Scope and Contents

Photograph number 1: Town of Alta, circa 1880
Photograph number 2: Old town of Alta, Clasbey-Read Hotel, circa 1880s
Photograph number 3: Alta, late 1800s, looking at the Wildcat and Westward-Ho areas
Photograph number 4: Old tramway between Alta and Snowbird, used to carry ore down the canyon to Tauner's Flat, circa early 1900s
Photograph number 5: Red shelter. The Red shelter was an old building left over from the mining era and was located very close to where the Goldminers' Daughter Lodge is today (circa 2000), photo circa late 1930s.
Photograph number 6: Scene looking towards Westward-Ho and down Little Cottonwood Canyon, circa mid 1930s
Photograph number 7: Watson's boarding house, Alta, Utah, circa early 1920s
Photograph number 8: View of Mount Superior with the Columbus Rexall Mine in the background, circa 1937
Photograph number 9: Collins lower lift terminal, circa 1939
Photograph number 10: Skiing at Alta, Utah, circa 1940
Photograph number 11: View of Old Waston Shelter and the top of terminal of the original Collins lift, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 12: View of the old Collions lift, circa 1940
Photograph number 13: Upper Collins Gulch showing Watson Shelter and the top Collins lift terminal, crica 1941
Photograph number 14: Mountain goat on top of Mt. Superior
Photograph number 15: 1943 painting by Harold Olsen titled 'Lodge at Alta'
Photograph number 16: High Ruslter circa 1942, Alta, Utah
Photograph number 17: A ski framed view of the Alta Lodge, circa 1945
Photograph number 18: Early Alta ski area, circa 1945
Photograph number 19: Alta, Utah, circa mid 1940s looking west towards the old Peruvian Mine
Photograph number 20: Skier racing down through the trees of Alta
Photograph number 21: An unidentified woman looking at the snow covered trees at Alta
Photograph number 22: Alta ski area highlighting the old original Collins lift, circa 1945
Photograph number 23: Alta, Utah, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 24: Skiing at Alta, Utah, circa 1946
Photograph number 25: Looking down on the Peruvian Lodge, circa 1948
Photograph number 26: Touring in virgin Alta snow, circa early 1940s
Photograph number 27: Skiers looking across the mountains at Mt. Timpanogos
Photograph number 28: Skier racing down a powder covered hill at Alta
Photograph number 29: Skier going through powder with Mt. Superior in the background
Photograph number 30: Mt. Superior
Photograph number 31: Adrian Segil skiing down through powder at Alta, Utah
Photograph number 32: View from the top of Alta's Peruvian Ridge looking down Little Cottonwood Canyon, circa early 1950s
Photograph number 33: Skiers gliding through backcountry Alta, Utah
Photograph number 34: Peruvian Lodge, circa 1949
Photograph number 35: View from the top of Peruvian Ridge looking down Little Cottonwood Canyon, circa 1963
Photograph number 36: Rustler's Lodge
Photograph number 37: Looking down Little Cottonwood Canyon from the top of Wildcat lift
Photograph number 38: Devils Castle, circa 1991
Photograph number 39: Composite photo comparing a view at Alta back in the 1880s with a view over a century later
Photograph number 40: Alta rainbow over Mount Superior
Photograph number 41: Photo of the Wildcat and Westward-Ho areas
Photograph number 42: Alta's New Years Eve torchlight parade honoring Alf Engen who was named by the media as "Utah Athlete of the Century" on December 26, 1999. The word "Alf" highlighted at the top of High Rustler hillside, at top left of photo.
Photograph number 43: Torchlight parade down Wildcat, Alta, Utah, 1950

Dates

1880s-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.