Title |
Count Felix Schaffgotsch and an unidentified woman at Sun Valley |
Photo Number |
P0396n1_01_14 |
Description |
Photo shows Count Felix Schaffgotsch and an unidentified woman at Sun Valley, late 1930s |
Keywords |
Ski Archives; Idaho; Ski resorts; Sun Valley |
Subject |
Schaffgotsch, Felix, 1904-1942--Photographs |
Additional Information |
Felix Schaffgotsch, an Austrian nobleman, "discovered" Sun Valley and prompted Averell Harriman to build the ski resort in the 1930s. Schaffgotsch was the first ski instructor at Sun Valley through 1939, but World War II forced him to return to Austria, where he died on the battlefield in 1942 |
Spatial Coverage |
Sun Valley (Idaho); Blaine County (Idaho) |
Collection Number and Name |
P0396 Sun Valley Photograph Collection |
Collection Name |
Sun Valley |
Relation is Part of |
Ski and Snow Sports Archives |
Date |
1936; 1937; 1938; 1939 |
Textual Date |
Late 1930s |
Donated By/Purchased From |
Joe Arave |
Rights |
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Type |
Image |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s63b6j8c |
Setname |
uum_map_usa |
ID |
938162 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63b6j8c |