Count Felix Schaffgotsch and an unidentified woman at Sun Valley

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Title Count Felix Schaffgotsch and an unidentified woman at Sun Valley
Photo Number P0396 n 1_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
Type Image
ARK ark:/87278/s63b6j8c
Setname uum_map_usa
ID 938162
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63b6j8c
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