Ski and Snow Sports Photo Archives
 
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1Summer at Lake Mary's in Brighton. Man on a horse and women in old fashioned dress.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_01_32
2Family sitting in front of a cabin and wagon in Brighton.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_07_048
3Portraits and image of Hannes Schneider ski jumping.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_005
4Sondre Norheim, 1825-1895, of Norway. Invented the world's first ski binding made from thin shoots of birch roots. This binding was called the "Norheim binding."P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_007
5Mikkel and Torjus Hemmestveit. The Hemmestveit brothers were the first known ski jumpers in the U.S. They made the first leaps on skis in America in 1880. Mikkel Hemmestveit set the first American ski jumping record of 37 feet in 1887 at Ishpeming, MI. Note the clothing, skis and bindings typical of ski jumping in the late 1800s.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_013
6America's first ski jumpers. Top: Mikkel Hemmestveit, who made the first American distance record of 37 feet on February 8, 1887. Bottom: the Hemmestveit brothers Mikkel and Torjus.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_015
7Carl Tellefsen, first President of the National Ski Association.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_016
8Old ski found in Hjorundfjord.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_023
9Frank Steward, recognized master "doping" (waxing) expert in the late 1800s.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_005
10Carl Tellefsen, first President of the National Ski Association.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_009
11Family ski and snowshoeing outing, circa late 1800s.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_046
12Old miner near Brighton or Alta, one of Utah's first skiers, circa 1880s or 1930s. (Possibly Brighton's "Old Blind Miner.")P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n02_01_007
13Mining tourP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n1_27_05
14Passengers on a rail car.P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n1_28_01
15Glass-plate photo; includes original Alta Club, "The Bucket Of Blood Saloon", and "The Goldminers Daughter."P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n2_03_04
16Alta Bar.P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_01_04
17Jitney on lower DugwayP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_01_14
18Passenger Jitney on old railroad to Alta - probably at Superior.P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_01_15
19Early Alta town.P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_01_18
20Jitney opposite Hogum ForkP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_01_19
21Woodcut drawing of early AltaP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_05
22Alta's main streetP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_08
23Early Alta: main streetP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_09
24Early Alta photo - looking WestP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_10
25Alta City from the D. & R.G. depotP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_18
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