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Filters: Collection Name: "Alan K. Engen" Date: "1897" Format: "image/jpeg" Collection: "uum_map_usa"
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1 Portraits and image of Hannes Schneider ski jumping.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_005
2 Original Holmenkollen ski jumping hill in Oslo, Norway, late 1890s.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_008
3 Mikkel 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
4 America'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
5 Carl Tellefsen, first President of the National Ski Association.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_016
6 Old ski found in Hjorundfjord.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_023
7 Frank Steward, recognized master "doping" (waxing) expert in the late 1800s.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_005
8 Carl Tellefsen, first President of the National Ski Association.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_009
9 Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_010
10 Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_023
11 Family ski and snowshoeing outing, circa late 1800s.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_046
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