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1 Petroglyph (2000-4000 B.C.), Roedoey, Norway.uum_map_usa
2 Petroglyph (1500 B.C.), Zalavrouga, Russia.uum_map_usa
3 Swedish woodcut (1619) depicting soldiers on skis on guard at Glebova, Russia during peace negotiations between Russia and Sweden.uum_map_usa
4 Skiing Birchlegs Crossing the Mountain with the Royal Child, painted by Knud Bergslienuum_map_usa
5 Portraits and image of Hannes Schneider ski jumping.uum_map_usa
6 Fridtjof Nansen, who made the first crossing of Greenland on skis. Image from the Graphic Newspaper, 1896.uum_map_usa
7 Sondre 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."uum_map_usa
8 Original Holmenkollen ski jumping hill in Oslo, Norway, late 1890s.uum_map_usa
9 The first U.S. Olympic ski jumping team, 1924. L to R: Anders Haugen, LeMoine Batson, Harry Lein, Sigurd Overby, John Carleton. Not pictured, but also a member of the team was Ragnar Dmtvedt.uum_map_usa
10 Portraits of Carl Howelson, 1877-1955, taken in 1907 (left) and mid 1940s (right).uum_map_usa
11 Portraits of Carl Howelson, 1877-1955, taken in 1907 (left) and mid 1940s (right), and poster from the Barnum and Bailey Circus highlighting Howelson ski jumping.uum_map_usa
12 Mathias Zdarsky (1874-1946), considered the father of Alpine skiing.uum_map_usa
13 Unidentified ski jumping hills.uum_map_usa
14 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.uum_map_usa
15 Thomas A. Lokken, 1900 ski jumping in Ishpeming, MI.uum_map_usa
16 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.uum_map_usa
17 Carl Tellefsen, first President of the National Ski Association.uum_map_usa
18 Holmenkollen ski jumping hill in Oslo, Norway, 1985.uum_map_usa
19 Miner trekking out to the gold fields in La Porte California, circa 1860s.uum_map_usa
20 First rope tow, Woodstock, VT.uum_map_usa
21 Portrait of Sir Arnold Lunn, founder of the Alberg Kaudahar race and inventor of the slalom, circa 1960s.uum_map_usa
22 Portrait of Sir Arnold Lunn, founder of the Alberg Kaudahar race and inventor of the slalom, circa 1960s.uum_map_usa
23 Portrait of Col. George Bilgeri.uum_map_usa
24 Old ski found in Hjorundfjord.uum_map_usa
25 Arnold Lunn, left, ski historian and author of the book, The Story of Ski-ing, 1952. And Hjalmar Hvam, right, ski pioneer and inventor of America's first safety binding in 1937.uum_map_usa
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