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1 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
2 Original Holmenkollen ski jumping hill in Oslo, Norway, late 1890s.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_008
3 Portraits and image of Hannes Schneider ski jumping.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_005
4 Group of women and men sitting on a rock.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_03_063
5 Large group of women and men at a lake near Brighton.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_03_029
6 Three men and horses standing in front of a feed stable.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_03_035
7 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
8 Men and horses standing in front of a feed stable in Brighton.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_07_027
9 Men and horses standing in front of the feed stable.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_03_010
10 Men on the shore of, and standing on rocks above Lake Mary or MarthaP0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_07_017
11 Men sitting on large rocks eating and cooking lunch. In the background can be seen stacks of lumber, a mill and a wagon.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_07_011
12 Carl Tellefsen, first President of the National Ski Association.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_016
13 Carl Tellefsen, first President of the National Ski Association.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_009
14 Early historic views of Brighton. (Larger copies can be seen earlier in the collection.)P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_07_147
15 Large group of women, children and men gathered in front of a cabin.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_07_042
16 Large group of people sitting on the rocks at Lake Mary or Blanche.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_07_046
17 Men cooking and eating while taking a break from their work at the lumber mill seen behind them.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_07_137
18 [group of men on skis with single poles]P0944 Lou Lorenz Photograph CollectionP0944n06
19 Frank Steward, recognized master "doping" (waxing) expert in the late 1800s.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_005
20 Old ski found in Hjorundfjord.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_023
21 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."P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_007
22 Summer at Lake Mary's in Brighton. Man on a horse and women in old fashioned dress.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_01_32
23 Red Wing [?] 1891. Hemmestveit bros.P0944 Lou Lorenz Photograph CollectionP0944n07
24 Columbus mine buildingsP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_28
25 Looking toward Peruvian GulchP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_33
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