Selected photos from the Utah Ski Archives, documenting the history of ski competition on local, national, and international levels; the founding of major resorts; snow safety and avalanche control; ski equipment; ski instruction; freestyle skiing; the 10th Mountain Division; back-country skiing; and virtually every facet of winter sports in Utah and the surrounding region.
Filters: Date: "1895" Collection: "uum_map_usa" Spatial Coverage: "Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah)"
| Title | Collection Number And Name | Photo Number | ||
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"Avalanche in Cottonwood Canyon that Destroyed Alta," painting by Thomas Moran, 1895. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n03_03_070 |
| 2 |
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Early Alta mining buildings | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n1_27_01 |
| 3 |
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Mining tour | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n1_27_05 |
| 4 |
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Passengers on a rail car. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n1_28_01 |
| 5 |
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Glass-plate photo; includes original Alta Club, "The Bucket Of Blood Saloon", and "The Goldminers Daughter." | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n2_03_04 |
| 6 |
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Alta Bar. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_04 |
| 7 |
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Shea engine hauling ore up lower canyon | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_11 |
| 8 |
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Eastern terminal of D&RGW standard gauge at Wasatch. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_12 |
| 9 |
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Engine and ore cars with Westward Ho in background. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_13 |
| 10 |
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Jitney on lower Dugway | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_14 |
| 11 |
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Passenger Jitney on old railroad to Alta - probably at Superior. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_15 |
| 12 |
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Digging out railroad - probably at White Pine. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_16 |
| 13 |
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Early Alta town. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_18 |
| 14 |
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Jitney opposite Hogum Fork | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_19 |
| 15 |
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Alta miners | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_21 |
| 16 |
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Woodcut drawing of early Alta | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_05 |
| 17 |
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Early Alta photo - looking West | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_10 |
| 18 |
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Alta City from the D. & R.G. depot | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_18 |
| 19 |
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Columbia Revell Dump | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_26 |
| 20 |
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Columbus mine buildings | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_28 |
| 21 |
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Columbus mine | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_29 |
| 22 |
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Trestle and boarding house - Michigan Utah mines | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_31 |
| 23 |
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Michigan Utah mines | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_32 |
| 24 |
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Looking toward Peruvian Gulch | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_33 |
| 25 |
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Michigan Utah mines in Grizzly Gulch | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_34 |