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: "1916" Collection: "uum_map_usa" Spatial Coverage: "Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah)"
| Title | Collection Number And Name | Photo Number | ||
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Rolla Dobbs, mining engineer and President of the Old Louis Mine at Alta, early 1900s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_01_008 |
| 2 |
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Woman and children. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n1_28_10 |
| 3 |
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Early Alta: horse carriage | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n1_28_21 |
| 4 |
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Early Alta: Group of miners in their buggies ca. 1916 | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_05 |
| 5 |
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Buggy transportation up canyon in 1916 | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_06 |
| 6 |
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Teamsters horses grazing at Alta 1916. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_09 |
| 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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The Railbus; early mode of Alta transportation. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_17 |
| 14 |
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Jitney opposite Hogum Fork | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_19 |
| 15 |
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Mayor Watson in front of Railbus. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_20 |
| 16 |
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Alta miners | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_21 |
| 17 |
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George Watson, wife & child | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_22 |
| 18 |
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Alta mine operators early part of century | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_23 |
| 19 |
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George Watson left, with Alta residents | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_24 |
| 20 |
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Women and children. (Individuals on left believed to be wife and child of George Watson.) | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_25 |
| 21 |
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George Watson's daughter Mike. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_26 |
| 22 |
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Early Alta residents | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_01_27 |
| 23 |
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Skiers @ Alta heading down canyon | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_14 |
| 24 |
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Early photo of Mt. Superior | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_16 |
| 25 |
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Early Alta | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03_20 |