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: "1953" Format: "image/jpeg" Collection: "uum_map_usa" Spatial Coverage: "Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah)" Type: "Image" Setname: !(ir* OR ehsl*)
| Title | Collection Number And Name | Photo Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 |
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Ski lift during the Summer. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_02a_18 |
| 102 |
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Buck Sasaki loads lift chair | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03a_19 |
| 103 |
 |
Auto in front of building | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03a_32 |
| 104 |
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Very early snow machine | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_03a_36 |
| 105 |
 |
Medak family skiing at Alta. Peruvian Lodge in background | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_04_25 |
| 106 |
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Chic Morton, Lowell Thomas | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_04_36 |
| 107 |
 |
Elderly man at the starting line. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_04a_02 |
| 108 |
 |
Center is Keith Lange & left is Edwin Gibbs | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_04a_06 |
| 109 |
 |
Unidentified group photo. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_04a_08 |
| 110 |
 |
Alta bunkhouse, home for Alta employees for many years | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_04a_19 |
| 111 |
 |
Chic Morton at base of original Albion Lift | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_04a_24 |
| 112 |
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Keith Lange jumps cornice | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_04a_25 |
| 113 |
 |
Placing towers on old Sugarloaf Lift | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_04a_26 |
| 114 |
 |
Walking up Landes Hill | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_04a_34 |
| 115 |
 |
Group dining at Alta Lodge. | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n3_06_23 |
| 116 |
 |
Albion Basin | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n4_01_076 |
| 117 |
 |
Alta | P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph Collection | P0418n4_01_211 |
| 118 |
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Taken at Alta ski area, early National Avalanche School. Woody Anderson 4th from right, Harvey Woods 3rd from right. All others unidentified. Photo by John S. Flannery | P0457 Alexander Woodruff (Woody) Anderson Photograph Collection | P0457n01_02_18 |
| 119 |
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Group of skiers at Alta, 1953. L to R: Betsy Snite, Bill Beck, Jannette Burr, Ralph Miller, Katy Rodolph, Skeeter Werner, Les Streeter, Dick Mitchel, Tom Corcoran, Susie Harmon, and sitting: Darrell "Pinky" Robison and Dave Vorse. | P0917 Marvin Alton Melville Photograph Collection | P0917n1_01_08 |
| 120 |
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Marvin Melville, Alf Engen and others teaching at the Deseret News Ski School. L-R: Les Streator, Sverre Engen, Marvin Melville, Alf Engen, Alan Miller | P0917 Marvin Alton Melville Photograph Collection | P0917n3_02_34 |
| 121 |
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Alf Engen teaching skiing. | P0918 Joe Coeburn Photograph Collection | P0918n088 |
| 122 |
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Man shooting avalanches. | P0918 Joe Coeburn Photograph Collection | P0918n112 |
| 123 |
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Peruvian Lodge, Alta, Utah. | P0933 Alton Crane Melville Photograph Collection | P0933n03 |