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: "1959" Collection: "uum_map_usa" Spatial Coverage: "Big Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah)"
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"Miss Rheingold" posing next to a snowman holding a large bottle of beer for an advertisement. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_030 |
| 2 |
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"Miss Rheingold" putting on skis [beer ad] | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_031 |
| 3 |
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Ardo Perri (red sweater) with other men and women climbing the steps at the Brighton lodge. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_105 |
| 4 |
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Ardo Perri helping a woman board a ski lift while others look on. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379 n1_03_045 |
| 5 |
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Avalanche debris being plowed from the highway in Big Cottonwood Canyon. | P0393 Avalanches Photograph Collection | P0393n1_08_02 |
| 6 |
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Bob Lloyd and a young boy on skis at Brighton. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_097 |
| 7 |
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Brighton Store and Post Office. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_057 |
| 8 |
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Brighton's Alpine Lodge. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_082 |
| 9 |
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Carol Lynn Doyle, right, and Sue __, left, at Brighton. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_069 |
| 10 |
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Cars parked in front of the Balsam (?) Hotel. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_009 |
| 11 |
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Horseback riders lined up and ready to go in Brighton. (Note: white horse is named "Pepper") | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_021 |
| 12 |
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K. Smith (red sweater) and Zane Doyle (on Smith's left) with other skiers gathered around a ski school sign at Brighton. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_098 |
| 13 |
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K. Smith teaching skiing lessons at Brighton. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_187 |
| 14 |
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K. Smith, ski instructor, giving lessons at Brighton Ski School | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_028 |
| 15 |
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L-R: K. Smith (Brighton Ski School director; Jesse Kimball Smith), Woody Anderson, Wally Abersole, John Hofheins, Gus Hansen at the Brighton Ski School Meeting Place | P0457 Alexander Woodruff (Woody) Anderson Photograph Collection | P0457n01_02_04 |
| 16 |
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Log convenience store located near Brighton. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_024 |
| 17 |
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Lowell Thomas and Zane Doyle at Brighton. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379 n1_07_138 |
| 18 |
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Man digging out his snow covered car in front of a cabin. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_026 |
| 19 |
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Men gathered around a Brighton ski lift during the summer. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_054 |
| 20 |
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Parking lot of Brighton, circa late 1950s. | P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph Collection | P0413n02_02_184 |
| 21 |
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Portrait of Zane Doyle. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_081 |
| 22 |
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Skier climbing a slope on his skis. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_045 |
| 23 |
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Skiers gathered at the base of Brighton near the Alpine lodge. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_055 |
| 24 |
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Skiers riding a single chair ski lift to the top of the slope. | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_03_068 |
| 25 |
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Skiers taking a breather in the lounge at Brighton | P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph Collection | P0379n1_07_133 |