Ski and Snow Sports Archives
 
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1 Summer at Lake Mary's in Brighton. Man on a horse and women in old fashioned dress.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379 n 1_01_32
2 Family sitting in front of a cabin and wagon in Brighton.P0379 Brighton Ski Resort Photograph CollectionP0379n1_07_048
3 Portraits and image of Hannes Schneider ski jumping.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_005
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 Carl Tellefsen, first President of the National Ski Association.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_016
8 Old ski found in Hjorundfjord.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_01_023
9 Frank Steward, recognized master "doping" (waxing) expert in the late 1800s.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_005
10 Carl Tellefsen, first President of the National Ski Association.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_009
11 Family ski and snowshoeing outing, circa late 1800s.P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n01_02_046
12 Old miner near Brighton or Alta, one of Utah's first skiers, circa 1880s or 1930s. (Possibly Brighton's "Old Blind Miner.")P0413 Alan K. Engen Photograph CollectionP0413n02_01_007
13 Mining tourP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n1_27_05
14 Passengers on a rail car.P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n1_28_01
15 Glass-plate photo; includes original Alta Club, "The Bucket Of Blood Saloon", and "The Goldminers Daughter."P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n2_03_04
16 Alta Bar.P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_01_04
17 Jitney on lower DugwayP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_01_14
18 Passenger Jitney on old railroad to Alta - probably at Superior.P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_01_15
19 Early Alta town.P0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_01_18
20 Jitney opposite Hogum ForkP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_01_19
21 Woodcut drawing of early AltaP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_05
22 Alta's main streetP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_08
23 Early Alta: main streetP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_09
24 Early Alta photo - looking WestP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_10
25 Alta City from the D. & R.G. depotP0418 Wilburn and Jean Pickett Photograph CollectionP0418n3_03_18
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