Places: Alta, Utah-Miscellaneous, 1940s-1990s

File — Box: 9, Folder: 10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photograph number 1: Skiers in the lodge looking out the window at Mt. Superior
Photograph number 2: Base terminal to the original Collins lift, circa 1939
Photograph number 3: Alta Lodge with ski guests, circa 1945
Photograph number 4: Collins single chairlift upgrade. Wooden towers were replaced with steel ones, circa 1949.
Photograph number 5: Base of the original Collins lift showing placement of the ticket booth and loading of chairs.
Photograph number 6: Snow buries the top terminal of the old Collins lift, circa 1949.
Photograph number 7: Alf Engen stringing cable on top of one of the original Germania lift towers, Summer 1954.
Photograph number 8: Salt Lake Tribune article which provides the time frame when the first written mention of the Collins lift was made (November 1938).
Photograph number 9: Atla's first ski area rendering, circa 1960
Photograph number 10: Copy of the introductory flyer of the "Senior" skiing program introduced by Alan Engen at Alta in 1994.
Photograph number 11: Copy of the first "Silver Meister" (seniors program) day pass offered at Alta, circa 1994.
Photograph number 12: Enlarged photo copy of one of Alta's early lift tickets. This particular ticket believed to be from 1967.
Photograph number 13: Advertisement placed in the 1941 edition of the American Ski Annual highlighting Alta, the Alta Lodge, Dick Durrance, and the Alta Cup Race.
Photograph number 14: Vintage Alta Skier, artwork prepared by Alan Engen for the Engen Ski School 'Silver Meisters' program, circa 1994.
Photograph number 15: Moving an unidentified building
Photograph number 16-17: Building the Snowpine Shelter
Photograph number 18-19: Moving an unidentified building

Dates

1940s-1990s

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.