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Places: Snow Basin, 1940s

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 14

Scope and Contents

  1. Photograph number 1: Learning to ski, Snow Basin, circa early 1940s
  2. Photograph number 2: A spring race believed to be near Snow Basin. Alf Engen is standing just to the right of the starting gate, circa 1940.
  3. Photograph number 3: Snow Basin before it became a ski area
  4. Photograph number 4: Alf Engen at Snow Basin before it became a ski area
  5. Photograph number 5: Sverre Engen and Corey Engen teaching two local Ogden officials how to ski, circa 1942.
  6. Photograph number 6: Lieutenant Stuart Healy (left) and Alf Engen, Chief Civilian Technical Advisor for military arctic clothing and ski equipment.
  7. Photograph number 7: Janet Quinney Lawson and David Quinney, Sr. at Snow Basin, circa 1946.
  8. Photograph number 8: View looking down the lift line at Snow Basin, circa 1946.
  9. Photograph number 9: Photo by Collins and Morris, Ogden, Utah of the upper Snow Basin area in the middle 1940s.
  10. Photograph number 10: The 1941 Intermountain Downhill and Slalom Championship, Winners of the Event: Alf Engen-First Place; Mac Maeser-Second Place; Dev Jennings-Third Place; David Quinney, Sr.-Fourth Place; Chuck DeMolary-Fifth place. Photo taken at Snow Basin on February 15, 1941.
  11. Photograph number 11: Getting on the lift at the lower Wildcat lift terminal, Snow Basin, Utah, circa mid 1940s.
  12. Photograph number 12: Area illustration of the Snow Basin ski area, circa 1946

Dates

  • 1940s

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.

Extent

From the Collection: 25 Boxes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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