Events: Alta Cup, 1950s

File — Box: 10, Folder: 22

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photograph number 1: James "J" Laughlin. One of Alt'a ski pioneers, writer, founder of the Alta Cup ski races and chairman of the National Ski Association's "Ski Hut" program in the mid to late 1940s.
Photograph number 2: Barney McLean was the winner of the first Alta Cup competition, 1942.
Photograph number 3: The first three Alta Cup men's winners: Barney McLean-1942, Jerry Hiatt-1943, Dick Movitz-1944.
Photograph number 4: Some of the 1946 Alta Cup competitors: George Macomber, Dick Movitz, Johnny Fripp, Alf Engen, Bill Distin, circa 1946.
Photograph number 5: Winners of the Alta Cup in 1946: Alf Engen-winner of slalom, third in combined, Johnny Fripp (Canada)-overall combined men's winner of Alta Cup. Dick Movitz-winner of giant slalom, second in combined.
Photograph number 6: Rhona Wurtele, 1946 Alta Cup winner.
Photograph number 7: Dodie Post in the starting gate of the 1946 Alta Cup slalom race.
Photograph number 8: 1946 Alta Cup racer: Corey Engen (Number 43), Jim Huidekoper (Number 61), Johnny Fripp (Number 44), Jack Reddish (Number 7).
Photograph number 9: The Alta Cup, somewhat tarnished after almost six decades.

Dates

1950s

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