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Box 8

 Container

Contains 33 Results:

Subject: Fashions, 1940s-1960s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents Photograph number 1: Enjoying a skiing outing with the latest ski fashion, circa 1920s Photograph number 2: Adrian Segil racing through powder without a shirt Photograph number 3: Dan Defenbacher and Marjorie Benedikter in examples of "top" mid 1940s ski fashion Photograph number 4: What the most fashionable ski wear looked like in the mid 1940s, Gretchen Fraser...
Dates: 1940s-1960s

Subject: Film, 1940s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents Photograph number 1: Young jumpers in the film "Ski Gulls" filmed on Rabbit Ears Pass, Steamboat Spring, Colorado Photograph number 2: Alf with other stars of the film "Ski Gulls," circa 1944 Photograph number 3-4: Filming "Ski Gulls" Photograph number 5: Otto Lang, film producer with young stars in the film "Ski Gulls" Photograph number 6: Crew...
Dates: 1940s

Subject: Jumping, 1930s-1940s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
  1. Photograph number 1-24: Various unidentified jumps, most from the 1930s-1940s (6 and 23 are a jumper demonstrating the modern style of the 1990s)
Dates: 1930s-1940s

Subject: Medals and Awards, 1880-1990s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents Photograph number 1-3: Norwegian medal "Foreningen til ski, Idrettens Fremme" 1883. Photograph number 4: Reverse of watch won by Alf Engen on Ecker Hill on January 2, 1932. Photograph number 5: Front and back of Alf Engen's Olympic participation medal from the 1948 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Photograph number 6-8: The 1948 ULLR Good Luck Medal ...
Dates: 1880-1990s

Subject: Newspaper/Magazine Ads, 1920s-1940s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents Photograph number 1: Ad from the Park Record newspaper in Park City, Utah on January 4, 1924 advertising skis for sale priced from $2.25 to $7.00. Photograph number 2: Ski jumper illustration from The Saturday Evening Post, January 20, 1934. Photograph number 3: The Alf Engen Base Lac, developed in the mid 1940s Photograph number 4: ZCMI ad selling Alf Engen skis...
Dates: 1920s-1940s

Subject: Newspaper/Magazine Highlights, 1930s-1990s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents Photograph number 1: Copy of newspaper clipping showing ski jumping styles of Alf Engen (left) and Sverre Engen (right) in flight at the exact same spot. Both were jumping from Ecker Hill on February 21, 1932. Photograph number 2: A fun page showing what the "state of the art" ski equipment was reported to be like in the late 1930s in Utah. Photo taken from the 1939 edition of the Utah Skiing...
Dates: 1930s-1990s

Subject: Newspaper/Magazine Articles, 1910s-1990s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents Photograph number 1: 1918 article highlighting ski jumping at Dry Canyon, near Fort Douglas and the University of Utah Photograph number 2: Newspaper article "Alf Engen smashed world ski record" Photograph number 3: "Prominent in establishing Salt Lake as Ski Center of America" Photograph number 4: "Calmar Andreason breaks own amateur mark in Utah ski meet" ...
Dates: 1910s-1990s

Subject: Patches/Stamps/Miscellaneous, 1940s-2000s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents Photograph number 1: Copy of telegram sent by Alf Engen to his wife, Evelyn, advising her of his winning the National 4-Way Skiing Championship and his brother, Sverre, placing 2nd. Telegram dated March 18, 1940. Photograph number 2: The first two patch insignias for the Alf Engen Ski School at Alta, dated early 1950s and 1958. Photograph number 3: Insignia patch for the Alf Engen...
Dates: 1940s-2000s

Subject: Ski Huts, 1940s-1990s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents Photograph number 1: The Germania Hut, built in 1949 by Jim Shane and Harold Goodro, was torn down in the 1960s. Photograph number 2: The Albion Hut, built in 1948, still remains at the top of Alta's Supreme lift in Albion Basin. Photograph number 3: The Snake Creek Hut, built during the summer of 1949 by Jim Shane and Harold Goodro. Photograph number 4-5: Jim...
Dates: 1940s-1990s

Subject: Summer Ski Jumping at Mt. Baldy California, 1950s-1960s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents Photograph number 1-7: Alf Engen at Mt. Baldy, California Photograph number 8-11: Alan and Alf Engen doing double jumps at Mt. Baldy, California. Photograph number 12-16: Other jumpers at Mt. Baldy, California Photograph number 17-23: Alf Engen with the competitors and winners of the First Annual Alf Engen Junior Jump, held in August 1959 at Mt. Baldy,...
Dates: 1950s-1960s

Subject: Summer Ski Jumping, L. A. Fair, Salt Lake City, other, 1950s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents
  1. Photograph number 1-18: Mostly of constructing jumps for summer ski jumping exhibition
  2. Photograph number 19: The collapsed ski jump in Salt Lake City after a terrible wind storm blew it over
Dates: 1950s

Subject: Summer Snow Inc., 1960s-2000s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
  1. Photograph number 1: Business logo used for "Summer Snow." The artificial snow product was invented by Merrill Nielsen and refined with the help of Alf Engen.
  2. Photograph number 2: Article on "Summer Snow" which ran in the newspaper in 1960
  3. Photograph number 3: "Summer Snow" granules showing size in comparison to a standard paper clip, August 2004.
Dates: 1960s-2000s

Subject: Utah Sports Champions, 1990s

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 34
Scope and Contents Photograph number 1: Photo of sports champions associated with Utah. Included: Alan Engen, Alf Engen, Herman Franks, Marv Jenson, Gene Fulmer, Lavell Edwards, Stein Eriksen, Holly Flanders, Charlie Woodbury, Grant Cullimore, Art Teece, M. Earl Miller, Mike Malaska, Ed Eliason, Arnie Ferrin, Tom Welch, Jim Eakins, George Theodore, Vernon Law, Vance Law, Mark Eaton. Photo taken May of 1996. ...
Dates: 1990s