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Compilation of Alta ski runs and lifts, 1930-1970

1930s - 1970s

Subject Ski resorts--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Ski runs--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Ski lifts--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Mine personnel at Michigan Utah mine, 1910-1920

Circa 1900s, 1910s, 1920s

SubjectAlta (Utah)--History--Photographs; Mines and mineral resources--Utah--Alta--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Painting by Thomas Moran, 1895, "Avalanche in Cottonwood Canyon that Destroyed Alta in 1878"

1878

SubjectAvalanches--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Alta (Utah)--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Alta Bar, 1870-1890

Circa 1870s, 1880s, 1890s

SubjectAlta (Utah)--Photographs; Bars (Drinking establishments)--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Horse-drawn vehicles--Utah--Alta--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Alta, July 3, 1885

July 3, 1885

SubjectAlta (Utah)--History--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Skiers in front of Watson's shelter, 1966

February, 1966

SubjectSkiers--Photographs; Alta (Utah)--Photographs; Ski resorts--Utah--Salt Lake County--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Ski Run Control sign at the top of the Germania lift, 1965

January 1965

SubjectSki resorts--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Skis and skiing--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Skiers--Photographs; Ski lifts--Photographs; Signs and signboards--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Skiers waiting in line to board lift, 1950-1970

1930s - 1970s

SubjectSki resorts--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Skis and skiing--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Skiers--Photographs; Ski lifts--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Roto Waxer used by Alta Lift Co, 1974

June 1974

SubjectSkis and skiing--Equipment and supplies--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Skiers on deck of ski lodge, 1950s

1950s

SubjectHotels--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Ski resorts--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Skiers--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Lift lines at Collins and Wildcat, 1966

February, 1966

SubjectSki lifts--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Alta (Utah)--Photographs; Ski resorts--Utah--Salt Lake County--Photographs; Skiers--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Skiers on the Alta Lodge rope tow, 1966

February, 1966

SubjectSki resorts--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Skis and skiing--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Skiers--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Glen Tillotsen executes a backward somersault at the 9th National Gelande, 1973

1973-04-27

SubjectTillotsen, Glen--Photographs; Skis and skiing--Utah--Photographs; Skiers--Utah--Photographs; Alta (Utah)--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Skiers in the Grizzly parking lot at Alta, 1965

1965

SubjectSki resorts--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Skis and skiing--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Skiers--Photographs; Parking lots--Ski resorts--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Portrait of Alan Engen, 1990s

1990s

SubjectEngen, Alan K.--Photographs; Skiers--Utah--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Fire station and community center, Alta, Utah

1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989

SubjectCommunity centers--Utah--Alta--Photographs; Alta (Utah)--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)
Pre-Fire Alta, Utah

1873-1878

SubjectAlta (Utah)--History--Photographs
Spatial CoverageAlta (Utah); Little Cottonwood Canyon (Salt Lake County, Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah)