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1950ref. 79391950. Real Photo Post Card 14 cm x 9 cm Undivided back. Fine. Image shows the silhouette of a person waving from the chairlift. Sun Valley is famous the world over and one of America's premier ski areas and one of its first destination resorts. Built in 1936 by the Union Pacific Railroad Sun Valley is located in the Northern Rockies region of south-central Idaho and is open year-round. unknown books
1956ref. 7894Aspen CO: Aspen Chamber of Commerce 1956. Single sheet 23 cm x 40 cm printed on both sides that folds to pamphlet size 23 cm x 10 cm. Near fine. Chamber of Commerce produced item that touts the year-round recreational opportunities of this world famous ski area located on Colorado's Western Slope. Illustrated with black and white views by Berko Studio of Aspen. "This unique community of Aspen high in the Rockies offers something for everyone's pleasure in every season of the year. Aspen Chamber of Commerce unknown books
1970ref. 9791Colorado Springs CO: Looart Press Inc 1970. Color poster 76 cm x 53 cm / 30" x 21" Fine. 'A' condition. Promotional poster for the Swiss Alps destination featuring an airborn skier. Photograph L. Gensetter. In 1883 the German ski pioneer W. Paulke was the first to ski in Davos and presumably also in Switzerland. Ten years later the first brave skiers ventured on the route from Davos over the Maienfeld Furka to Arosa. Looart Press, Inc unknown books
1970ref. 9785Colorado Springs CO: Looart Press Inc 1970. Color poster 76 cm x 53 cm / 30" x 21" Fine. 'A' condition. Promotional poster for Aspen showing a skier coming over a ridge and pushing powder. Aspen Highland was founded and developed in 1958 by local resident Whip Jones and is world famous for its deep powder and for the expert runs in the Highland Bowl. Looart Press, Inc unknown books
1970ref. 9783Colorado Springs CO: Looart Press Inc 1970. Color poster 76 cm x 53 cm / 30" x 21" Fine. 'A' condition. Promotional poster for Breckenridge that features an action shot of Trygve Berge who was a co-founder of the Breckenridge ski area in 1961 and ran the ski school for its first 10 years. Looart Press, Inc unknown books
1970ref. 8832Colorado Springs CO: Looart Press Inc 1970. Color poster 76 cm x 53 cm / 30" x 21" Fine. 'A' condition. Promotional poster for California's Mammoth Mountain. Mammoth was founded by Dave McCoy a hydrographer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. As a member of the Eastern Sierra Ski Club in the 1930s McCoy noticed that Mammoth Mountain consistently held more snow than other mountains. The Ski Club had a portable rope tow. McCoy bought the rope tow from the club in 1941 and usually kept it at Mammoth. In 1953 the United States Forest Service awarded a permit to McCoy to operate the ski area and the first ski lift was built in 1955. Looart Press, Inc unknown books
1970ref. 9784Colorado Springs CO: Looart Press Inc 1970. Color poster 76 cm x 53 cm / 30" x 21" Fine. 'A' condition. Promotional poster for Vail that features a bird's eye view of a group getting first tracks. Vail Ski Resort was founded in 1962 by Earl Eaton Pete Seibert and Harley Higbie at the base of Vail Pass and named after Charles Vail designer of the highway that passed through the valley. Vail has one of the largest skiable terrain areas in North America and is world famous for its deep powder and Bavarian style village. Looart Press, Inc unknown books
1970ref. 8684Colorado Springs CO: Looart Press Inc 1970. Color poster 76 cm x 53 cm / 30" x 21" Fine. 'A' condition. Promotional poster for freestyle skiing in the Rockies that features a photograph of a sweet Colo-rad-bro mid flip. We think we see a Colorado flag embroidered on his fresh red sweater. Looart Press, Inc unknown books
1970ref. 9787Colorado Springs CO: Looart Press Inc 1970. Color poster 76 cm x 53 cm / 30" x 21" Fine. 'A' condition. Promotional poster for Taos showing two skiers clearing the tree line. In 1955 Ernie and Rhoda Blake founded Taos Ski Valley as a ski mountain. The Blakes were German and Swiss ski enthusiasts who moved to New Mexico in 1941. Ernie had previously managed the Santa Fe Ski Basin and Glenwood Springs. He discovered the area while flying his Cessna 170 between the two ski areas. Looart Press, Inc unknown books
1976ref. 8378New York: Trans World Airlines 1976. Color poster 101 cm x 61 cm / 40" x 24" Fine. 'A' condition. Promotional poster from TWA promoting their service to the Interior West for their 'Ski the Rockies' campaign which offered inclusive tours including gear to ski areas in the Rocky Mountains: Alta Aspen Breckenridge Crested Butte Heavenly Valley Jackson Hole Keystone Park City Purgatory Snowbird Snowmass Steamboat Taos Vail Winter Park. Poster features a bird's-eye view of a skier crushing some moguls. Trans World Airlines unknown books
1984ref. 9832Winston Salem NC: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 1984. Color poster 84 cm x 61 cm / 33" x 24" Some chipping to extremities with minor losses. Lightly worn poster for the event at Mammoth California - March 7th to the 10th in Spring of 1984. These events were downhill bombs where racers would try and break 200 km an hour. "At one time speed skiing was an experience available only to an elite group of daring skiers who blaze down a mountain faster than most people even think of driving a car. Today the sport of speed skiing is open to the recreational skier. The Camel Sprint Series will come to Mammoth Mountain March 7-10. Wednesday through Friday is reserved for clinics and training runs. The competition will be held Saturday March 10. Making a bid for mass appeal International Speed Skiing Inc. the sanctioning body for the sport has set up guidelines to ensure safety." - Mono Herald and Bridgeport Chronicle Union 3/1/1984. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company unknown books
1973ref. 71228United Air Lines Inc 1973. Poster. Very Good. Poster measuring 40"h x 25"w. Some very light wear. Vintage promotional airline travel poster advertising skiing at Park City and Snowbird Utah resorts. Also highlights skiing in other Western states such as California Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico the Rockies; Aspen; Crested Butte; Steamboat; Jackson Hole; Taos; Vail; Alpine Meadows; Heavenly Valley; Northstar. United Air Lines, Inc unknown books
1980ref. 712221980. Poster. Very Good. Poster measuring 23"h x 15"w. The image depicts a woman skiing a colorful rendering of Monument Valley and a group of male and female river runners in Cataract Canyon of the Colorado River. Some faint rippling. Vintage promotional airline travel poster advertising Utah outdoor recreation and skiing by career art director at Western Airlines E. Carl Leick. unknown books
1938ref. 43492Krakow: Polskiego Zwiazku Narciarskiego 1938. First edition. Softcover. g to vg. Octavo 8 1/2 x 8". Unpaginated. 16pp. Original illustrated wrappers by J. Skolimowski. Edited by the Polish Ski Association the Tourism Support League and the Polish National Railways this beautifully produced brochure promotes the 1939 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Zakopane a lovely resort town situated at the foothills of the majestic Tatra mountains in southern Poland. The event took place from February 11th to the 19th. The booklet is profusely illustrated with 15 blue-tone photogravures and illustrations by Polish artist J. Skolimowski. Includes two maps and one plan. Minor and sporadic age-toning and slight creasing along cover edges. Text in German gothic script. Wrappers in overall good interior in very good condition. Polskiego Zwiazku Narciarskiego unknown books
1980ref. 712251980. Poster. Very Good. Poster measuring 37"h x 24"w. A colorful image of a slalom skier. With light creasing and a shallow closed tear to edge. A vibrant vintage promotional airline travel poster advertising skiing. Western Airlines was an airline based in California which operated in the western United States and eventually merged with Delta Air Lines in 1987. Western Airlines was at its peak in the 1970s and 1980s at the time this poster was created. unknown books
ref. 013936various. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 123 sport titles - baseball football basketball primarily but also water sports skiing racquet sports and some of general sports interest team history and biography. Includes books inscribed to Marsh by fellow sports writers including The Boys of Summer inscribed by author Roger. Some titles are review copies with publishers' slips laid in. All but a few are first editions in dustjackets and in very good condition published late 1940s-1970s. CONTACT US FOR COMPLETE CATALOG. Irving T. Marsh 1907 - 1982 a native New Yorker was among the fundamental figures in the growth of college basketball as a major sport. Marsh was assistant sports editor of the New York Herald Tribune. Marsh started at the paper as a copy boy while still a student at City College. By 1930 he was regularly covering college basketball then a sport confined to local rivalries in cramped campus gyms. An occasional "big game" found its way to an armory. Ned Irish introduced intersectional doubleheaders to Madison Square Garden in December 1934 and Marsh was quick to see the potential of the sport. He helped organize the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association that year and in 1938 was a leader in founding the N.I.T. which was originally sponsored by the writers group. Marsh was also attracted by college football partly because of the Herald Tribune's sponsorship of an All-Star game for the benefit of the Fresh Air Fund and partially because of his association with Columbia. He served three terms 1942-47 1951-53 and 1966-68 as Columbia's sports information director. Marsh along with Everett B. Morris of the Herald Tribune started the East-West College All-Star basketball game at Madison Square Garden in 1946. The annual event which ran until 1964 was also a benefit for the Fresh Air Fund. Marsh was not only active in the promotion of the Garden event but also in the assembling of the teams and maintaining the relationship with the N.C.A.A. and the colleges whose players appeared in the game. The All-Star game gave heightened visibility to college players and the schools they represented. Marsh was instrumental in developing the Eastern College Athletic Conference into a major factor in the organization of college sports. The E.C.A.C. began as the central office of Eastern Intercollegiate Athletics in 1938 primarily as a clearinghouse for the assignment of game officials. It later grew into an organization of over 100 colleges that conducted championships in several sports. Marsh founded the E.C.A.C. Service Bureau its publicity and statistical arm in 1947. The Herald Tribune closed in 1966 and Marsh worked for its ill-fated successor the World Journal Tribune until it closed May 5 1967. In July 1969 he became the full-time head of the E.C.A.C. Service Bureau in Manhattan. He retired in June 1973. Marsh and Edward Ehre founded and co-edited the hardcover book annual Best Sports Stories E.P. Dutton from 1945 to 1980 a book that helped elevate sportswriting and also recognized its quality. SOURCE: Bill Shannon Biographical Dictionary of New York Sports New York Historical Society. various hardcover books
