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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph caption dated July 7, 1956 reads "Alf Engen, 16 times U.S. ski champion and former Olympic coach, makes jump on brand-new plastic snow at Mt. Baldy. Exhibition jumping will take place at the famed winter sports area every Saturday and Sunday through autumn on the 'summer snow.'"
Engen, Alf,--1909-1997 Olympic athletes Skiers Men Skis and skiing Ski jumping Winter sports Snow Mountains Trees Mount Baldy (Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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