1930s ski and winter wear: images

[Mysterious Mose]

And some more:

 

[alden405]

Camp Hale,1943

Same again

 

[alden405]

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"St Moritz" Tamara De Lempicka 1929

 

[Tomasso]

Camp Hale begat Aspen.

"1941:The U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division begins training near Leadville at Camp Hale. Austrian native Friedl Pfeifer, who had been teaching at Sun Valley, is a member of the 10th Mountain Division and skis Aspen Mountain while on furlough. He vows to return after the war and develop Aspen into a world-class ski resort."

Camp Hale,1943

Same again

 

[alden405]

Friedl Pfeifer,is he in one of my photos

These pics are from a group once belonging to Walter Luther (KIA in Italy)

Sam

 

[Mysterious Mose]

Carl Denig, Amsterdam Outdoor Outfitter, 1929/30 catalog scans

 

[Mysterious Mose]

And more:

Wolverine 1000 mile boots.

It mentions headscarfs/handkerchiefs as headwear, Claude Friese-Greene style.

 

[mothfighter]

Great artwork

Great stuff, Mose!
Love the artwork.
Oh those Stockhorns!! (Great name for a shoe)

 

[Mysterious Mose]

Gintown! Alles kits? Got any good boots lately?

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

Carl Denig, Amsterdam Outdoor Outfitter, 1929/30 catalog scans

Nice bit of art work there "Mysterious Mose", love it, thanks for posting it. I really wish I had a copy.

Same for you Alden405, smashing photo's.

 

[zetwal]

Wonderful new batches of photos and drawings. Thanks -

 

[Mysterious Mose]

"Get 'm while they're hot"

Shawl Collars:

Mackinaws:

 

[tonyb]

I am surprised we have not seen more of these sporting outfits.
You would think people did not ski enough to wear them out. Or maybe they did.. [huh]

I suspect much of it got tossed.

I've long found alpine skiing tremendously romantic, even during my early years in Wisconsin, where the "mountains" are smaller than what we call hills out here. When I arrived in Seattle, in 1968, the best thing I had to say for the place was that a person could get to a real mountain ski area, with chairlifts and everything, in about an hour.

The main Seattle Goodwill store, the one that's still in operation, at 1400 S. Lane St., was just full of old ski equipment and attire back then, and they offered it at giveaway prices, because just about nobody wanted it. Skiing has benefitted greatly from advances in technology. Old ski equipment is torture to use in comparison to the modern stuff, and synthetic ski wear is almost infinitely more practical than what was worn back before my time. It's warmer and lighter. It sheds water. It's easier to move in. These are all such obvious attributes that they scarcely merit mentioning.

That doesn't entirely account for the paucity of vintage ski attire. Still, unlike hats (for instance), which went into storage or the donation bin or the trash can at about the same time those natural-fiber ski togs were going the way of all things, ski wear was a bit unusual. A large percentage of men wore fedoras, and if only a very small percentage of those hats survive, that's still a whole lotta hats. Can't say that about ski wear.

 

[mothfighter]

Gintown! Alles kits? Got any good boots lately?

No new boots yet, just keeping the collection in good shape,
(See Workboot thread)
Keeping my eyes open for the last surviving Dutch pair
of 1000 miles boots

Filson Mack Cruiser and Cap waiting for Wintertime.

BTW: That Norwegian Cap on page 20 of the Denig catalog
appears to be of the "Stormy C"earflap variety.

 

[Mysterious Mose]

Good old news:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/6839209/Skiing-in-the-Thirties-all-downhill-since-then.html

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

Thanks MM,

A really interesting article.

 

[Mysterious Mose]

Here's a link to the Swiss wooden skiers mentioned in that article:
http://www.skienbois.ch/index.php?page=photos

Like the Historical Hillwalkers, there's only a few really making an effort to dress the part.

 

[sproily]

Here's a ton more from a Finnish website

http://digi.lib.helsinki.fi/pienpai...nversationId=6&id=345922&pageFrame_currPage=5

 

[Brinybay]

Wow, they even wore suits while skiing! Awesome!