Skier among snow-covered pines, Alta, UT, 1945

Subjects: Forests & Trees General Greetings Mining & Quarrying Mountains & Hills Winter Sports
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1945 (Linen)

Back of Skier among snow-covered pines, Alta, UT, 1945, c. 1945 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

The picture shows a lone skier in a hat and knickers pausing on a snowy slope among snow-laden evergreens, with a sunlit mountain peak and pink-tinted clouds behind. The printed caption calls the place "Romantic Alta, Utah, near Salt Lake City," and the slogan reads "Come Up and Ski Me Sometime." The card also points to Alta's mining past, when gold and silver were taken from the earth and visitors could go underground in the Old Emma mine. By the 1940s, Alta was known as a ski destination, but the card keeps the old-time western mining days in view.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hi Bruce. Stopped here in Ogden due to terribly bad weather. Am on my way to Calif. arriving on a 3-24. Will write or send more cards later. Love Geo. Take good care of mother.

PublisherDeseret Book Company

Romantic Alta, Utah, near Salt Lake City Come Up and Ski Me Sometime GREETINGS FROM ALTA, UTAH, NEAR SALT LAKE CITY A trip to romantic Alta at the head of Little Cottonwood Canyon is a journey you'll never forget. Marvelous mountain scenery, wonderful skiing where picturesque life of old time western mining days is still lived. Here you may go underground and see where fortunes have been taken from the earth in gold and silver. A trip underground in the romantic and interesting Old Emma mine is alone worth traveling far to enjoy.

PostmarkedOgden, UT, March 15, 1945

Addressed to

Bruce Dean

Gen. Del. Bremerton, WA

FromCpl H.E. Lain, 14145343, 2532 A.C., New Guinea

Postcard record

Postmarked	March 15, 1945, Ogden, UT
Publisher	Deseret Book Company
Series	874 8A-H637
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Bruce Dean, Gen. Del., Bremerton, WA
Place depicted	Alta, UT
Place mentioned	Salt Lake City, UT
Notes	Linen texture; yellow border; printed card number 874 and code 8A-H637. Postmark: OGDEN UTAH MAR 15 1945 PM. Linen-textured divided-back Curteich card with cream border; purple "MAR 19 1945" receiving mark; blue Red Cross War Fund slogan handstamp; handwritten "Free" franking endorsement (military mail); light corner/edge wear.

Cite this card

Skier among snow-covered pines, Alta, UT, 1945, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/skier-among-snow-covered-pines-alta-ut-1945. Accessed November 2, 2026.