Keywords: World cup ski race
Item 76134
Flagpoles, 1971 Sugarloaf World Cup Ski Races
Contributed by: Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1971 Location: Carrabassett Valley Media: Photographic print
Item 76146
World Cup Clambake Invitation, Carrabassett Valley, 1971
Contributed by: Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1971-02-20 Location: Carrabassett Valley Media: Printed card
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World Alpine Ski Racing in Maine
Sugarloaf -- a small ski area by European standards -- entered ski racing history in 1971 by hosting an event that was part of the World Cup Alpine Ski Championships. The "Tall Timber Classic," as the event was known, had a decidedly Maine flavor.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine
"Some people made their own skis. There were many races held for skiing. Other people just skied for fun."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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