1st Sergeant Walter Prager of the Tenth Mountain Division wearing the number eight cuts a gate during the Grossglockner, Austria, slalom held June 24, 1945. In the the background, five men watch the race standing on the glacier, and two men repair gates on the course.
Date
1945 June 24
Notes
Cropped version of photograph published in Blizzard, July 6, 1945, page 7, with headline "Prager victor in combined."; Number 60 crossed out and "Slalom race at Glockner, June 45" hand written on original negative envelope.; Original envelope contained three other negatives, see manuscripts, 10th Mountain Division Resource Center, Denver Public Library, Henry Moscow Collection, negatives 558, 559, 560.; Photonegative has rusty paperclip mark in lower left corner.; Title supplied by cataloger.; R7002001604
Description
1 photonegative ; 10 x 12 cm. (3 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Is Part Of
10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.; 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection. Henry Moscow collection.
Subject
Skiing--1940-1950.; Soldiers--American--Austria--1940-1950.; Prager, Walter.; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.; World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
