Life Magazine, February 23, 1948 - Oregon ski resort

(Olaf Rodegård is the cover skier, a friend purchased this issue for him when he was nearly 100, he skied through age 96 back in Norway!). EXCELLENT 15 page color photo essay about Skiing - This is probably the best ski feature ever done in LIFE. Photos by Ralph Crane in ski feature include : Olof Rodegard, Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood (LOTS of indoor and outdoor photos), Chair lift at Timberline, Margaret Henshaw, Patti Glasscock, Steve Church, Snow cat tow, Dave Morris, Fred Meberg, Erick Lund berg, Gene Vradenburg, Elda and Paul Shreve, Rolla Volstaedt, Robert E. McCooey with broken ankle - burning his broken skis, Theo Tysdal, Anna Von Hoomissen and many others. Jievute Paulekiute becomes Mrs. Winthrop Rockefeller. Avalanche sweeps railroad cars over cliff, Cumbres Pass, Denver and Rio Grande Western. Close-up - Salvatore Giuliano, King of the bandits. Movie - “T Men.” Clinic for sick minds, Harlem's St. Philip's Parish House, with Dr. Wertham. Wrestling : Cornell of Iowa, including photos of Leo Thomsen, Bill Mann, the Cornell team, Dick Hauser, and others. Dog shows. Arnold J. Toynbee and study of history. Ferenc Nagy of Hungary is now dairy farmer in Herndon, Virginia. Very cute photos of 9 month old Michael Thomas Roesle eating lemons.