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Negatives 090-126

Photographs of "SKI Whistler Mountain' brochures from Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., duty schedule, correspondence, beach volleyball on the mountain, Pat Carleton launching the first chair at the opening of Blackcomb Mountain, an excavator, portraits, village construction, Rob Boyd, Sid Young, and ski racing.

Negatives 296-318

Photographs of men building the ski runs, Franz Wilhelmsen pointing at Whistler Mountain, a man crouching, a group portrait, construction, Franz Wilhelmsen posing with some men.

Negatives 388-410

Photographs of people working on chairlift construction, Franz Wilhelmsen posing for a photo on skis, a member of ski patrol, skiers near a chairlift, and a Whistler Mountain Ski Patrol sign.

Print 029-031

Photographs of a female medal winner at a World Cup, Rob Boyd on February 25, 1989, and the construction of the lifts in Creekside.

Prints 001-015

Photographs of Skier's Plaza in winter, Tony Biggen-Pund and Byron Gracie outside an alpine A-Frame that was used as a workshop and emergency shelter for the alpine T-bar on Whistler Mountain, a man skiing, a sign reading 'Garbage Estates - Choice Lots Available', Blackcomb Mountain in 1979, chairlift construction, and the Valley T-bar during a snowy day on May Long Weekend in Spring 1968, the Whistler Village site in 1978, construction of Whistler Village, Whistler Village in 1980, and early Blackcomb Mountain ski runs covered in snow.

Prints 032-043

Photographs of people standing outside the Roundhouse, a poster of Rob Boyd for Dave Murray's Molson Masters Camps 1986/87, an advertisement to get a season's pass, skiers gearing up, an advertisement for the Canadian Amateur Ski Association, the original Whistler Gondola, ski run construction (felled logs), an advertisement for Whistler Mountain as 'The Big Old Softie', a road-side sign announcing the construction of the Whistler Mountain resort, a child skiing, and Village Square packed with spectators for the medal ceremony of the Molson World Cup Downhill.

Prints 051-058

Photographs of the cover of Skier's Magazine for September/October 1963 showing Willy Schaeffler and Franz Wilhelmsen at Whistler Mountain, the village during construction, Mayor Pat Carleton opening Blackcomb Mountain for business at 9am on Thursday, December 4, 1980 (He cut the ribbon attached to a chair on Lift #2 with a chainsaw), Pat Carleton giving the first chair of skiers on Blackcomb a push, Franz Wilhelmsen and Jim McConkey posing at Whistler Mountain with a few others, Late construction stages of Tyrol Lodge, and a kids ski camp on Whistler Mountain.

Prints 065-067

Photographs of the Ponies carrying materials up Whistler Mountain for the creation of the ski lifts (with a post-it reading "Ponies used to transport construction materials to the Alpine - hence the run name 'Pony Trail'"), "Diamond" Jim McConkey skiing Whistler Mountain in the early 1970s, and Jim McConkey in January 1985.

Prints 088-089

Photographs of Rainbow Lodge being built during Whistler Village Construction, and skis standing in the snow during Whistler Mountain Ski School.

Slides 001-020

Photographs of Whistler Village, Whistler Mountain, the Chateau Fairmont resort, signs, Blackcomb Mountain, people enjoying themselves on Whistler Mountain, and Whistler Village construction.

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