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Jennifer Kubiak Fonds

  • WA_2016_033
  • Fonds
  • [c. 1955-1969]

Photographs of various locations and people in Whistler in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Peak 2 Peak Fonds

  • WA_2012_005
  • Fonds
  • 2008-2009

Papers relating to opening day of the Peak 2 Peak gondola on December 12, 2008.

The donors, Andy and Florence Petersen were nominated by the community to be on the first Peak 2 Peak gondola ride from Blackcomb to Whistler along with twenty other citizens of Whistler.

The fonds includes:
Press release from Whistler Blackcomb announcing the names of the first riders, December 2, 2008
Press release from Whistler Blackcomb announcing details of the launch ceremony, December 4, 2008
Peak 2 Peak launch day itinerary
Information from Whistler Blackcomb's website relating to the launch, 9 December 9, 2008
One-day Whistler Blackcomb complimentary pass
Press cuttings
Peak 2 Peak fact sheet
International Ropeway Review Special on the Peak 2 Peak gondola, December, 2008
Brochure about the Peak 2 Peak entitled "Visonaries: Whistler Blackcomb and the Peak 2 Peak Gondola."

Also included is information on the first riders on the other gondola riding from Whistler to Blackcomb. The riders in this gondola earned their places by donating to local charities. The email includes a list of all the riders in this second gondola.

Myrtle's dinner party

Four guests at Myrtle's dinner party. Inscription on verso : "At Myrtle's Dinner Party / Sat. Aug. 29, 1981 / DICK [Fairhurst] / THERESA AGUAYO (Whister Rotary Exchange Student) / ANDY [Petersen] / MONICA RIOS (friend of Carol's from Mexico)"

Prints 045-050

Photographs of Pat Carleton, Sig Young, Al Raine, and others at an event, a woman wearing a Whistler sweater, Florence and Andy Petersen posing for the camera, Sid Young at his desk at Sid's Travel in the early 1980s, and Tony Biggen-Pound sitting on a fence with a woman in front of the Skier's Chapel.

Prints 010-013

Photographs of Florence and Andy Petersen (duplicate of 007), a group of women at Witsend house from December 1955 [Caption reads "Jacquie Pope, June (Tidbull) Collins, Betty (Gray) Atkinson, Florence (Strachan) Petersen, and Eunice ("Kelly" Forster) Fairhurst." Name of house is written in pen on the photograph], a small group of people on the shore of Green Lake with a boat [Caption reads: "April 30, 1966"], and a group of adults and children sitting on a porch [Caption reads: "August 1955"].

Prints 007-009

Photographs of Florence and Andy Petersen, two workmen building a wooden structure, and a young girl standing in a boat with the railway line behind her.

The Vancouver Sun

Newspaper articles from the Vancouver Sun about real estate development in Whistler, as well as a water main break affecting the residents of Alta Lake Road.

5702 Alta Lake Road

Two handwritten notes, one form filled out by Florence and Andy Petersen, and an additional sheet of paper with handwritten anecdotes about 5702 Alta Lake Road, Lot 14. The handwritten notes list the owners of the property over the years, the form lists the price for which it was sold and who it was bought from. The additional sheet gives a much more detailed narrative of Andy and Florence Petersen's life in Whistler.

Photographs

Photographs depicting various locations and people from the Whistler area in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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