Whistler Museum

"Christmas at Rainbow" the school musical

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19 Dec. 1984

Myrtle Philip and Mollie Boyd at Myrtle Philip School with a papier-mâché donkey, presumably part of the musical "Christmas at Rainbow" whose performance they are gathered to see. Jane Burrows is in the background.

"Whistler Mountain through the years" Timeline

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November 21, 2015

Part of Jack Douglass Fonds

Newspaper clipping from the Vancouver Sun including a timeline of "Whistler Mountain through the years." Significant events from the opening of Rainbow Lodge in 1914 to the naming of Whistler as top ski resort in North America in 2015 are listed. The clipping also contains the continuation of an article from page A17 about the history of Whistler. There are two photographs: skiers disembarking a gondola in 1991 and construction work on Whistler Town Centre in 1980.

Vancouver Sun

2950 Trinity Street, Vancouver

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1911

Part of Philip Fonds

Picture postcard : Lou Penniston with Alex & Myrtle Philip. Inscription (pencil) on reverse: "Taken on the walk in front of our house the morning we started on our trip in the mtns. See the wild west girl in the middle."

5690 Alta Lake Road

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[2005]

Part of Gay Cluer Fonds

Typed notes and anecdotes from J'Anne Greenwood, the owner of 5690 Alta Lake Road, Lots 17 and 18. The same stories are laid out several different times in slightly different formats, and cover stories about train travel and how the family came to buy a lot of Alta Lake Road and a general family history.

5714 Alta Lake Road

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2005

Part of Gay Cluer Fonds

Notes relating to 5714 Alta Lake Road, lots 10 and 11. Includes notes from a chat with Roger Stacey, correspondence with Florence and Andy Petersen, correspondence with Roger Stacey, and handwritten note from Ray Dove, and a memoir from Ray Dove about Woodbine Cottage.

5730 Alta Lake Road

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[2005]

Part of Gay Cluer Fonds

Four sheets of handwritten narrative about 5730 Alta Lake Road, also known as Whispering Leaves. The narrative talks about the successive owners of the property and how the owners came and went form the Whistler area.

91 candles

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1982

Part of Philip Fonds

Myrtle's birthday, with 91 candles lit. Pictured (l-r) are Margaret, Virginia, Harry, Cherie, Edith, Jean, Myrtle. Inscription on verso : "At the Beach Cottage / Edith Cherie Virginia / March 19 -- 91 candles -- Jean Margaret / I need help -- to blow / Myrtle --"