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Wilhelmsen, Franz Whistler Mountain Gondolas
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Family Videos #2

VHS tape labeled "Special Memories 2 of 2", containing Franz Wilhelmsen's home videos, featuring water skiing, swimming in an indoor pool, Franz building with two boys, canoeing, hunting, fishing, skiing at various mountains, family vacations, school sports day, a herd of rams filmed from the car, Franz putting up a sign declaring that the area was to be developed by Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. (sign gives information about share purchasing), skating at a rink, a hockey game, riding the gondola at Wildcat Mountain (possibly Franz doing research on other mountains before starting on Whistler), a boys choir singing, school gym class, a parade in Norway, and driving through the mountains.

Cut-up contact sheets

Photographs depicting aerial views of mountains (mostly Whistler Mountain), people skiing, heli-skiing, the gondola, and people relaxing on the mountain. These photos were most likely taken during scouting trips by Franz Wilhelmsen to plan the ski resort, as well as the first open season of the ski resort.

Rolly Ford Photo Publications Ltd.

Week of December 20, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to Myrtle Philip Elementary School Choir; Myrtle Philip School "A Christmas Story" Christmas Play; Gondola Barn; Whistler Mountain; Skiing; Creekside Gondola
02-027-19. Pg. 1. Caption: The season's first skiers lining up to buy tickets on Friday, December 15, 1978.
02-027-07. Pg. 6. Caption: Caroline Richard sings 'Silent Night' at the Brownie Christmas Concert while Jodi Rustad accompanies her.
02-027-17. Pg 6. Caption: One of the first gondolas full of skiers to go up the mountain this year.
02-027-04. Pg. 10. Caption: "A Christmas Story' - sheep in the foreground with a shepherd and the Wise Men behind.
02-027-05. Pg. 11. Caption: The Myrtle Philip School Choir in full voice.
02-027-11. Pg. 14. Caption: Santa is surrounded by children at the school concert.
02-027-10. Pg. 16. Caption: Betty Shore shares a joke with Santa after the concert.

Negatives 411-432

Photographs of a cowboy on a horse, a sign on Whistler Mountain showing the services in the area, Roundhouse, Franz Wilhelmsen skiing, and launching the original gondola from the Gondola Barn.

1978-1995

Designs for Tyax Heli-Skiing, West Coast Heli-Skiing, and Whistler Heli-Skiing business cards. Pamphlets and business cards for Chalet Luise. Photographs of skiing, heli-skiing, Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler Village, aerial shots of Whistler, Fitzsimmons Creek, Creekside, Whistler Village at night, paragliding, Alta Lake, sunsets, Black Tusk, chairlifts, ski runs, Nita Lake, Whistler Conference Centre, Rendezvous Lodge, Solar Coaster Express lift, hiking, cafes, pubs, restaurants, hotels, Whistler Village stroll, Whistler Express Gondola, mountain bikers, gondolas, flowers, events, golf courses, Whistler Golf Course, Golf, windsurfing, 7th Heaven, 7th Heaven Express Chair, Fitzsimmons Express Chair, Araxi Restaurant, swimming pools, The Downhill Shop, canoeing, dogs, fishing, rivers, helicopters, Snowcats, grooming, portraits, group portraits, logging, T-bars, ski instructors, Ski Scamps, Roundhouse, barbecues, maintenance, plaques, mountains staff, ski racing, picnics, blasting, lift construction, signs, Whistler Peak, dining, drinking, trails, cross-country skiing, Tantalus Lodge, Whistler Way, Gateway bus loop, Snowgoose buses, Whistler Village Sports, Mountain Square, parades, musicians, dancing, costumes, Stoney's, Willie Whistler, Easter, The Keg catering on Whistler Mountain, balloons, hot air balloons, hats, freestyle skiing, boats, ferries, bridges, swimming, waterfalls, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Provincial Park, rainbows, docks on Alta Lake, ducks, and small airplanes.

Original box containing this subseries was labelled "Internegs".
Files 001-016 found in creator's folder labelled "Aerials".
Files 017-036 found in creator's folder labelled "Used in Postcards and Posters".
File 024 found in an envelope labelled "Internegs PC's 89".
Files 025-036 found in an envelope labelled "Postcards and Posters '88".
Files 037-058 found in creator's folder labelled "Whistler M[oun]t[ai]n".
Files 047-049 found in an unlabelled envelope.
Files 050-051 found in an envelope labelled "Cornice[?] Blasting".
Files 059-068 found in creator's folder labelled "Blackcomb M[oun]t[ai]n".
Files 069-071 found in creator's folder labelled "Winter 'Scenery'".
Files 072-081 found in creator's folder labelled "Village".
Files 084-088 found in an envelope labelled "Eric 86".
Files 082-088 found in creator's folder labelled "Kids/Faces/Picnics/Families".
Files 093-095 found in envelope labelled "Black Tusk Aug/80".
Files 089-099 found in creator's folder labelled "Summer & water scenes".
Files 100-106 found in envelope labelled "Tyax Heli-Skiing - 200 business cards".
Files 107-? found in envelope labelled "West Coast Heli-Skiing".
Files 100-113 found in creator's folder labelled "Mike Jakobsson".
Files 114-139 found in creator's folder labelled "Heli-Skiing".

1978-2007

Photographs of skiing, mountain views, snowboarding, aerial shots of the valley, mountain biking, and chairlifts.

1974-1999

Photographs of the Jazz Festival, rafting on Owl Creek, climbing in the Tantalus Range, car shows, swimming, the Molson World Cup Downhill, Whistler Village construction, Ski School, skiing, windsurfing on Alta Lake, skating, bears, the filming of a movie, tennis, barbecues, picnics, Ski Patrol, ski instruction, awards, Eco Challenge, the Belly Flop Contest at the Christiana Inn, Roundhouse Lodge, Orange Chair, Red Chair, Whistler Express Gondola, aerial shots of Whistler Valley, the Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme, Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler Mountain, hiking, sunbathing, fishing, horseback riding, Duffey Lake Road, ski run grooming, weightlifting, balloons, Symphony on the Mountain, and the Great Snow Earth Water Race.

Slides

Photographs of a crowd of skiers at Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain in May 1980, a cross-country skiing race in January 1979, a line at the gondola lift in January 1980, people hiking up to Whistler Peak in April 1978, people skiing Whistler's back bowls in March 1979, Pierre Trudeau and Franz Wilhelmsen skiing on Whistler Mountain in April 1979, someone spring skiing on Whistler Mountain in March 1979, a belly flop contest at Christiana Inn in May 1978, a sunbather on a dock at Lost Lake in July 1974, a kayaking race on the Cheakamus River in July 1978, the Saudan Couloir Extreme Race on Blackcomb Mountain, and the Whistler World Cup including skiers: Guenther Mader, Werner Franz, Zachary Crist, Kjetil Andre Aamodt, Rob Boyd, and [Regme Cavagioud?].

Captions:
001: "SPRING CROWD ROUNDHOUSE, W.M MAY 80"
002: "X-C. SKI RACE JAN, 79"
003: "GONDOLA LIFT LINE JAN '80"
004: "HIKE UP TO WHISTLER AP. '78"
005: "WHISTLER BACK BOWLS MAR, 79"
006: "PIERRE TRUDEAU + FRANZ WILHELMSEN WHISTLER AP. 79'"
007: "SPRING SKIING, WHISTLER MAR, 79"
008: "BELLY FLOP CONTEST CHRISTIANA INN MAY, 78"
009: "LOST LAKE, JULY 74"
010: "PIERRE TRUDEAU, PM WHISTLER APRIL, 79"
011: "KYAK [sic] RACE CHEAKAMUS RIVER JULY, 78"
012: "Whistler World Cup Skier: GUENTHER MADER (AUT)"
013: "Whistler World Cup Skier: WERNER FRANZ"
014: "Couloir Extreme Race Blackcomb"
015: "Whistler World Cup Skier: ZACHARY CRIST (US)"
016: "Telemark World Championships Whistler, B.C."
017: "Telemark World Championships Whistler, b.C."
018: "Whistler World Cup Skier: KJETIL ANDRE AAMODT"
019: "ROB BOYD - WINNER W.C.O.H. 1988"
020: "Whistler-World-Cup>D.H. Racer: [Regme Cavaguoud?]

1974-2007

Photographs of skiing, hiking, mountain views, chairlifts, Whistler Village, powder skiing on Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain, Slush Cup, snowboarding, Whistler Village and chairlift construction, pubs, windsurfing, aerial photography, Creekside, Franz's Run, gondolas, cat-skiing on Blackcomb Mountain the year prior to its opening, backcountry skiing, apres ski, kids ski camps, avalanche control, golf, heli-skiing, and Upper Village.

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