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Exhibit - Picturing Whistler: Local Faces, Local Spaces

Photographs taken by 11 volunteers for a Whistler Museum and Archives exhibit entitled 'Picturing Whistler: Local Faces, Local Spaces'. Volunteers were asked to 'take photographs of people, places , events and phenomena or anything else that you consider to be essentially 'local' in Whistler'.

Volunteers were: Nicole Fitzgerald, Ashley Clark & Mike Hudson, Feet Bank, Britt Janyk, Tina Symko, Chana Kleinman, Brian Finestone, Florence Petersen, Mayor Hugh O'Reilly, Rachelle Johnson and Bob Brett.

Girl Guides Fonds

  • WA_2016_061
  • Fonds
  • 1986

Photographs of Girl Guides at Halloween decorating cookies and posing with decorations.

Gay Cluer Fonds

  • WA_2016_049
  • Fonds
  • 2004-2006

Notes and reference material used by Florence Petersen to create her book entitled "The History of Alta Lake Road." Most of the material comes from forms filled out by current residents about how they purchased their property and what drew them to the Whistler area.

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.

Lego Building Contest

Photographs and negatives of Lego building contest at the Whistler Museum and Archives.

009: From left to right, Jeff Davies, unnamed, unnamed, James Crowe.
014: Women in blue beside each other on the left are Sally Calladine and Annette Dekraker, woman in white beside them is Dix Milstein, The girl in the overall shorts is Lauren Collins, and the woman holding baby on far right is Sue Sadler.
016: People on balcony are Gary Pringle, Al Pringle, and Freddie Pringle; child in white Montana shirt is Dylan Melamed; child in purple beside Dylan is Stefan Lee, Lady in white with glasses is Jane Reid; and Woman in neon green is Kathy McAllister.
025: From left to right, unnamed, Chris Laird, Lisa Laird, Nadine Crowe, Torin Lynsky, and unnamed.
029: From left to right, Smith Milner, Matthew Bayly, Mike Messeguer, Mike Dauglis, and Stefan Lee.

Florence & Myrtle

Florence Petersen and Myrtle Philip seated at a table in Whistler Village.

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