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Family Videos #3

VHS tapes labeled "Tape 2 Reels 5-8" containing Franz Wilhelmsen's home videos, featuring skiing at various mountains, family vacations, hunting, horseback riding, Vancouver shipyards, sailing near the Gulf Islands, family events, a train crash, fishing, and Franz and his family building a deck.

Garibaldi Ski School Information Letter

An information letter to skiers potentially attending the Garibaldi Ski School, sent April, 1967. It explains there will be two sections of the Whistler Mountain Summer Ski Camp: the Racing Section with Toni Sailer and the Ski Technique section with Art Furrer. It also gives arrival instructions, including recommended flights into the Vancouver airport for attendees. The letter is signed by the director Roy A. Ferris. A handwritten note in the top right-hand corner reads "Dep. $50.00 x 2 for S and J for June 18-27/67."

Ken Snowball Fonds

  • KSNO
  • Fonds
  • 1972-1973

Photographs taken between 1972 and 1973 by Ken Snowball, primarily of skiing and ski racing on Whistler Mountain and Grouse Mountain, the Mount Currie Rodeo, Nairn Falls, cityscapes and street scenes of Vancouver, Adventures West and Alta Lake, and the Easter Parade in Whistler.

Lists of photographs on display

Lists of colour prints on display at the Gallery of Photography and the Unitarian Church in Vancouver. Photographs that were on display were taken in many different areas in British Columbia.

[Miscellaneous 2]

  • WA_2019_030-01-207
  • File
  • March 17, 1957 - February 26, 1958
  • Part of Dick Chambers

Photographs of Mt Manson as seen from Mt Outram on August 25, 1957; mountain rescue practice on Mt Seymour on September 8, 1957, a tower erected for an Open House at the University of British Columbia (UBC) on February 26, 1958; and John Beltz and Ralph Hutchinson skiing on Mt Strachan on March 17, 1957.

Captions:
001: "Mt Manson from [Mt] Outram - Aug[ust] 25, 1957 - Ekt[achrome] 2"
002: "Rescue Practise [sic] - [Mt] Seymour - [Bren?] Moss handling stretcher - Sept[ember] 8, 1957 - Ekt[achrome] 2"
003: "Tower erected for UBC - Open House - Feb[ruary] 26, 1958 - Ekt[achrome] 2"
004: "Mt Strachan - John Beltz - Ralph Hutchinson - Mar[ch] 17, 1957 - Ekt[achrome] 2"

[Ektachrome refers to the type of film used.]

Negatives

Photographs taken between 1972 and 1973 by Ken Snowball of skiing and ski racing on Whistler Mountain and Grouse Mountain, the towns of Mount Currie and Pemberton, the Mount Currie Rodeo, motorcycles on the Sea to Sky Highway, Nairn Falls, cityscapes and street scenes of Vancouver, the original Grouse Mountain cable car, dogs, hiking, Adventures West and Alta Lake, the Easter Parade in Whistler, Whistler Peak, T-bars, Orange Chair, and mountain views.

Negatives

Photographs of downtown Vancouver, people skiing, a team photograph for a rugby team, and a group of people sitting in the snow leaning against their skis.

Photo subject list

File contains a list of places and general subjects photographed by Clifford Fenner with details of format (size of transparency or negative). List is divided in regions with specific areas photographed. Regions include Greater Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Canyon, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, Howe Sound, Squamish, Pemberton, Sunshine Coast, Okanagan, Merritt, Similkameen, Thompson River, Kootenays, Revelstoke, the Rocky Mountains, Selkirks, Cariboo, Chilcotin, Highway 16, Peace River, Northern B.C., Yukon, and Alaska. General subjects include but are not limited to bridges, campsites, flowers, glaciers, rock faces, skiing, trees, and winter scenes.

Photo subject list

File contains a list of places and general subjects photographed by Clifford Fenner with details of format (size of transparency or negative). List is divided in regions with specific areas photographed. Regions include Greater Vancouver area, Fraser Valley and Canyon, Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound, Squamish, Pemberton, Okanagan, Merritt, Similkameen, Thompson River, Kootenays, the Rocky Mountains, Selkirks, Revelstoke, Cariboo, Chilcotin, Highway 16, Peace River, Northern BC, Yukon, and Alaska. General subjects include but are not limited to bridges, campsites, flowers, glaciers, rock faces, skiing, trees, and winter scenes.

Rough list of photo subjects

File contains a list of places and general subjects photographed by Clifford Fenner with details of format (size of transparency or negative). List is divided in regions with specific areas photographed. Regions include Greater Vancouver area, Fraser Valley and Canyon, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands, Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound, Squamish, Pemberton, Okanagan, Merritt, Similkameen, Thompson River, Kootenays, the Rocky Mountains, Selkirks, Revelstoke, Cariboo, Chilcotin, Highway 16, Peace River, Northern BC, Yukon, and Alaska. General subjects include but are not limited to bridges, campsites, flowers, glaciers, rock faces, skiing, trees, and winter scenes.

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