Photographs including but not limited to chairlift; construction; Whistler Village; cars; Ski Show Vancouver; Nancy Greene; dinner event; dogs; drinking; children running; bakery 02-158-62. Pg. 1. Caption: Owners Ted Nebbeling and Jan Holmberg get ready for another busy day in the Gourmet Bakery and Fine Food store. 02-158-1. Pg. 3. Caption: Lineup of Porsches in Alpine Meadows on Sunday. 02-158-25. Pg. 4. Caption: Nancy Raine and Raymond Lanctot stand in front of the Rossignol booth at the Vancouver Ski Show. 02-158-50. Pg. 7. Caption: 'I have a home, but my brother & sisters are still looking' If you are intested call Pauline. 02-158-72. Pg. 8. Caption: "Keep going thataway" Parent Helper Candy Rustad directs the participants in the recent cross-country run hosted by the Myrtle Philip School. 02-158-82. Pg. 10. Caption: [Editorial portrait; repeats] Michael Burns. 02-158-30. Pg. 16. Caption: [top] Kelly and Dick Fairhurst sit on either side of guest and long time friend Myrtle Philip at the dinner. 02-158-46. Pg 16. Caption: [bottom] Three of the original WITS-END owners! (left to right) Jacquie Pope, Kelly Fairhurst and Florence Petersen. 02-158-16. Pg. [20] Caption: Blackcomb's President and General Manager Hugh Smythe shows Whistler Mayor Pat Carleton the new ski runs from the base of Lift 2 during a recent tour by the mayor of the Blackcomb facilities.
Photographs including but not limited to band playing; hockey; portraits; film crew; Whistler Medical Centre; Pemberton bus; 1984 Men's Downhill; Steve Podborski; Gary Athans; ski racing; Whistler Conference Centre; Whistler winter promo film; Whistler Mountain Ski Club Appears in March 29, 1984 issue: 02-360-2. Pg. 11. Caption: Raw energy, raw blues, and the velvet voice of John Hammond made a 2 1/2-hour concert at Brackendale Art Gallery Saturday seem like five minutes. Hammond has cut over 20 albums since 1962, but is still one of the lesser known bluesmen in North America. 02-360-5. Pg. 16. Caption: [bottom] The lyrics are poetry, the melodies are mellow. Silvered, comprised of Australian musicians Ken Kirschman and Geoff Gibbons, are masterful musicians reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel. A recent EP release has generated rave reviews. Silvered were featured at The Brass Rail Wednesday through Sunday. 02-360-61. [Hockey group photo - black-shirted man at the back is Mark Sadler and John Robinson is the back left moustachioed man] 02-360-43. [Beverly Wylie holding medical equipment at Whistler Medical Centre]
The Magic magazine released by Blackcomb Mountain, volume 1, spring 1988. Table of Contents: 3 The Art of the Grand Resort 5 A Passion for Building 2 The Blackcomb Vision 4 Summer Magic Articles include information on Myrtle and Alex Philip opening Rainbow Lodge, the development of the resort on Blackcomb Mountain, grand hotels at resorts like the Chateau Whistler, driving the Sea to Sky Highway, living in Whistler, summer activities, Bosa Development Corp. building Blackcomb Mountain, how Blackcomb Mountain's previous season went, and development of hotels on Blackcomb Mountain.
A 2016 brochure for the Whistler Museum. Contains short paragraphs about each of the exhibits: pioneers, natural history, skiing history and the Olympics. The back panel has the museum contact information, opening hours and a small map. There are pictures from each of the exhibits, including an image of Myrtle Philip, and the outside of the museum included in the brochure.
A Whistler Museum & Archives Society 1988 Calendar Diary. Contains monthly calendar pages from January-December 1988. Also contains numerous archival photos and captions as listed below;
"1921 Peak Experience viewing 7th Heaven?" : Alex and Myrtle Philip (in dark clothes) guide guests on a day's hike from Rainbow Lodge. -"She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes ..." : Myrtle Philip poses with officials of the Pacific Great Eastern (P.G.E.) railways by the 1935 ford with flanged wheels used to travel on the railroad. -"Whistler's First Hotel" : 1926 Deluxe accommodation - the Alta Lake Hotel - built and operated by Russ Jordan near the Alta Lake P.G.E. station near the south end of Alta Lake.
"Bring your own knap-sack" : Green Lake General Store: Saddle & Pack - J.C. Rougier, prop. -"Teddy Bear's Picnic!" : May 1926: Orphaned "Teddy Bear" was raised at Rainbow Lodge by Myrtle Philip. When grown, he was 'retired' to the Stanley Park Zoo in Vancouver, B.C.
"You should have seen the ones that got away!" : The day's catch: Myrtle Philip and guests at Rainbow Lodge, Alta Lake, B.C. c.1915. -"Ivan's Workout - Rainbow Style" : Ivan Ackery of Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre fame was a frequent guest at Rainbow Lodge, Alta Lake, B.C. c.1930.
"The Happy Gang" : The first picnic of the Alta Lake Community Club was held in 1923 at Rainbow Point. Mr. Harry Horstman presided with the coffee pot.
"Early Local Trapper": -August 1911: Lou Penniston and Myrtle Philip (right) pose with Charlie Barbour and John Miller (centre) at Mile 34 1/2 on the P.G.E. Railway - now the site of Function Junction. Miller Creek, named for John, flows southward from Alpha Lake. -John Miller and Charlie Barbour with Alex Philip (right) stand in front of Miller's cabin and chicken house. This recorded the first visit by the Philips to the Valley after a long walk from Squamish. John rented out bunks at 50¢ per night to travellers. -"On the Edge"
Sept. 10, 1923. Neal Carter on Wedge Mountain with Alta Lake showing in the background.
Sept. 12, 1923. Charles Townsend on the summit of Mt. Turner viewing Turner Glacier.
Myrtle and "the boys" trail riding at Rainbow Lodge, Alta Lake, B.C., with Armchair and Wedge Mountains in the background.
"Horsepower" : (Left to Right): Jack Jardine, Tom Neiland, Pat O'Neill and Jenny Jardine logging out poles in 1931 on Neiland's Ranch at Mile 34 1/2 near today's gravel pit at Function Junction. Wedge and Armchair Mountains show in the distance.
Christmas holidays in the 1920s at Rainbow Lodge, Alta Lake, B.C. :
Jean Tapley, followed by her sister Myrtle Philip skiing down "Lorimer Road".
Guest with Jean and Myrtle waiting for the train at Rainbow Station with the "Bridge of Sighs" in the background. -Mr. & Mrs. Coleman from Seattle with Myrtle, 1923.
Skating on Alta Lake, looking north. -"Peace, quietness and graciousness lives in the lives of those who have made this spot their home" The last pages also include a request for donations of pertinent material to the Museum and Archives, a brief history of the Alta Lake Community Club, Photography acknowledgements and a thank you for purchasing the calendar.
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.
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.
Photographs of artworks and other accompanying material relating artists who lived and/or worked in the Whistler area and have submitted art to Arts Whistler, primarily in the 1990s.
Personal correspondence between Myrtle Philip and Sonya McCarthy. Includes a letter from Myrtle Philip in the 1980s regarding Christmas and attending a concert.
