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Dinner attendees

File contains photographs of people attending a dinner event related to the Toni Sailer or Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp. These photographs were originally received attached to two photo album pages.

Notes made by Alex Douglas in 2020:
001: "Left to Right: Cindy Thompson, Alex Douglas, Noelette Douglas, Noel Thompson - Dinner [?] Blackcomb Lodge"
002: "Scott Paxton - DMSSC - Atomic rep and worked at Keg"
003: "Stephanie Sloan, Alex Douglas, Felix Belczyk at adult Night Party - DMSSC"
004: "Alex Douglas, Scott Paxton - Summer Camp Adult Camp Party"
005: "Stephanie Sloan, Alex Douglas - Councillor, Whistler ski instructor late 1980s"
006: "Two longest staff of TSSSC and DMSSC - Alex Douglas, Mark Skippy Taylor"
007: "Greg Lee, Scott Paxton, Alex Douglas, Wayne Wong"
008: "Left to Right: Noelette Douglas, Alex + Noelette now 30 years married, ? Councillor for DMSSC, Scott Paxton girlfriend"
009: "DMSSC Adult dinner in Umberto's"
010: "Alex + Noelette Douglas"

Documents

Series consists of documents relating to the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp, Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp, and skiing in general.

Dog Days of Winter: The Birth & Boom of Freestyle Skiing

Item is a documentary about the birth, development, and eventual decline of freestyle skiing in the 1970s. The film features classic ski footage and interviews with athletes such as Wayne Wong, Stein Eriksen, Bobbie Burns, Suzy Chaffee and Jonny Moseley, who helped pioneer the sport. Also included are a trailer and an "In Memoriam" video. Produced and directed by Brian Gilmore; presented by True Grit Productions.

Items 'a' and 'b' are identical copies of the same film.

Gilmore, Brian

Extras - Building T-bar 1977 + 1978

Photographs of people building a T-bar [7th Heaven?] in 1977 and 1978.

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (27-4) – June 1977, “glacier from road to Whistler T-bars.”
  • 002 (50-11) – June 1978, “hanging T’s on the cable.”
  • 003 (49-21) – May-June 1978, “Towers Up!”
  • 004 (50-7) – June 1978, “Floyd down in the hole for the Platter.”
  • 005 (27-19) – June 1977, “Raising tower #1.”
  • 006 (28-15) – June 1977, “Operation putting in new track.”
  • 007 (29-1) – June 1977, “Nole on a Tower.”
  • 008 (28-10) – June 1977, “Me up on tower 2 connecting cable.”
  • 009 (28-8) – June 1977, “Tower 2 raising.”
  • 010 (28-6) – June 1977, “Plowing road to tower 2.”
  • 011 (27-3) – June 1977, “Blast of small cornice.”
  • 012 (27-1) – June 1977, “Glacier after blasting cornice.”
  • 013 (26-12) – May-June 1977, “Me on top of (Mt Everest), 12 it’s snowing.”
  • 014 (50-2) – June 1978, “Bombardier digging out bottom station.”
  • 015 (50-1) – June 1978, “Bombardier digging out bottom station.”
  • 016 (50-9) – June 1978, “Floyd down in the hole for the Platter.”
  • 017 (49-19) – May-June 1978
  • 018 (26-17) – May-June 1977, “1st Blast of cornice.”
  • 019 (26-15) – May-June 1977, “Cornice to west of bowl.”
  • 020 (26-13) – May-June 1977, “Me on top of (Mt Everest).”
  • 021 (25-19) – May 1977, “bowl shots.”
  • 022 (25-17) – May 1977, “bowl shots.”
  • 023 (25-12) – May 1977, “Danny on top of top station.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Film 1-64

Item is a notebook in which Alex Douglas numbered the photographs he took and provided brief descriptions of them. These include photos of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camps of 1976 to 1978.

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Film 65-125

Item is a notebook in which Alex Douglas numbered the photographs he took and provided brief descriptions of them. These include photos of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camps of 1979 to 1983.

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Group portraits of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camps

Group photographs of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp staff and campers.

ADOUGLAS_01_02_001_001: Staff photo, 1979. Formerly under accession code WA_2016_023_022. See ADOUGLAS_01_02_015_001 for identification of most people in the photo. Photo taken by Harvey Soicher.

ADOUGLAS_01_02_001_002: Photo of all campers and staff. "5th season 1980 July 19-26" written on verso, along with names of most people in photo.

ADOUGLAS_01_02_001_003: Photo of all campers and staff. Names of most people in photo written on verso.

Harvey Soicher Photo order form

Item is a photo order form from Harvey Soicher Photos of North Burnaby, B.C., addressed to Robbie Bannerman of Calgary, Alberta. Taped to it are two black-and-white photographs cut out of a contact print, showing a person skiing (possibly at the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp). The bottom of the form has been filled out, indicating that two 5x7 and one 8x10 photos were ordered.

Soicher, Harvey

Harvey Soicher photos

File contains 11 contact prints, 4 photographic prints, and 1 small photograph showing people skiing, probably at the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camps.

  • 001 - colour contact print showing action shots of people skiing and individual head-and-shoulders shots of skiers. Five portions have been cut out.
  • 002 - colour contact print with shots of people skiing. Twelve portions have been cut out.
  • 003-007 - black-and-white contact prints showing people skiing.
  • 008 - colour contact print showing head-and-shoulders shots of people, mostly children/youths, in ski gear.
  • 009-010 - black-and-white contact prints showing people skiing.
  • 011-014 - black-and-white prints of people skiing.
  • 015 - black-and-white contact print of people skiing and freestyle ski jumping.
  • 016 - small photograph of a man wearing sunglasses, a purple Carrera hat, and a bib reading ‘Whistler Mountain 22.’ It has the number DM 90-68-15 written across the top.

Soicher, Harvey

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