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Janet Love Morrison Fonds Whistler Mountain
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Prints 090-112

Photographs given to Janet Love Morrison by Intrawest.

Photographs of Franz Wilhelmsen skiing with Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, a Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. Summer Camp ski pass, Whistler Village in the midst of construction from Whistler Mountain, a ski school group photo with children posing with Willie Whistler, Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (GODA) notice of annual general meeting form 1966, Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. Subscription Agreement, a letter from Franz Wilhelmsen to Florence Strachan notifying the sending of the Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. Subscription Agreement, a flyer about Jim McConkey and Bob Dufour's Garibaldi Ski School, a group of children in ski school with their instructor, a baby on skis, a group photo of Yosemite Ski School from Winter 1948 (including, from left to right, Bob Berelsford, Ross Moore, Norm Palmer, Jim McConkey, Chuck Freshwater, Nic Fiore, Tony Freitas, Bill Cahow, and Luggi Foeger), Alta Lake train station on the PGE, Myrtle Philip in her elder years walking with Gary Watson, a sign on Whistler Mountain listing the town services in the 1970s [post-it reading "For Sure"], Roundhouse, Eric Beardmore and the Woodward family skiing Whistler Mountain, Jim McConkey skiing Whistler Mountain, the front cover of the September/October 1963 issue of Skier Magazine showing Willy Schaeffler and Franz Wilhelmsen inspecting the mountain, skiers posing, Whistler T-bar, skiers from Garibaldi Ski School posing for a portrait, children posing with their instructor, and a woman from Ski Patrol.

Janet Love Morrison Fonds

  • WA_2016_035
  • Fonds
  • 1950-1998

Photographs and documents gathered and/or created by Janet Love Morrison for use in her publications, as well as items relating to the re-opening of the Roundhouse in 1998.

Negatives 296-318

Photographs of men building the ski runs, Franz Wilhelmsen pointing at Whistler Mountain, a man crouching, a group portrait, construction, Franz Wilhelmsen posing with some men.

Prints 065-067

Photographs of the Ponies carrying materials up Whistler Mountain for the creation of the ski lifts (with a post-it reading "Ponies used to transport construction materials to the Alpine - hence the run name 'Pony Trail'"), "Diamond" Jim McConkey skiing Whistler Mountain in the early 1970s, and Jim McConkey in January 1985.

Negatives 319-349

Photographs of a Whistler Mountain season's pass advertisement, correspondence, a portrait of Franz Wilhelmsen, and GODA and Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. documents.

Prints 032-043

Photographs of people standing outside the Roundhouse, a poster of Rob Boyd for Dave Murray's Molson Masters Camps 1986/87, an advertisement to get a season's pass, skiers gearing up, an advertisement for the Canadian Amateur Ski Association, the original Whistler Gondola, ski run construction (felled logs), an advertisement for Whistler Mountain as 'The Big Old Softie', a road-side sign announcing the construction of the Whistler Mountain resort, a child skiing, and Village Square packed with spectators for the medal ceremony of the Molson World Cup Downhill.

Transparencies 001-003

Photographs of children sitting on a rail cart, Whistler Mountain officials showing Prince Philip a model of Whistler Mountain, and men giving a speech.

Negatives 090-126

Photographs of "SKI Whistler Mountain' brochures from Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., duty schedule, correspondence, beach volleyball on the mountain, Pat Carleton launching the first chair at the opening of Blackcomb Mountain, an excavator, portraits, village construction, Rob Boyd, Sid Young, and ski racing.

Negatives 270-295

Photographs of newspaper articles, Whistler Mountain officials pointing to a model of Whistler Mountain model for Prince Philip, a Garibaldi Olympic Development Association plaque, men walking with pack horses on Whistler Mountain to create the ski runs on the 'Pony Trail', a plaque about chairlifts, and portraits of men.

Prints 051-058

Photographs of the cover of Skier's Magazine for September/October 1963 showing Willy Schaeffler and Franz Wilhelmsen at Whistler Mountain, the village during construction, Mayor Pat Carleton opening Blackcomb Mountain for business at 9am on Thursday, December 4, 1980 (He cut the ribbon attached to a chair on Lift #2 with a chainsaw), Pat Carleton giving the first chair of skiers on Blackcomb a push, Franz Wilhelmsen and Jim McConkey posing at Whistler Mountain with a few others, Late construction stages of Tyrol Lodge, and a kids ski camp on Whistler Mountain.

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