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1974-2007
GRI-01-39 · Subseries · 1974-2007
Part of Greg Griffith Fonds

Photographs of skiing, Molson Molstar ski races, the Great Snow Earth Water Race, Mountain Hosts, the construction of Whistler Village, chairlifts, ski school, skiers in costume at Easter, an avalauncher and avalanche control, helicopters, cabins, events, cycling, Whistler Golf Course and the Delta Mountain Inn, Rainbow Estates, Red Chair, the Gondola Barn in Creekside, cross-country skiing, Doc Fingers playing music, Willie Whistler, apres ski, Jim McConkey Ski Shop, tennis, canoeing, freestyle skiing at the Labatts World Cup Freestyle Championships, Roundhouse Lodge, windsurfing on Alta Lake, docks, picnics, hiking, running, glaciers, cats, the Garbage Dump, and Highway 99.

1978-1995
GRI-01-17 · Subseries · [c. 1978-1995]
Part of Greg Griffith Fonds

Designs for Tyax Heli-Skiing, West Coast Heli-Skiing, and Whistler Heli-Skiing business cards. Pamphlets and business cards for Chalet Luise. Photographs of skiing, heli-skiing, Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler Village, aerial shots of Whistler, Fitzsimmons Creek, Creekside, Whistler Village at night, paragliding, Alta Lake, sunsets, Black Tusk, chairlifts, ski runs, Nita Lake, Whistler Conference Centre, Rendezvous Lodge, Solar Coaster Express lift, hiking, cafes, pubs, restaurants, hotels, Whistler Village stroll, Whistler Express Gondola, mountain bikers, gondolas, flowers, events, golf courses, Whistler Golf Course, Golf, windsurfing, 7th Heaven, 7th Heaven Express Chair, Fitzsimmons Express Chair, Araxi Restaurant, swimming pools, The Downhill Shop, canoeing, dogs, fishing, rivers, helicopters, Snowcats, grooming, portraits, group portraits, logging, T-bars, ski instructors, Ski Scamps, Roundhouse, barbecues, maintenance, plaques, mountains staff, ski racing, picnics, blasting, lift construction, signs, Whistler Peak, dining, drinking, trails, cross-country skiing, Tantalus Lodge, Whistler Way, Gateway bus loop, Snowgoose buses, Whistler Village Sports, Mountain Square, parades, musicians, dancing, costumes, Stoney's, Willie Whistler, Easter, The Keg catering on Whistler Mountain, balloons, hot air balloons, hats, freestyle skiing, boats, ferries, bridges, swimming, waterfalls, Garibaldi Lake, Garibaldi Provincial Park, rainbows, docks on Alta Lake, ducks, and small airplanes.

Original box containing this subseries was labelled "Internegs".
Files 001-016 found in creator's folder labelled "Aerials".
Files 017-036 found in creator's folder labelled "Used in Postcards and Posters".
File 024 found in an envelope labelled "Internegs PC's 89".
Files 025-036 found in an envelope labelled "Postcards and Posters '88".
Files 037-058 found in creator's folder labelled "Whistler M[oun]t[ai]n".
Files 047-049 found in an unlabelled envelope.
Files 050-051 found in an envelope labelled "Cornice[?] Blasting".
Files 059-068 found in creator's folder labelled "Blackcomb M[oun]t[ai]n".
Files 069-071 found in creator's folder labelled "Winter 'Scenery'".
Files 072-081 found in creator's folder labelled "Village".
Files 084-088 found in an envelope labelled "Eric 86".
Files 082-088 found in creator's folder labelled "Kids/Faces/Picnics/Families".
Files 093-095 found in envelope labelled "Black Tusk Aug/80".
Files 089-099 found in creator's folder labelled "Summer & water scenes".
Files 100-106 found in envelope labelled "Tyax Heli-Skiing - 200 business cards".
Files 107-? found in envelope labelled "West Coast Heli-Skiing".
Files 100-113 found in creator's folder labelled "Mike Jakobsson".
Files 114-139 found in creator's folder labelled "Heli-Skiing".

WA_2016_156-01-01-001 · Item · 1951-1983
Part of Heather Gamache Fonds

Minutebook for meetings of the Alta Lake Community Club from 1951-1985. Subjects discussed include holiday parties and dances, the purchasing of a projector, hosting films, Girl Guides and Cubs, memorial benches, the purchasing of a snowplow, logging, moving the Alta Lake School flagpole, fire safety, postal service, roads, Robbie Burns Night, fishing derbies, art lessons, theatre, Myrtle Philip's birthday, the Squamish Youth Choral, Blackcomb Ski Club, Rainbow Mountain ski hill, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, TV's coming to the Whistler valley, building the Whistler Mountain Ski Club building, the formation of a ski club, the Mountain Rescue Group, Mount Whistler Lodge, Alta Lake Ratepayers Association, building a new school, physical education classes on the mountain, Cypress Lodge, donation to the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association, Highland Lodge, the Logger's Sports Day Parade, seasons passes for children, square-dancing, and badminton.

Easter Cheer
3-03-001-001 · Item · 1926
Part of Jardine / Betts / Smith fonds

Postcard labelled "Easter Cheer" sent from "J.B. + M.B. A.B." in Pembroke, Ontario, to Miss Jenny Jardine at 34 1/2 Mile. The front of the card has an image of a pastoral riverside scene ringed with flowers and a Christian cross in the top right hand corner. Also on the front of the card is a printed message; "Sunny bright / with joy and cheer / May your Easter / hours appear."

On the back of the card is a handwritten message from sender to Jenny Jardine. There is a yellow one-cent Canadian stamp in the top right corner. Card is postmarked March 31st 1926, Pembroke, Ont.

Easter Greetings
3-03-001-008 · Item · [1928?]
Part of Jardine / Betts / Smith fonds

Postcard labelled "Easter Greetings," sent from Aunt [Margaret?] in Vicksburg, Michigan to Master Bobby Neilan [sic] at 34 1/2 Mile. The front of the card has a drawing of two anthropomorphic rabbits hopping over Easter eggs. Also on the front of the card is a printed message: "Bunnies greet you, they've come to say / I wish you well this Easter Day." On the back of the card is a handwritten message from the sender to her nephew Bobby Jardine-Neiland. There is a red two-cent American stamp placed upside-down in the top right corner. The card is postmarked March 29, 192[8?] in Vicksburg.

WA_2019_030-01-128 · File · April 10, 1955
Part of Dick Chambers

Photographs of Jo Yard, Bob Harper, Hanna Weber and a mountain cabin on a snowy Easter ski trip on April 10, 1955.

Captions:
001: "Easter Ski Trip - Apr[il] 10 [19]55 - Cabin at Forks - Jo Yard - Bob Harper - Supreme Home Photo"
002-003: "Easter Ski Trip - Apr[il] 10 [19]55 - Hanna Weber - Supreme Home Photo"

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.

Negatives
KSNO-01 · Series · 1972-1973
Part of Ken Snowball Fonds

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
GRI-01-39-004 · File · [c. 1978]
Part of Greg Griffith Fonds

Photographs of a mountain views, people gathered at a ski lift dressed as sheep, interior of Whistler Ski School desk with instructors dressed as animals, other people dressed in costume posing with their skis and skiing, people dressed as bunnies posing with skis, and a baby sitting in a chair with a cat and on its own.

Note that there is a contact sheet that corresponds with the negatives in this file.