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Barr family cross country skiing

  • BARR_2011_042-01-017
  • Item
  • [c. 1930s?]
  • Part of Barr Fonds

Group photograph of (from left to right) William Barr, Dorothy Barr, and Alison Barr cross country skiing. Lady, the deer, is jumping up at William Barr. Lady was a pet deer that the Barrs looked after until she got a little too rowdy.

Cross country skiing

Myrtle and three guests on cross country skis. Myrtle and one guest have on pole in the Norwegian style of skiing. The other guests have two poles.

Cross country skiing at Rainbow Lodge

Rainbow Lodge guest, Jean Tapley and Myrtle Philip standing on the Bridge of Sighs. Rainbow Lodge and Blackcomb Mountain are in the background. The guest and Jean are carrying cross county skis.

Janet Drysdale, Myrtle Philip and friend skiing

Photograph of Janet Drysdale and friend and Myrtle Philip cross country skiing. The annotation on the reverse "The first skiing guests at Rainbow about 1916. Janet Drysdale and friend and Myrtle Philip."

Maison & Rhi skiing

  • PHILIP-3-1986-0783
  • Item
  • [between 1925 and 1935]
  • Part of Philip Fonds

Maison and Rhi Philip skiing in front of Rainbow Lodge. Inscription on verso : "Maison Philip and Rhi Philip / late 20's or early 1930's - Maison was about 20 years old."

Myrtle & Jean on their way to Tapley's Farm

  • PHILIP-3-1986-0692
  • Item
  • [1924 or 1925]
  • Part of Philip Fonds

Two copies of photograph of Jean Tapley & Myrtle Philip, skiing to Tapleys Farm on what is now Lorimer Road. Inscription on verso (copy 1) : "beauty and the forrest [sic] beautiful / 1924, or '25 / L > R / M. Philip, Jean Tapley." Inscription on verso (copy 2) : "1920's / Myrtle Philip / Jean Tapley / Skiing down to-day's Lorimer Road. / Note One [double underlined] ski pole - old way (Norwegian)"

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