Granny Rope Tow at Blue Mountain

Photograph

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The Blue Mountains Museum and Archive

Granny Rope Tow with Overlay: Black and white photo of a ski hill which is named by the overlay as the "Practice Hill". The overlay shows where the rope tow was situated in the hill as well as a rough location as to where the engine powering the rope tow was.
Granny Rope Tow with Overlay

Black and white photo of a ski hill which is named by the overlay as the "Practice Hill". The overlay shows where the rope tow was situated in the hill as well as a rough location as to where the engine powering the rope tow was.

Name/Title

Granny Rope Tow at Blue Mountain

Entry/Object ID

2008-042-033

Description

Black and white photographic print of several trees which obscure the view of a ski hill covered in snow. A truck (engine for tow rope) is parked near the base of the hill on the right side of the photograph. A structure (the rope tow) is near the centre of the photograph, but it is behind several trees. On the back of the photograph is "GRANNY ROPE TOW, & 'ENGINE', RAN BY OZ. KINSEY, TAKEN FROM PRACTICE HILL, MID 1940'S, GEO FOSTER" handwritten in pencil. A piece of overlay paper is folded over about an inch from the top and placed over the top edge of the photograph to hang in front of the photo. The overlay has writing in blue pen and green marker to indicate the parts of the tow rope. At the top centre is "TOP" written in green, but just above the word "TOP" is written again and crossed out. Two green lines are drawn. The top green line has "ROPE TOW PATH" written in blue pen above the line. The bottom green line has an arrow point to the right and the words, "THIS WAY TO TOW", are written along the line. The words, "ROPE TOW", are written just right of the centre over a structure hidden behind the trees. The outline of a truck is drawn in green and inside the truck outline are the words, "ENGINE FOR TOW" in blue. At the bottom left corner of the overlay paper are the words, "PRACTICE HILL", with a two way arrow drawn below.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Photographic Print

Subject Place

Escarpment

Blue Mountain

City

The Blue Mountains

County

Grey

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Made/Created

Artist

Foster, George

Date made

1943 - 1947

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper/Photographic Emulsion Location of Obj ID #: Back, top right corner

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

Back of the print - top right-hand corner

Transcription

“Granny Rope Tow + engine, Ran by Oz. Kinsey, taken from practice hill, Mid 1940’s, Geo Foster”

Language

English

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 25.2 cm by 20.2 cm Print size is the measurement of the black and white photo, including white borders. Measurement of overlay paper - 24.4 cm by 19.3 cm (to fold only)