Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2004.10.15

Description

Sharply dressed as they skied at Mount Rainier in 1957, Dan Gilsdorf and Joe LaPorte talk at the base of a slope. The men were Tacoma Ski School instructors. The national park service eventually removed rope tow lifts from Paradise. In 1962, Crystal Mountain opened just outside the park. Tacoma Ski School continued into the 1970s and taught thousands of people how to ski.

Made/Created

Date made

Feb 17, 1957

Lexicon

Search Terms

Skiing, Skiing, snow, Recreational

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Gilsdorf, Don

Person or Organization

LaPorte, Joe

Person or Organization

Tacoma Ski School