to move up and down
Thanks to John Crawford-Currie who tipped me off to this photo and provided the informative caption:
Åre is and has always been a playground for well-off Swedes from the big city regions, mainly Stockholm of course, but also a hot spot for Scandinavian skiers. Some of the best freeriders and mogul skiers in the world right now are from Åre. This photo by Nils Thomasson in a way bridges the now and then of Åre in a fun way. It’s always been about skiing, and it’s always been about style here. Not much is known about this photograph, but the man in front is obviously of some prominence, or at least he thinks so himself. They are most certainly tourists. The building in the background is the old Grand Hotel (today Sporthotellet), built in 1911. The photo is probably taken a few years after that (not that many I guess since there are still piles of timber in the background).
Ski jump. Vancouver, Canada, 1958.
Photo by Leslie Frederick Sheraton (Nov. 16, 1906 - July 6,1978).
Sheraton was a Vancouver photographer. He was born in Hull, England and immigrated to Canada in 1910.
After arriving in Canada the Sheraton family settled near Calgary, Alberta. Sheraton served with the Royal Canadian Navy from July 1942 to November 1945. He married Eileen Margaret Wood of Edmonton, Alberta, on April 15, 1944 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The young couple moved to Vancouver shortly after and had one son, Donald Frederick Sheraton on August 29, 1946.
Leslie’s professional life was in sales and he was co-owner of a photographic supply shop in Vancouver. He was an avid and accomplished photographer and photographed sites in British Columbia, Alberta, California, Nevada, and Hawaii on regular travels with his family. Sheraton was also an experienced carpenter and boating enthusiast.
Ski tour on Mount Garibaldi, British Columbia, Canada, circa 1945. Photo by Donn B. A. Williams.
Vancouver, 1958.
Photo by Leslie Frederick Sheraton (Nov. 16, 1906 - July 6,1978).
Sheraton was a Vancouver photographer. He was born in Hull, England and immigrated to Canada in 1910.
After arriving in Canada the Sheraton family settled near Calgary, Alberta. Sheraton served with the Royal Canadian Navy from July 1942 to November 1945. He married Eileen Margaret Wood of Edmonton, Alberta, on April 15, 1944 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The young couple moved to Vancouver shortly after and had one son, Donald Frederick Sheraton on August 29, 1946.
Leslie’s professional life was in sales and he was co-owner of a photographic supply shop in Vancouver. He was an avid and accomplished photographer and photographed sites in British Columbia, Alberta, California, Nevada, and Hawaii on regular travels with his family. Sheraton was also an experienced carpenter and boating enthusiast.
Thanks to Jim Muir for the tip.
Ski jumpers climbing to the top of the jump, Salisbury, Connecticut, 1961.
Travel brochure for the Hotel Arlberg, St. Anton, Austria.
1948 Winter Olympics, St. Moritz, Switzerland.
The Zettersfeld ski area in Lienz, Austria, 1958.
Swedish actress Camilla Sparv, 1970.
Magazine advertisement for Chase Bank, July 1961.
Japanese woodcut of ski jumper by Iwao, 1928.
Perrier advertisement from the February 6, 1937 issue of L’Illustration.
