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MT. BAKER MARATHON : THE INSPIRATION FOR SEA TO SKI

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• Negative, Glass Plate
• X.3219.003637
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• Mt. Baker marathon runner on the trail.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001279
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• 1911 Mount Baker Marathon. Joe Galbraith coming down Deming Trail, 1st in race.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001311 abc
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• Hugh Diehl and 1911 Mount Baker Marathon winner Joe Galbraith driving "Betsy."... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001328 abc
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• 1911 Mount Baker marathon race winner Joe Galbraith and his driver Hugh Diehl racing in "Betsy."... View Full Record
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• Postcard
• 1983.0034.000031
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• Joe Galbraith and driver Hugh Diehl in automobile on their way back to Bellingham the Mt. Baker Marathon of 1911. In Sandison's hand (obviously written on the emulsion side of what was a glass negative as the "J " is backwards): "Joe Galbraith return... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001278
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• 1911 Mount Baker Marathon. Joe Galbraith and Hugh Diehl in car on Cornwell Street, Bellingam. Street view.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001293
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• 1911 Mount Baker Marathon. Train on the Glacier trail tipped over off the tracks. Harvey Haggard (second place winner of the 1911 marathon) dressed in a bathrobe.... View Full Record
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• Postcard
• 1994.0038.000495
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• A picture of a man running the Mt. Baker marathon (in his robe). In the lefthand side of the picture is a building with the window painted, "H.O. Bingham, Undertaker." The sign above advertises embalming. On Cornwall, a little ways from Magnolia.... View Full Record
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• Trophy
• 2013.0001.000004
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• Silver chalice-shaped trophy with a shallow handle on each side. Engraving on the front reads: "Presented to Harvey E. Haggard by the Herald as a memento of the first Mt. Baker Race, Aug. 9, 1911. Time roundtrip from Glacier 10 hours." Engraving o... View Full Record
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• Postcard
• 1994.0038.000025
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• Oval mounted on postcard. Printed on front: "Barbecue in honor of winner of the first Mt. Baker Marathon. Galbraith in his Auto with his driver Diehl."... View Full Record
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• Photograph, b/w
• 1983.0034.000017
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• Barbequing the bull after the Mt. Baker Marathon; Photo of men cutting up meat at barbecue. Photo mounted on black paper with three other photos on one side with cabin and bridge photos on the other. Imprinted from negative on front in white, "Doing... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001281 ab
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• 1911 Mount Baker marathon. Joe Galbraith, Winner.... View Full Record
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• Photograph, b/w
• 1995.0001.032329
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• Joe Galbraith of Acme, who won the first Mt. Baker Marathon climb in 1911. He is next to his log splitter.... View Full Record
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• Pennant
• 1973.0035.000010
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• Pennant of green felt with red appliqued letters, "Bellingham" and logo " Goa-To-It", with a drawing of a mountain goat hiking, beneath which reads "Mt. Baker Marathon" in orange letters.... View Full Record
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• Pin, Promotional
• 1972.0011.000001
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• Brass lapel pin in shape of a goat, screw-in back. Mt. Baker marathon.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• X.3219.002622
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• Marathon poster.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001262
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• Mt. Baker Marathon Program; July 23, 24, 25, 1912.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.008849 a
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• Hot-air balloon as it lifts off from behind the Bellingham Bay Brewery. This was an attraction during the 1912 Mt. Baker Marathon. J. W. Sandsion and Jim Macy both took aerial photographs from this balloon; the earliest aerials ever taken of Bellin... View Full Record
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• Negative, Glass Plate
• 1996.0010.001333
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• Turner Riddle and driver Charles Simpson in the car "Betsy 2" for the 1912 Mount Baker Marathon. This is not Joe Galbraith and Hugh Diehl in the Betsy 2 during the 1911 marathon.... View Full Record
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• Negative, Glass Plate
• 1996.0010.001288 ab
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• 1912 Mount Baker Marathon. Turner Riddle and driver in the car Betsy 2 during the 1911 Mt. Baker Marathon. Note the stain below the radiator. The automobile is not moving. Driver has a foot on the brake and the accelerator for the effect. This is... View Full Record
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• Postcard
• 1999.0082.000003
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• Mt. Baker Marathon runner Victor Norman and driver in an early auto with trees in background. Driver wears a cap and passenger is bareheaded. A man in cap, out of focus, is bent in front of the automobile. On back in blue ink, "From collection of Car... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001286
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• 1912 Mount Baker marathon. Automobile No. 3 on Elk Street.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001271
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• Bellingham Herald, 1912, " Haggard Winner Of Marathon".... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001317 ab
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• 1912 Mount Baker Marathon. Harvey Haggard, winner of 1912. J. Wilbur Sandison, photographer.... View Full Record
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• Postcard
• 1999.0082.000004
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• Mt. Baker Marathon runner Paul Westerland in white shirt and shorts with "3" on chest as he comes into the finish line at the Bellingham Chamber of Commerce. He is surrounded by a crowd of people on a Dock Street [Cornwall Avenue] decorated with bun... View Full Record
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• Photograph, b/w
• 2012.0019.000035
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• Paul Westerlund who won the 1913 Mt. Baker Marathon. Above him on the wall is a picture of ships which may be old lumber schooners. Next to him above and on a table are large trophies which may include the Marathon prize. Portrait taken in May 1970.... View Full Record
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• Negative, Glass Plate
• 1996.0010.001290
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• Mount Baker during 1911 Mt. Baker marathon. Two men standing next to silk tent. Man on right probably Murray Macauley, one of the race judges. W.C Davis, Bellingham taxidermist and judge, photographer. "Enberg Pharmacy" written on front. Print taken... View Full Record
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• Slide
• 1997.0030.000097
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• Photo of a snow hut built during the Mt. Baker Marathon in 1912. Macaulay Collection... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• X.3219.002614
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• Digging snow caves on summit for Mount Baker Marathon Race.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001313
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• 1912 Mount Baker marathon race judges in snow cave on Mt. Baker. Left to right: N.C. Davis (of Bellingham), Elmer Perry (Deming), Myers (Deming) and Murray D. Macauley.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• X.3219.002621
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• Mount Baker Marathon judges, Camp at Mazama Lake.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1996.0010.001323
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• 1913 Mount Baker marathon. Men carrying Vic Galbraith, who fell down a crevasse on Mount Baker, one mile to Ranger's cabin.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• X.3219.002543
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• Rescue party returning with Victor Galbraith from the snow fields of Mount Baker where he nearly lost his life by falling in a 40 foot blind crevasse. In 1913, the Mount Baker Marathon was ended, because of this accident. It was revived in the 1970's... View Full Record
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• Certificate
• 1977.0028.000002
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• Mt. Baker Marathon Certificate for Victor Galbraith, 1913. Several blanks on the certificate are not filled out. A penciled note on the bottom explains: "No judges on top. Fell into crevasse on way down whre I stayed for about five hours before rescu... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1995.0001.046460c
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• Blossom Time, 1974. Ski to Sea race bikers in action.... View Full Record
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• Negative, b/w
• 1995.0001.046461a
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• Blossom Time, 1974. Ski to Sea race winners.... View Full Record
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• Photograph, b/w
• 1995.0001.041605
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• Ski to Sea event in May: runner ???? and biker ??? contestants do a handoff.... View Full Record
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• Photograph, b/w
• 1995.0001.041606
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• Ski to Sea event in May: Canoeists ???? and ???? get their canoe ready to race.... View Full Record
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• Photograph, b/w
• 1995.0001.041582
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• Ski to Sea Carnival swings... View Full Record
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• Photograph, b/w
• 1995.0001.042346
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• Ski to Sea promo: Jan Malcolm and Marion Southcott (right) sell buttons.... View Full Record
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• Pin, Promotional
• 2005.0031.000012
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• "Blossomtime - Ski to Sea" pin. 1978. Metal pin. Blue printing on white background. Pink flower with 8 petals at center behind "Sky to Sea." Straight needle in the back.... View Full Record
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• Display
• 2007.0020.000012
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• Window display made of tropical pink felt. Center is a red image of a sailing boat with number 72881. White border of hibiscus flowers and leaves. Bottom frame towards right corner has image of a goat's head and "Ski to Sea." Top is glued down. No do... View Full Record
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• Program
• X.5388.000001
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• Official Ski to Sea program, 1988. 44 pages. Includes history of the event, lists of participants, and many photographs of past and present events.... View Full Record
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• Photograph, color
• 1996.0090.000001
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• View of the Sons of Norway float for the 1993 Ski to Sea Parade. Stamp on the back reads "Tore Ofteness Industrial Commercial Aerial Marine Photographer 1417 Railroad Avenue Bellingham, WA 98225 (360) 733-6743" Written in black ink on the back, "19... View Full Record
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• Photograph, digital
• 2006.0094.000059
• Ready to Paddle
• Ski to Sea ... View Full Record
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• Photograph, digital
• 2010.0088.000279
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• a young man rings a bell, to signify his team's completion of the Junior Ski to Sea race course p500286 on the disc ... View Full Record