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Felt patch awarded to children who finished the ski school's beginner course. Dot Kimura kept a box of them in the warming hut and later in the lodge; this design was used until 1962.

Shield patch worn on the sleeve by instructors who passed the ski school's certification, introduced by Dot Kimura in her fourth season as director.

Patrol patch issued in 1979, the year Lena Ruiz won her second Tincup Cup and her third season on patrol.

Cotton bib from the first Tincup Cup slalom, February 15, 1958, set on Big Dipper. Forty-one racers from Harlow and two neighboring towns started; number 7 finished second.

Bib from the seventeenth Tincup Cup, sponsored by Harlow Feed & Supply, whose name was on every bib from 1966 to 1985.

Forerunner's bib from the thirty-fifth and last Tincup Cup. Thin snow cancelled the 1993 race, and there was no race in 1994.

The lodge's first menu: chili, soups and sandwiches from Ingrid Lindqvist's kitchen, cinnamon rolls at fifteen cents and bottomless coffee for a nickel.

Chalkboard from the warming hut at the top of the Silver Spoon, rescued when the hut was torn down in 1995. The 1967 prices are still legible, including hot Tang for fifteen cents.

Menu from the Prospector Grill, the lodge's renamed cafeteria, with nachos, the Tincup Burger and Ingrid Lindqvist's cinnamon roll, "since 1952".

Pin-back button sold at the ticket window for a dollar after the Tincup Chute, the hill's only double-black trail, was cut from North Knob in 1971.

Dot Kimura recalls learning to ski on the rope tow in 1940, teaching in the warming hut years, running the ski school from 1962 to 1989, and the Thursday-night lessons she started for workers coming off the mill shift.

Recorded in the empty lodge, Ray Albright describes loading the first chair on the Silver Spoon in 1963, keeping it running through the Big Winter of 1984–85, and turning the key on the last day in 1994.

At the twenty-fifth anniversary Reunion Night, Lena Ruiz talks about racing the Tincup Cup, joining the ski patrol at nineteen, patrolling the Tincup Chute, and why she started the reunions in 2004.

The Harlow Ski Club ran its rope tow for the first time on Sunday, December 18, 1938: 1,100 feet of manila rope driven by the engine of a Model A Ford. About sixty people came up the logging road, and the tow stopped twice to thaw the carburetor.

Nine feet of snow fell in a week, closing the road to Harlow. The ski club ran the rope tow every day of the storm for skiers who arrived on the lumber company's train, and the warming hut stayed open around the clock.

The first Tincup Cup slalom was set on Big Dipper. The race ran every winter until 1992, thirty-five times in all, and drew racers from three states.

The Silver Spoon double chair opened with a ribbon on the loading ramp and the high school band playing in the snow. It took skiers 3,400 feet to the top of Tincup Peak in nine minutes, and it ran until the last day in 1994.

Forty lamps on Lindqvist Run and Spoonful were lit for the first time the day after Christmas 1969. Night skiing ran four nights a week until the ski area closed.

The lifts stopped at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, 1994, after fifty-six seasons. Ray Albright rode the last chair down the Silver Spoon, and season pass holders gathered at the lodge for a farewell party.

Lena Ruiz started Reunion Night in 2004 for former staff and skiers. The twenty-fifth-anniversary reunion filled the Harlow Grange Hall, and the oral history project recorded interviews there. Reunion Night is held each March on the Saturday nearest the anniversary of the last day.