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Fifty-six winters on a small-town ski hill · 1938–1994

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In 2004 the Harlow Public Library began recording the people who ran Tincup Mountain. Three of the interviews are here: the ski school director, the lift operator, and a patroller who twice won the Tincup Cup.

Audio cassette labeled Tincup Mountain Oral History Project, Tape 1 side A, Dorothy Dot Kimura, ski school director 1962–1989, recorded February 2004.

Oral History

Oral history interview with Dorothy “Dot” Kimura, 2004

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.

Date
February 11, 2004
Subject
Oral histories; Ski schools; Ski instructors

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“My mother sewed leather onto the palms of my mittens, and I was the envy of the whole hill.”

Dot Kimura

Audio cassette labeled Tincup Mountain Oral History Project, Tape 3 side A, Ray Albright, lift operator 1963–1994, recorded March 2009 at the old lodge.

Oral History

Oral history interview with Ray Albright, 2009

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.

Date
March 14, 2009
Subject
Oral histories; Chairlifts; Ski resorts--Closures

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“People I'd been loading for thirty years, and their kids, and some of their grandkids.”

Ray Albright

Audio cassette labeled Tincup Mountain Oral History Project, Tape 7 side B, Lena Ruiz, ski patrol 1977–1994, recorded March 2019 at Reunion Night.

Oral History

Oral history interview with Lena Ruiz, 2019

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.

Date
March 23, 2019
Subject
Oral histories; Ski patrol; Ski racing

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“Every patrol shift I'd take one run down the Chute before sweep, and tell myself it was to check the conditions. It wasn't.”

Lena Ruiz

The people of Tincup Mountain

  • Navy roundel badge with the initials AL and a ribbon reading Arne Lindqvist, Founder, Harlow Ski Club, 1902–1979.

    Arne Lindqvist

    Person · 1902/1979

    Founder of the Harlow Ski Club and of skiing on Tincup Mountain (fictional).
  • Orange and navy roundel badge with the initials DK and a ribbon reading Dot Kimura, Ski school director, born 1931.

    Dorothy “Dot” Kimura

    Person · 1931

    Director of the Tincup Ski School, 1962–1989 (fictional).
  • Teal roundel badge with the initials HB and a ribbon reading Hal Brenner, Sign painter and poster artist, 1910–1984.

    Hal Brenner

    Person · 1910/1984

    Harlow sign painter who designed the ski club's early posters (fictional).
  • Red roundel badge with the initials IL and a ribbon reading Ingrid Lindqvist, Tincup Lodge kitchen, 1905–1988.

    Ingrid Lindqvist

    Person · 1905/1988

    Proprietress of the Tincup Lodge kitchen, 1952–1971, and originator of its cinnamon rolls (fictional).
  • Red roundel badge with the initials LR and a ribbon reading Lena Ruiz, Ski patrol, born 1958.

    Lena Ruiz

    Person · 1958

    Two-time Tincup Cup winner and member of the Tincup Ski Patrol, 1977–1994 (fictional).
  • Blue roundel badge with the initials RA and a ribbon reading Ray Albright, Lift operator, born 1942.

    Ray Albright

    Person · 1942

    Lift operator on the Silver Spoon chair from its opening day in 1963 to the last day in 1994 (fictional).

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