Rally’Round Postcard

In 1966, after six years of construction and development Garibaldi Lifts Limited (a for profit sister company to Garibaldi Olympic Development Association) opened a skiing lodge with gondolas, T-bars and a double chair in Whistler. But long before any amenities were in place, GODA was already generating support for an official Olympic bid.

This postcard shows a kinetic oil pastel rendering of a skier and a figure skater, as well as an early iteration of Garibaldi’s bid logo, featuring a stylized torch sitting atop a bold slab-serif G.

Unfortunately GODA’s efforts were unsuccessful, and they lost the Canadian nomination to Calgary, Alberta; which in turn lost to Mexico City (which features some of this author’s favourite non-Canadian Olympic designs).

(Via Whistler Museum & Archives Society)