Jim's mother, Hortense Elizabeth Whittaker, 1921.
Whittaker Family Collection
Jim's father, Charles Bernard "Cannonball" Whittaker, in World War I army uniform, 1918. Whittaker Family Collection
Jim and twin brother Lou, 1930. Whittaker Family Collection
Lou, Barney and Jim with a neighbor's car, about 1935. Whittaker Family Collection
Boy scout hike, Vashon Island - Lou, Jim (3rd from left) and Barney, with other scouts. Whittaker Family Collection
Fauntleroy church basketball team - Lou (back left) and Jim (back right). Whittaker Family Collection
Jim and Lou in a Seattle street photograph. Whittaker Family Collection
Photographer Ira Spring set up his large view camera on Mt. Rainier and had Jim jump this crevasse “twice for black and white and three times for color." Mt. St. Helens – pre eruption – is in the background. Ira Spring Photo
Twin guides: Jim and Lou at Camp Muir on Mt. Rainier. Whittaker Family Collection
Camp Hale Ski Troopers, Tennessee Pass, CO. Jim is second from left and Lou fourth. Whittaker Family Collection
Lou, John Day and Jim on Mt. Rainier, 1959. Whittaker family collection
On Mt. McKinley (Denali), 1960. Denali Pass, 18,000 feet in the background. Whittaker Family Collection
Camp below West Buttress at 14,500 feet, Mt. McKinley, 1960. (L to R) Jim, Lou, climber from a Japanese team, Pete Schoening.
John Day Photo
Summit of Mt. McKinley, 1960. (L to R) Lou, John Day, Jim.
Pete Schoening Photo
Jim on the summit of Mt. McKinley (Denali). John Day Photo
On Mt. Rainier: (L to R) Lute Jerstad, Tenzing Norgay, Tenzing’s “traveling wife”, Jim, Tom Hornbein, about 1965.
Whittaker Family Collection
Jim with REI founder Lloyd Anderson at the old Seattle REI store, about 1964. Frank Denman Photo
