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The Tavern Atop - Postcards
Postcard shows phot of the Tavern of Tamalpais, approximately 2592 feet, with observatory tower behind it.
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The Tavern of Tamalpais - Postcards
Colorized postcard showing the Tavern of Tamalpais and the railroad track. Printed at the top of the image: "The Tavern on Mt. Tamalpais, California. one of the most beatiful and interesting trips."
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The Tavern on Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, California - Postcards
Front of postcard depicts an image of a steam train heading into the Tavern of Mt. Tamalpais. The Lookout can be seen in the background. The following text is printed on the front: "No. 431. The Tavern on Mt. Tamalpais, Marin County, California." The back of the postcard contains a handwritten message. The following text is printed on the back of the postcard: "Chas. Wiedner, San Francisco, Calif. Made in Germany." The Tavern of Tamalpais was a ...
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The Third Cliff House - Postcards
Illustration of the third Cliff House, 1896-1907
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The World Famed Cliff House - Postcards
Landscape of the beach, with the Cliff House in the distance. Labeled on front of card: San Francisco, California. The World Famed Cliff House completely destroyed by Fire Sept. 7th. 1907
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Thomas Brothers Trail Map of the Mt. Tamalpais Region - Maps
Trail map showing Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Muir Woods, Mill Valley, Larkspur, Corte Madera, Ross, San Anselmo, Kentfield, Stinson Beach. Contains index and Trail Hints.
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Throckmorton Ave. - Postcards
Postcard shows photograph of Downtown Mill Valley, looking down Throckmorton Ave.
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Throckmorton Avenue and Locust District, Mill Valley - Postcards
Two miniature postcard reproductions of Throckmorton Avenue and the Locust District in Mill Valley.
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Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley - Postcards
Postcard reproduction of Throckmorton Ave. Written on the front: "Throckmorton Ave. Mill Valley, Calif." Signed: "Zan M. 170."
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Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, California - Postcards
Postcard reproduction of a view of Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, California.
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Tiburon & Corintian Island - Postcards
Postcard shows photo of Corthinian Island in foregroud, then Belevedere and Sausalito, beyond. The Golden Gate bridge is also visible on the left side of the card.
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Tiburon, California - Postcards
Postcard shows photo of shore in Tiburon, California. On Back, typed: Dear Mr. Fairley: Thanks for your card. Glad you liked the MV Hist. Q. No, I''ve not seen an I-J write-up on your Tam project. (We take MV paper & Chron. only) Best of luck with it. Any hope of Buck Foundation funding? (If I could get a grant, I might do some writing on the mountain for you! But 'tis hard to pry $ from foundations for real writing, real books, not hokum pr...
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Tiburon, California - Postcards
Postcard shows photo of Tiburon, circa 1888, On Back, typed: Dear Mrs. Killion: Thank for for your note. As you probably know the linocut print of "Daybreak" was done by Dick O'Hanlon of Mill Valley as a Christmas card in 1941, when he and his wife Ann were living there. I asked his permission before I gave it to Dorry for the Library. Best Wishes, Louose Teather
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Ticket for the Mill Valley & Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway, before 1910 - Jenkins Family Collection
Ticket for the Mill Valley & Mount Tamalpais Scenic Railway.
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Timetable for Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway - Ephemera
Timetable for Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, effective April 1, 1916. Including Time Card and Rules.
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Timetable for North Pacific Coast Railroad Company via Sausalito Ferry - Ephemera
Newspaper clipping of a published timetable for North Pacific Coast Railroad Company, via Sausalito Ferry. From San Francisco, commencing March 29, 1896.
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Timetable for North Shore Railroad - Ephemera
Newspaper clipping of a published timetable for North Shore railroad, to San Rafael, Ross Valley, Mill Valley, Cazadero, etc. via Sausalito Ferry. Includes ticket office location information.
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Timetable for Northwestern Pacific Railroad - Ephemera
Newspaper clipping of the timetable for Northwestern Pacific Railroad, 1911. Timetable commenced Nov. 1, 1910. Clipped from the Mill Valley Record, and includes an advertisements for The Sequoia and Record-Enterprise Printing.
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Title company letter - House files
Original letter and a copy from the the Marin Title Guranty Company to the donor's father, Alan A. Toivonen, about restrictions to the deed on his home at 668 Northern Avenue in Mill Valley, dated March 8, 1956. One of the restrictions on the property is that it could not be sold or leased to "any person of African or Mongolian descent."
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Tomales Bay - Postcards
Postcard shows Tomales Bay in California, a ten mile long water way. It seperates the Point Reyes Peninsula from the mainland
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Topographical view of San Francisco and Bay cities - Postcards
Color postcard depicting a topographic view of the Bay Area with Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods in the foreground. The Tavern of Tamalpais, West Point, and the Double Bow Knot are also labeled.
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Town of Mill Valley - Postcards
Postcard showing a view of the depot and train tracks looking north towards the depot, and showing cars on Miller Avenue. Text on lower right reads: "Entering the Picturesque town of Mill Valley, Calif."
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Trail thru' the Redwoods - Postcards
Postcard shows a photo of a path in the midst of the redwoods. Photo taken in Muir Woods National Monument.
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Train - Jeanie Patterson Sweetwater Collection
Photo of sculpture head in man's hands. Text on poster reads:"Train Friday, June 7th, Sweetwater".
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Train Leaving Summit of Mt. Tamalpais, California - Postcards
Front of postcard depicts steam train leaving the Summit of Mt. Tamalpais. The text printed on the front reads, "273 - Train Leaving Tavern, Summit of Mt. Tamalpais, California." The back of the postcard is left blank. Publisher information is given as "Edw. H. Mitchell, San Francisco."
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Train Living Mt. Tamalpais - Postcards
Illustration of Mt. Tamalpais train despot. At the bottom, it is labled as "the most scenic mountain railway on earth." In the sky, an old fashioned airplane flies. On Behind: Stamped with "Contributed by Lucretia Hanson Little"
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Train at Tavern of Tamalpais, circa 1920 - Postcards
Postcard made from snapshot showing an engine pulling passenger cars at the Tavern of Tamalpais. A telephone pay station sign protrudes from the building at the right. Handwritten on the back: "The train he didn't ride in ------"
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Train on Mt. Tamalpais - Postcards
Postcard showing a train on the way up Mt. Tamalpais. Text on bottom reads: "Mt. Tamalpais, California (height 1/2 mile). Mountain train ascending from Mill Valley to the Tavern at the summit, over the crookedest railroad in the World."
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Tripping with Elizabeth Terwilliger - Archives
Audio cassette "Tripping with Elizabeth Terwilliger" Original music and lyrics by Dan Whittemore, 1976. Produced by the Terwilliger Nature Education Center Other objects in the collection: 2018.021 .002 - DVD 20/20 "Mrs. Terwilliger" ABC News, November 15, 1984 .003 - DVD "A Celebration of Someone Special", January 13, 2007 .004 - Book "Elizabeth Terwilliger: Someone Special" by Phyllis M. Stanley, 1997 .005 - Book "Mrs. Terwilliger...
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Union Depot - Postcards
Postcard shows a photo of the Union Depot in San Rafael. There is a man standing next to an electrical line.
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United States Weather Bureau and Tavern - Postcards
Postcard showing a view looking down at the Tavern of Tamalpais. Printed below picture "Unied States Weather Burea and Tavern, at summit (1/2 mile high) of Mt. Tamlapais, California.
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United States Weather Bureau and Tavern, at summit of Mt. Tamalpais, California - Postcards
Front of postcard depicts image of the Tavern of Mt. Tamalpais. Title transcribed from front of the postcard, which is printed with the following text: "United States Weather Bureau and Tavern, at summit (1/2 mile high) of Mt. Tamalpais, California." Publisher information is listed as, "Britton & Rey, San Francisco 535." The Tavern of Tamalpais was a combination hotel and restaurant which opened in 1896, and was sometimes referred to as Summit T...
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Unusual Growth - Postcards
Postcard shows a photo of a tree that has grown in a way that has caused a hole in the trunk.
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Valley Circle, Mill Valley - Postcards
Landscape photo of Valley Circle, showing most of Mill Valley
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View from Panoramic highway. - Postcards
Postcard with photographic view from the Panoramic Highway. Print on lower right reads "View from panoramic Hwy. Mt. Tamalpais, California. M-357"
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View from Summit, Mt. Tamalpais, Cal. - Postcards
Color postcard featuring a view looking out at Mill Valley from the summit of Mt. Tamalpais. Visible is the double-bowknot railroad track as it winds its way down from the mountain. Title transcribed from front of postcard, which is printed with "224 - View from Summit, Mt. Tamalpais, Cal." Back of the postcard is printed with "Pacific Novelty Co. San Francisco & Los Angeles."
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View of Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais, California - Postcards
The front of the postcard depicts a scene of Mill Valley, with several residences and a view of Mt. Tamalpais in the background. The caption at the top reads, "2017. Mill Valley and Mount Tamalpais, showing Crookedest Railroad, California." The back of the postcard contains a handwritten message addressed to a Mrs. Lynch of San Francisco. The publisher information is listed as, "Britton & Rey, lithographers, S.F. Publishers of Pictorial Post Card...
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View of Mill Valley and San Francisco Bay from Mt. Tamalpais - Postcards
Front of postcard depicts a view of the Double Bow Knot train track on Mt. Tamalpais, as well as the hills and peaks of Mill Valley, the San Francisco Bay, and the view of San Francisco in the far background. There is a handwritten message scrawled along multiple edges of the postcard and a printed caption which reads, "San Francisco Bay, Cliff House, Pacific Ocean, and City of San Francisco from summit of Mt. Tamalpais (1/2 mile high.) The "Bow ...
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View of Mount Tamalpais from a Balcony - Postcards
Postcard shows photo of Mount Tamalpais, as seen from a private residence's balcony. On Back: deck of a mill valley home, 1930s?
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View of San Francisco Bay from Mt. Tamalpais - Postcards
Postcard featuring a man perched on a rock on Mt. Tamalpais and taking in the view of San Francisco Bay. Photograph by Edward H. Mitchell. Postcard has been trimmed and attached to a paper with two others by the same company.
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View of San Francisco from the Sanitarium - Postcards
Postcard shows photo of the view of San Francisco from the Mill Valley Sanitarium, located on Mount Tamalpais. Several peopole watch the view.
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View on the Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway - Postcards
ostcard of view from the Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway. Title transcribed from front of postcard, where printed text reads. "View on the Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway". Photograph by Edward H. Mitchell. Postcard has been attached to a paper with two others by the same company.
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View overlooking downtown Mill Valley, California - Postcards
Postcard depicting a view of downtown Mill Valley, looking down Throckmorton Avenue. The top of the railroad depot is visible along Throckmorton Avenue.
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Viewing San Francisco - Postcards
Postcard shows photo of San Francisco and Mill Valley, taken from the top of Mt. Tamalpaism, 2592 " elevation. Two children look through a telescope.
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Village Music Xmas '89 Joe Louis Walker & the Fairfield Four Pt I - Jeanie Patterson Sweetwater Collection
Joe Louis Walker & the Fairfield Four at Sweetwater, with Odessa Perkins. Part 1 of 2. Part 2 is 2019.070.680.008
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Welcome to Kaufman's - Postcards
Postcard shows painting of Kaufmans, a classic store of specialty shops, including luxury bed and bath shops, fine gifts, dinnerware, table linels and county English and French period antiques
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West Blithedale Ave. - Postcards
Postcard shows photo of West Blithedale Avenue, as it winds its way through the Redwoods. Back, handwritten: Dear Donny, How are you? I recieved yours and Moms letters to day, sure was nice to hear from you. Nice of Sis to send a letter at long last. Sounds like her friends are quite nice. The Gordons sure are swell people. I caught and played with Nifty this morn. have to go help Mrs. G now. Love Jackie
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William Kent Memorial - Postcards
Postcard shows a photo of a memorial for William Kent, a prominant Mill Valley resident in during the 1910s and 1920s who served three times as a US congressperson. He also donated the land for Muir Woods in 1908, first purchasing the land in order to save the redwoods from developement. After his death in 1929, a memorial was placed alongside these redwoods.
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Willy DeVille & the Mink DeVille Band - Jeanie Patterson Sweetwater Collection
Photo of hands tieing sholace on leopard pattern shoe, wearing Sweetwater bracelette. Handwritten by Patterson on the poster: "Willie DeVille and the Mink DeVille band Monday and Tuesday Nights July 9th and 10th Two shows 8 and 10:30pm".
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Wireless Telegraph Masts on the Summit of Mt. Tamalpais, California - Postcards
Front of postcard shows tall telegraph masts on the top of Mt. Tamalpais, overlooking a cloud-bank or perhaps the ocean. Title transcribed from front of postcard, which reads, "Wireless Telegraph Masts on the Summit of Mt. Tamalpais, California. The high
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