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Oral History of George R. Pimlott |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
George R. Pimlott was born September 1, 1905 in San Francisco. Shortly after the Great San Francisco Earthquake hit in 1906, George's family moved to Mill Valley. He attended Summit School, was in the first graduating class of Old Mill School, and graduated from Tamalpais High School. George became an electrician and worked together with his father at their family business, Electricians Inc. in Mill Valley until the Depression. After a few stints in other business sectors, George returned to electrical work, serving for 35 years as an electrician for the Golden Gate Bridge. In his oral history, George provides a detailed store-by-store account of downtown Mill Valley, along with descriptions of residences and hiking trails on Mt. Tamalpais. George fondly recalls operating a childhood lemonade stand at the bottom of the Pipeline Trail on Mt. Tamalpais, playing baseball in Boyle Park and at Tamalpais High School, and riding down Mt. Tamalpais in the gravity car. George Pimlott died on January 16, 1996 at the age of 91. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
1975-03-25 |
Interviewee |
Pimlott, George R. |
Interviewer |
Andresen, Betsy |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 19pp Recording: 00:55:24 |
Search Terms |
Baseball Bickerstaff, Joe Bickerstaff, Tommy Boyle Park Boyle, Hugh Business - Mill Valley Chavez, George Defferbach Stables Double Bowknot Dowd's Stables Dowd, Charles Dowd, George Dowd, Irvine Eastland Bakery El Paseo Electric companies Electrician Esposti's Soda Fountain Freitas, George Freitas, Tony Gerrish, Bob Goddard, Wilson Golden Gate Bridge Gomo, Harold Gomo, Lloyd Gravity cars Grethel, Bernard Hiker Retreat Hiking Hub Theatre Joe's Place Katz, Lizzie Kent, William Keystone Building Kingwell's Ice Cream Store Lockwood's Pharmacy Louden, Al Madrone Hotel Martin, Ed Martin, Wheeler Mill Valley Hardware Mill Valley Record Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway Muir Beach Muir Woods MV history - Early Mill Valley to 1915 MV history - Interwar years Newbegin, Bob Old Mill School Railroads Railways Sequoia Theater Solon, Camille Summit School Varney's Hardware White, Ralston Wood, Ernest E. |
Object ID |
2017.045.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 1975. Materials are made available for research purposes only; all rights are reserved to the Mill Valley Public Library. Requests for permission to quote for publication or for any other usage must be obtained from the Library. |