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Title |
Oral History of Frank and Frances Dittle |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
In this oral history, longtime Mill Valley residents Frank and Frances Dittle discuss their lives in Mill Valley, including raising five sons together. Frank was drafted in April of 1941 and served four years in the Aleutian Islands. Before and after the draft Frank worked for General Time Corporation in San Francisco, spending 40 years total with the company. In this oral history, Frank and Frances touch upon the great Mill Valley fire of 1929, and Frances describes changes in the Dittles’ neighborhood, including new construction and remodels. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2001-03-09 |
Interviewee |
Dittle, Frank and Frances |
Interviewer |
Joan Murray |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 11pp Recording: 00:30:46 |
Search Terms |
Aleutian Islands Bellingham, Washington Connell, Doug Cotati Culmers (family) Eldridge Avenue Families - Marin County Fires General Time Corporation Gray, Annabelle Homestead Valley La Goma Street Lake Tahoe Locust Bakery Lowell High School Mammoth Lake Marble Mountain Mill Valley Fire Mill Valley Record Molino Avenue Palace of Fine Arts Park School Rogers, Beverly San Francisco Sycamore Avenue Tam High clock Tamalpais Park Real Estate Thomas, Seth Varney’s Hardware Walgreens (family) Walnut Avenue Westclox Woodacre World War II |
Object ID |
2016.047.001 |
Object Name |
Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2015. 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. |