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  1. 2109 - In the Redwoods, Mt. Tamalpais Railway, California - Postcards

    Front of postcard depicts image of Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway railroad tracks running along a creek. Above the creek is a wooden bridge. The front of the postcard contains the printed text, "2109 - In the Redwoods, Mt. Tamalpais Railway, California." The back of the postcard lists publisher information as, "Made in America by Edw. H,. Mitchell at San Francisco." There is a handwritten message on the back addressed to a Miss Mabel Sharp...

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    2109 - In the redwoods Mt. Tamalpais Railway, California
  2. Above the clouds, Mt. Tamalpais, California - Postcards

    Colored image from up above Mill Valley, looking down on the countryside with a view of cloud banks and the windy railroad path in distance. Title transcribed from the front of the postcard, which contains printed text, "151 - Above the Clouds, Mt. Tamalpais, California". Back of postcard contains text: "Edward H. Mitchell, Publisher San Francisco"

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    Above the clouds, Mt. Tamalpais, California
  3. A drive way in Mill Valley, Cal. - Postcards

    A tree-lined road in Mill Valley. Front of postcard is printed with the following text: "A drive way in Mill Valley, Cal." A handwritten note on the back of the postcard describes the scene as "Throckmorton at Olive beforee street was paved". Back of postcard is printed with: "M. Rieder, Publ., Los Angeles, Cal. No. 5114. Made in Germany."

    Record Type: Archive

    A drive way in Mill Valley, Cal.
  4. Advertisement for a two-day excursion on Mt. Tamalpais - Ephemera

    Advertisement for a two-day excursion on the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, including meals and lodging, for $10.

    Record Type: Archive

    Advertisement for a two-day excursion on Mt. Tamalpais
  5. Advertisement for tickets on the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway - Ephemera

    Advertisement for tickets on the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, by Crabtree's Travel Office in Oakland. Written under the ad: "Summer session Claifornian Berkley Cal. 7/25/19."

    Record Type: Archive

    Advertisement for tickets on the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway+
  6. A glimpse of Redwood Lodge, Mill Valley, Cal. - Postcards

    Postcard featuring a creek, bridge, and a glimpse of Redwood Lodge. "Redwood Lodge" was the name George and Maria Billings gave the Mill Valley home they began building in 1890. The home, at 160 Corte Madera Avenue, was originally intended as a summer home, but after the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, the Billings family made the Redwood Lodge their year-round residence. Title transcribed from front of postcard, which is printed with the follo...

    Record Type: Archive

    A glimpse of Redwood Lodge, Mill Valley, Cal.
  7. Agreement by the Marin County Abstract Company, San Rafael, California - Ephemera

    Abstract of Title and List of Incumbrances on Copies of Instruments between Tamalpais Land and Water Company and North Pacific Coast Railroad Company or San Francisco, Tamalpais and Bolinas Railway Company relating to their right of way into Mill Valley,

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    Agreement by the Marin County Abstract Company, San Rafael, California
  8. A Group of Redwoods, growing out from root of an immense Redwood - Postcards

    A group of redwood trees in Mill Valley, California. Title partially transcribed from front of postcard, which reads: "No. 422, A group of Redwoods, growing out from root of an immense Redwood, Mill Valley, Marin County, California". Back of postcard is printed with the following: "Chas. Weidner, San Francisco, Calif. Made in Germany." Correspondence to a Miss Grace Sterrett on back. Postcard is stamped and postmarked 1909.

    Record Type: Archive

    A Group of Redwoods, growing out from root of an immense Redwood
  9. Alonzo Coffin, 1904 - Print, Photographic

    2016.004.071

    Record Type: Photo

    Alonzo Coffin, 1904
  10. Anne and Virginia Stolte, 1918 - Photograph

    2016.004.156

    Record Type: Photo

    Anne and Virginia Stolte, 1918-04
  11. Anne and Virginia Stolte in closeup, 1918
  12. Annual pass on the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway - Ephemera

    A copy of an annual pass on the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway for Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Preston, 1918. Printed on the back of a calling card for Pete Martin of Bolinas and Greg Jennings of Mill Valley, about Mount Tamalpais History.

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    Annual pass on the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway
  13. Automobile passengers under the big trees - Postcards

    Automobile passengers stopped under the big trees. Passengers pose in front of two automobiles. Handwritten text on the back of postcard says: "about 1905 - probably on road to Muir Woods".

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    Automobile passengers under the big trees
  14. Beautiful California - Sublime Point Mt. Tamalpais overlooking San Francisco - Postcards

    Postcard depicts view of San Francisco Bay from overlook on Mt. Tamalpais. Title transcribed from printed text on the front of the postcard, which reads, "Beautiful California - Sublime Point Mt. Tamalpais ovderlooking San Francisco. Elevation about one half mile." Back of postcard contains handwritten message addressed to a Mrs. Billings of Mill Valley. Printed on the back is the following text: "No. 711 Pacific Novelty Company, Publishers, San...

    Record Type: Archive

    Beautiful CA - Sublime Point Mt. Tamalpais overlooking San Francisco
  15. Blank roster for the crew of a run of the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway - Ephemera

    Blank roster for the crew of a run of the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway. Roster includes space to list the crew, train number, run, and duty times.

    Record Type: Archive

    Blank roster for the crew of a run of the Mt. Tamalpais Railway
  16. Blythedale, Mill Valley, Cal. - Postcards

    Postcard depicting a view of the Blithedale Hotel in Mill Valley, California. Title transcribed from front of postcard, which is inscribed with the text, "Blythedale, Mill Valley, Cal." Back of postcard addressed to "Mildred H."Back of postcard contains typed label which reads, "Postcards: UNKNOWN, color and sepia, 5 1/2 x3 /12, Germany and New York City. (Private collection). Back of postcard lists publisher M. Rieder, Los Angeles; Cal.

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    Blythedale, Mill Valley, Cal.
  17. Business card for E.L. Crosthwaite, Passenger Agent for the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway - Ephemera

    Business card for E.L. Crosthwaite, Passenger Agent for the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway.

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    Business card for E.L. Crosthwaite
  18. Business card for William J. "Bill" Osgood, Passenger Director for the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway - Ephemera

    Business card for William J. "Bill" Osgood, "The Guide Who Talks", Passenger Director for the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway. On verso is a photograph of a man under a giant redwood tree in Muir Woods.

    Record Type: Archive

    Business card for William J. "Bill" Osgood
  19. Mary Matilda Deffebach and unidentified young woman, circa 1881
  20. Portrait of an unidentified woman in the Reed family, date unknown
  21. Carte de visite portraits of unidentified Reed family members, date unknown
  22. Group posing in front of the Tamalpais Land & Water Company, 1890s
  23. Charles James Dowd and Charlotte Dowd, 1905
  24. Charles James Dowd and Charlotte Dowd, 1905
  25. Class of 1913, Mill Valley Grammar School, 1913
  26. Collection of tintype photographs of unidentified Reed family members, date
  27. Coming down Mt. Tamalpais, California via Gravity Car on eight mile ride - Postcards

    Postcard featuring Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway gravity car crossing a trestle on Mt. Tamalpais. Gravity cars coasted from the summit of Mt. Tamalpais down to Muir Woods or to downtown Mill Valley. Title transcribed from front of postcard, which is printed with the following text: "Coming down Mt. Tamalpais, California via Gravity Car on eight mile ride". Back of postcard printed with the following: "M. Rieder, Publ., Los Angeles, Cal. Ma...

    Record Type: Archive

    Coming down Mt. Tamalpais, California via Gravity Car on eight mile ride
  28. Correspondence to N.P. Yost from Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company - Ephemera

    Photocopy of a packet of correspondence to N.P. Yost from Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company, March 25, 1910-March 7, 1922, regarding his proposition to build a spur track into his property in Mill Valley. Includes documents: Estimate and Agreement for Private Siding, March 24, 1910 Small map of the proposed spur, March 1910 Track Estimate and Agreement for Private Siding, May 18, 1915

    Record Type: Archive

    Correspondence to N.P. Yost from Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
  29. Creek in Muir Woods, Mt. Tamalpais, California - Postcards

    Front of postcard displays a photo of a creek winding its way through Muir Woods. Four people can be seen standing on a bridge over the creek. Printed text at the top of the postcard reads, "Creek Scene, Muir Woods, Mt. Tamalpais, California." The back of the postcard is left blank, with publisher information given as "Britton & Rey, Lithographers, S.F. Publishers of pictorial postcards." Publisher Britton & Rey, SF.

    Record Type: Archive

    Creek in Muir Woods, Mt. Tamalpais, California
  30. Dedication of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church in Mill Valley, California - Postcards

    Postcard depicting the exterior of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a Roman Catholic church, in Mill Valley, California. The first Mount Carmel church was dedicated in 1893. A handwritten note on the back of this postcard dates this photo January 14, 1917 and indicates that the postcard probably shows the dedication of a new church building, created to accommodate Mill Valley's growing population. This new church was built at the corner of Buena Vista A...

    Record Type: Archive

    Dedication of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church in Mill Valley, California
  31. Dr. Alexander Warner and family at summer home, 1886
  32. Dr. Alexander Warner and family with horses, circa 1892
  33. Early pioneers of Mill Valley, including Sidney Cushing, circa 1890s
  34. E. E. Wood and baby next to house, date unknown
  35. E. E. Wood and Ernestine Wood, date unknown
  36. E. E. Wood and Ernestine Wood in front of flowering shrub, date unknown
  37. E. E. Wood family, date unknown
  38. E. E. Wood family members, date unknown
  39. Elyssa and Eleanor Warner, date unknown
  40. Entering Redwood Canyon, Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway - Postcards

    Postcard of a wooden curve in the tracks of the Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway. Title transcribed from printed text on front of postcard, which reads, "Entering Redwood Canyon, Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway". Postcard has been trimmed and attached to a paper with two others by the same company.

    Record Type: Archive

    Entering Redwood Canyon, Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway
  41. Episcopal Church, Mill Valley, Cal. - Postcards

    Postcard of Mill Valley's Episcopal Church. Title transcribed from front of postcard, which is printed with the following text: "Episcopal Church, Mill Valley, Cal". Back of postcard is printed with the following: "Made in Germany for W.I. Price, Mill Valley, Cal." Correspondence to a Miss Coffin of Berkeley, California, on back. Postcard is numbered 1463 and is stamped and postmarked 1907.

    Record Type: Archive

    Episcopal Church, Mill Valley, Cal.
  42. Ernestine Wood as a baby, circa 1908
  43. Ernestine Wood as a girl, date unknown
  44. Ernestine Wood as a small child leaning on a chair, circa 1912
  45. Excerpts from two letters about Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway - Ephemera

    Typed excerpts from two letters written in 1896 by John Burt to his future bride, Cora Gardner, about his time in Mill Valley and his experience on the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway. John Burt was an early Mill Valley resident, who worked for the Tamalpais Land and Water Company, and later was the manager of the Marin Municipal Water District. He was also a surveyor and real estate developer.

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    Excerpts from two letters about Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway
  46. Female passenger and engine, circa 1902
  47. Five members of the Reed family, date unknown
  48. Five men and locomotive, 1916
  49. Founders of the Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway,  circa 1890
  50. Four photographs of Deffebach family children, date unknown

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