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1. Dipsea Race, date unknown - Print, Photographic

   MVU1874

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Esposti's Soda Fountain, circa 1920s - Print, Photographic

   MVN1051

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Esposti's Soda Fountain, circa 1920s - Print, Photographic

   MVN1043

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Interior of Esposti's Soda Fountain, circa 1940s - Print, Photographic

   MVU1048

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Oral History of Charles Crawford - Oral History

   Born on June 16th, 1928, in the San Francisco Presidio, Charles "Chuck" Crawford spent the first 13 years of his life in the bustling Outer Mission neighborhood of San Francisco. On the weekends, his family would take the ferry, and then later the brand new Golden Gate Bridge, to visit his maternal grandparents in Mill Valley. During these trips, his parents fell in love with the town and decided to move up north. After settling in Mill Valley, C...

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Oral History of George R. Pimlott - Oral History

   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...

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. Oral History of Louis Ferrario - Oral History

   In this oral history, artist Louis Ferrario reminisces about his long life lived in Mill Valley. Born in Point Richmond in 1925 to Italian immigrant parents, Louis’s family soon moved over to Mill Valley, where his father had worked on building the railway and the Mt. Tamalpais gravity cars before going on to work for the city’s maintenance department. Louis recalls the untimely deaths of his mother and sisters, and poignantly describes the speci...

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Oral History of Peter Brindley - Oral History

   Peter Brindley was born in San Francisco in 1942. He spent what he describes as an idyllic childhood in Mill Valley, enjoying time with friends out in nature, seeing matinees at the theater, and cruising around Marin and San Francisco. During his youth, Peter especially enjoyed watching local baseball games at Boyle Park, as well as seeing the Oakland Oaks and the San Francisco Seals at larger arenas. Unable to join the army due to an injury, Pet...

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Some Scenes of Mill Valley - Framed group of six black and white photographs. All images are of the businesses around Lytton Square and on Throckmorten Avenue. The earliest is of the Keystone Block and Sunset Grocery, with the Mountain Railroad tracks in the foreground, making it pre-1929. Vehicles in the other images would indicate the 1940s. Businesses shown include: Meet The Quinns bar (in two locations), Green Frog Food Center, Mill Valley Market, Mill Valley Food Store, Esposti's Ice Cream, Tamalpais Billiard Parlor, Log Cabin Cafe, Mill Valley 5-10-15 Store, The Old Mill Tavern, Purity Store, Borden's Ice Cream, and Redhill Liquor Store.

   circa 1930s

   Record Type: Object