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1. Key route ferry boat San Jose burning, 1919 - Negative

   2018.023.425

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Oral History of Betsy Andresen - Oral History

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   Record Type: Archive

   
3. 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

   
4. Oral History of Dean Meyer - Oral History

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   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Oral History of Ellie Wood - Oral History

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   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Snow on Mt. Tamalpais, 1913 - Print, Photographic

   MVU1207

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. The Pacific Railroad ferry boat "Tamalpais" pulling into Sausalito - This framed black and white photograph shows the second Northwestern Pacific Railroad ferry boat, "Tamalpais," pulling into Sausalito, with Belvedere and Angel islands in the background.

   unknown

   Record Type: Object