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Homestead Valley |
Number of Archive records |
16 |
Number of Library records |
0 |
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Aerial Photo of Mill Valley and Surrounding Areas, June 8, 1957 - Print, Photographic
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Berry Patch in Amphitheater Area on Stolte Grove, 1935 - Print, Photographic
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Children at awards presentation - the 1974 Homestead School July 4th - Print, Photographic
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Children on bicycles going to the 1974 Homestead School July 4th Parade - Print, Photographic
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Children on bicycles going to the 1974 Homestead School July 4th Parade - Print, Photographic
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Children on wagons and bicycles at Homestead Valley's July 4th Parade, 1974 - Print, Photographic
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Families walking at the 1974 Homestead School 4th of July Parade - Print, Photographic
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Families walking at the 1974 Homestead School 4th of July Parade - Print, Photographic
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Families walking at the 1974 Homstead Valley 4th of July Parade - Print, Photographic
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Families walking behing fire engines at the 1974 4th of July Parade - Print, Photographic
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Homestead School students preparing for the 1974 4th of July Parade - Print, Photographic
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Homestead Valley Land Trust float, July 4th parade 1978 - Print, Photographic
MVU2913
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Lower Mountainside in Homestead Valley, date unknown - Print, Photographic
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Montford Avenue entrance of the Stolte property, 1935 - Print, Photographic
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Oral History of Annabella Robinson - Oral History
In this oral history, Annabella Robinson discusses her life and the experiences of her interracial family in Mill Valley. Born in Ohio in 1931 to Italian immigrant parents, Annabella joined the Air Force after high school, which took her first to Texas, then to Wyoming, and finally to Parks Air Force Base in the East Bay. Annabella recounts how she met her husband Glen, who grew up in Marin City and was a basketball star at Tamalpais High School,...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Chuck Oldenburg - Oral History
Chuck Oldenburg was born in 1929 and moved with his family to the Homestead Valley community of Mill Valley in 1963. Since 2000 he has been known as Homestead's unofficial historian. For many years, Chuck commuted to his job at the Richmond research laboratory of Standard Oil Company of California. His oral history describes his active involvement in the historic Homestead Valley community, including his service on the boards of the Land Trust an...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Frank and Frances Dittle - Oral History
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, ...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Frank Canepa - Oral History
Frank Canepa was born January 1, 1896, in Varazze, Italy, between Genoa and the French Riviera. He came to America in 1913 at 16 years old, speaking no English, and worked for two uncles in San Francisco and Oakland. He soon took odd jobs at various farms, specializing in produce, and eventually owned a produce store in San Francisco with a partner. A difference of opinion resulted in his partner buying him out for $1,000, and Frank decided he di...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Greg Moore - Oral History
Greg Moore retired in 2011 as Mill Valley Fire Chief after 37 years in the Fire Department. Greg moved to Mill Valley from San Francisco at a young age and attended Tamalpais Valley Elementary School, Edna Maguire, and then Tamalpais High School, where he explored his love of automobile mechanics and racing. After high school, Greg got a job working at Marin Auto Body in Mill Valley and married his high school sweetheart, Kathy Reynolds. While wo...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Lorin Rowan - Oral History
In this oral history, musician and songwriter Lorin Rowan recounts the unfolding of his musical life and the role Mill Valley and its environs has played in it. Born in Massachusetts in 1952, Lorin grew up in a suburb of Boston with two older brothers, Peter and Chris, who turned him on to playing music at the age of eight. The three brothers formed a bluegrass band together and moved out to California in 1969, pursuing fame and fortune in the mu...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Martin Rosen - Oral History
In this oral history, lawyer and conservationist Martin Rosen recounts his life and his work in conservation. Of Eastern European Jewish heritage, Martin was born in Los Angeles in 1931. He attended UCLA and then moved up to the Bay Area to go to law school at UC Berkeley. After a stint in the Air Force, Martin moved to Mill Valley in 1963 with his wife Joan and their two young children, Dirk and Marika. Martin gives a detailed account of the Mar...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Mary and Tony Brabo - Oral History
Tony and Mary Brabo were married for 82 years, reportedly the longest marriage in Marin County history. They died in 2011, at ages 99 and 100, respectively. Tony was born February 14, 1912 and Mary November 15, 1911, both in the Homestead Valley neighborhood of Mill Valley. Mary was the daughter of Manuel and Marie Brazil Bettencourt. Both families came from the Azores region of Portugal; Mary recalls speaking only Portuguese as a child. Tony and...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Matthew Davis - Oral History
Matthew Davis was born in Nebraska, grew up in Oregon, and finally settled in the Bay Area, California in the late 1950s. After studying at the University of Oregon, Davis travelled to Japan while in the Navy, where he was intrigued by the country’s culture and landscape. Davis then moved to Point Richmond, and later to Mill Valley, where he started a family. It was in Mill Valley that he was inspired by Mount Tamalpais and met other like-minded...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Norman Ortman - Oral History
Longtime Mill Valley resident Norman "Bud" Ortman recounts how his family first came to Mill Valley after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. When a fire destroyed the family wood and steel business, Bud's grandfather moved his family to Mill Valley and built the house in which Bud would eventually be born. In this oral history, Bud describes daily life as a kid in Mill Valley, attending school and goofing around; sledding down Mill Valley's grass...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Ruth White Bowie - Oral History
Ruth White Bowie was one of Mill Valley's grande dames in the true sense, though she would have deplored the use of the term. Ruth was born in San Francisco, and she and her twin sister were educated at Miss West's private school in the city, then at the Waltham School for Girls near Boston and Briarcliff Manor on the Hudson. In 1910, Ruth married Ralston L. White, a member of one of Mill Valley's most influential families. In this oral history, ...
Record Type: Archive
