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1. Dipsea Race Collection - Dipsea Race Collection

   This collection contains photographic negatives and prints of the Dipsea Race, spanning the years 1918 through the 1960s. The majority of the photographs, mainly in the form of approximately 500 negatives, were taken by Raymond Coyne from 1918 through 1922. His photographs also include hiking and camping scenes in Marin County and the San Francisco Bay Area, family photographs, and other scenes near his Oakland home including the Oakland streetca...

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Laura Black photograph album - Print, Photographic

   2019.067.001

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 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

   
4. 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

   
5. Oral History of Glenda Sharp - Oral History

   Mill Valley native and resident Glenda Sharp recounts her love of hiking, pioneering career in computer science, and experiences as a transgender woman in this conversation. Glenda attended Tamalpais High School and recalls exploring the beautiful wilderness surrounding their home in Tam Valley at a young age. After graduation, she joined the Navy, and through her military service studied advanced technologies that would form the foundation of a ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Oral History of Hallie Iglehart Austen - Oral History

   Drawn to Mill Valley's beautiful nature and history of spiritual practice, Hallie Iglehart Austen shares their love for the land. A noted leader of both the spiritual feminist movement and ocean conservancy efforts, Hallie finds an innate connection between environmental activism and spiritual worship. From an early childhood studying Greek myth, Hallie's dedication to Goddess studies led them throughout the world, including an extended stay in T...

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. 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

   
8. "The Lagoon" - Postcards

   Postcard shows photo of "The Lagoon" in Muir Beach Marin Co, Cal: 1969.

   Record Type: Archive