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  1. Betty Grimm, Mrs. William Hogan and sons Bryan and William, date unknown
  2. 2019_001_184_001_
  3. Children and teacher, 1937
  4. Park School traffic patrol, 1937
  5. Class photo, Alto School, 1957 - Photograph

    2014.008.003

    Record Type: Photo

    2014.008.003
  6. Class photo, Park School, 1955 - Photograph

    2014.008.001

    Record Type: Photo

    2014.008.001
  7. Class photo, Park School, 1956 - Photograph

    2014.008.002

    Record Type: Photo

    2014.008.002
  8. Class Photo Tamalpais Park School, circa 1940
  9. Class Picture Tamalpias Park School, circa 1911-1912
  10. Edith Riccomini, Park School L. 8th grade teacher circa 1939-1940
  11. Historic "Cypress Knoll" house with cows, circa 1880s
  12. Mill Valley elementary school class, school, date and grade are unknown
  13. Mill Valley Park School 3rd grade class, 1926 or 1927
  14. Mill Valley Park School 3rd grade class, 1928
  15. Mill Valley Park School class, 1927
  16. Maguire, Edna
  17. Mill Valley Park School class, date unknown
  18. Mill Valley Park School class, date unknown
  19. Mill Valley Park School class, date unknown
  20. Mill Valley Park School class, date unknown
  21. Mill Valley Park School class, date unknown
  22. Mill Valley Park School class of 1940
  23. Mill Valley Park School class of 1953
  24. Mill Valley Park School class of 1954
  25. Mill Valley Park School class of 1956
  26. Mill Valley Park School class of 1958
  27. Mill Valley Park School class of 1960
  28. Mill Valley Park School kindergarten class, 1925
  29. Miss Gates, Tamalapais Park School teacher, 1940
  30. Miss Johnston, Tamalpais Park School, circa 1940.
  31. Oral History of Albert Bagshaw - Oral History

    Albert Edward Bagshaw was born in 1902 in a house on Blithedale Avenue. His Welsh father and San Franciscan mother had settled in Mill Valley shortly after marrying. In this oral history, Albert describes several of the homes his father built for the family, as well as the Alto, Blithedale and Locust areas of those days. He describes his school days at Homestead, Park and Summit Schools, and his short time at Lick-Wilmerding High School in San F...

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  32. Oral History of Anne Layzer - Oral History

    In this oral history, longtime League of Women Voters member and activist Anne Layzer recounts her community and political involvement over the course of five decades of living in Mill Valley. The great-great-granddaughter of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, Anne was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Anne recalls getting political in high school, and then going on to major in American Government at Radcliffe. She recounts moving with her husband...

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    Photograph of Anne Layzer by Joyce Kleiner
  33. Oral History of Bob and Walter Filippi - Oral History

    Brothers Bob and Walter Filippi came to Mill Valley in 1929 from San Francisco, where their father had a garage. Once the family moved to Mill Valley, their father opened the Elroy Garage, named for the property owner's sons Al and Roy, at Camino Alto and Sycamore. During their years growing up in Mill Valley, Bob and Walt saw the town grow from dirt roads and pastures to foreign cars and restaurants. The brothers also saw the change and growth o...

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  34. Oral History of Bob Canepa - Oral History

    Son of Mill Valley Market founder and owner Frank Canepa, Robert (Bob) Canepa is a lifelong resident of Marin County. Born at Ross Hospital in 1947, Bob recounts his memories of working in his family grocery store and what life was like growing up in Mill Valley with his older siblings, Jim and Marilyn ("Patsy"). Bob discusses the impact of serving in the U.S. Marine Corps following his graduations from St. Ignatius High School and the Universit...

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    Bob Canepa, photo courtesy of Bob Canepa
  35. Oral History of Carol Budds - Oral History

    Carol Connelly Budds' grandparents, Alfred Axel Lundquist and Caroline Lundquist, came to San Francisco from Sweden in the 1880s. Around 1904 they bought a large plot of land at the corner of Marion Avenue and Cascade Drive in Mill Valley. Carol's mother Karin Lundquist Connelly was the youngest of the Lunquists' four children. Karin married Frank "Pat" Connelly in 1919 and Carol was born in 1926. In this oral history, Carol discusses her family'...

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  36. Oral History of Carol Wilson - Oral History

    In this oral history, Mill Valley native and fifth-generation Californian Carol Wilson recounts her life in Mill Valley and her family's history in Marin. Carol tells the story of her great-grandfather who bought land in Larkspur around 1850, and of her maternal grandparents who moved to Mill Valley as refugees from San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. Born in 1931, Carol was baptized at Mt. Carmel, attended Park School and Tamalpais High Sch...

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    Carol Wilson, photo courtesy of Carol Wilson
  37. Oral History of Ernie Bergman - Oral History

    In this oral history, Vietnam veteran Ernie Bergman discusses his life in Mill Valley and his experience serving in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Ernie was born in San Francisco in 1948, and his family moved to Mill Valley one year later. His father was a sea captain from Sweden, and his mother was a registered nurse from Iowa. Ernie discusses fond memories of growing up in Mill Valley, including his time as a student at Tamalpais High Sc...

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  38. 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, ...

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  39. 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...

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    Frank Canepa, photo courtesy of Bob Canepa
  40. Oral History of Howard Harker - Oral History

    Howard Harker was born in Santa Cruz on July 14, 1933. At the beginning of his oral history, Howard traces the immigration of his Harker ancestors to the United States from England, then follows them on their route to the Bay Area and ultimately to Mill Valley during the 1890s. Howard moved with his parents to several Army bases during World War II, and then came to Mill Valley after the war to settle on family property. After graduating from Ta...

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    Howard Harker, photo courtesy of Howard Harker
  41. Oral History of Jim Derich - Oral History

    In this oral history, retired teacher and principal Jim Derich recounts his 34-year tenure working in Mill Valley's public schools. Born in Sacramento in 1944, Jim describes growing up in a large extended family and spending summers working at a family-owned resort in the Sierras. After high school, where he met his future wife, Barbara, Jim went first to Cal Poly where he studied electrical engineering. Jim then transferred to San Francisco Stat...

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  42. Oral History of Joe Angiulo - Oral History

    In this oral history, Mill Valley music man Joe Angiulo discusses his nearly four decade-long career as a music teacher in Mill Valley’s public schools, his family life, his community involvement, and his abiding love of music. Born in Ohio in 1941 to Italian immigrant parents, Joe recounts moving to California after graduating from high school, originally touching down in Sacramento where an elder brother of his was living. A trumpeter since the...

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    Joe Angiulo, photo by Debra Schwartz
  43. Oral History of John Goddard - Oral History

    Born and raised in Marin, John Goddard had an active Mill Valley childhood, participating in numerous clubs and sports. His love for music also blossomed at this time. He began working at the local music store, Village Music, as a teenager. At the age of 24, John took over the store. Under his ownership, Village Music transformed into a hotspot for local and international celebrities, such as Grateful Dead band members and George Lucas, as well a...

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    John Goddard, photo by Gene Cohn
  44. Oral History of Lucy Mercer - Oral History

    In this oral history, founder of the Throckmorton Theatre Lucy Mercer recounts her life and the story of the Mill Valley cultural institution she created. Born in Santa Rosa, Lucy grew up in various towns and cities throughout the Bay Area. After graduating from high school, Lucy moved to Sausalito; and then in the early 1980s, with a family of her own, she moved over to Mill Valley. Lucy recounts how she was initially drawn to the site at 142 Th...

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    Lucy Mercer, photo by Debra Schwartz
  45. Oral History of Lynda Chittenden - Oral History

    In this oral history, beloved school teacher Lynda Chittenden recounts her 30-year teaching career in the Mill Valley School District. Lynda was originally hired by superintendent Jim Collins to teach at Old Mill School in 1967, a time, she recalls, when public education in Mill Valley was in the process of radical transformation. Lynda describes various pedagogical initiatives in which she was involved over the years as well as the ways in which...

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  46. 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...

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  47. 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...

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  48. Oral History of Shirley Hasley - Oral History

    In this oral history interview, beloved elementary school teacher Shirley Hasley discusses not only her 38-year career in Mill Valley, but the people, experiences and attitudes that helped shape her steadfast convictions. Shirley (nee Andrews) moved with her family from Oklahoma to California in 1943. Growing up in a farm-like environment on the edge of Bakersfield, Shirley learned to work hard and take pride in what she did. Shirley tells how, e...

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  49. Oral History of Susan Reynolds - Oral History

    In this oral history, retired teacher and gardening enthusiast Susan Reynolds recounts her life in Mill Valley. Born in Richmond in 1940, Susan grew up in Kensington and attended school in El Cerrito. Susan describes how she and her family would often come over to Marin for hiking and picnics on Mt. Tam when she was growing up. Susan attended San Jose State University, where she developed her child-centered approach to teaching. In 1964, Susan an...

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  50. Park School, 1932

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