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A compass face formerly used on a train locomotive, 10" diameter, made by the Lionel Corporation.
Record Type: Object
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Large metal embossing stamp, reads: Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway | California | Incorporated Feb. 21, 1913.
1913
Record Type: Object
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Metal plate, reads: American Locomotive Co. | Brake | US Patent 1901019 Canada Patented 1933
1933
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"Booster" gravity car on the way to Muir Woods, date unknown - Print, Photographic
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Record Type: Photo
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Bronzed piece of gravity car coupler, circa 1930s - Bronzed piece of gravity car coupler from the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Scenic Railway. Bronzed by Eugene McGeorge and given to George Marsh.
circa 1930s
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Bronzed piece of gravity car track, circa 1930s - Bronzed piece of gravity car track from the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Scenic Railway. Bronzed by Eugene McGeorge and given to George Marsh.
circa 1930s
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Bronzed railroad spike from the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Scenic Railway, circa 1930s - Bronzed railroad spike from the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Scenic Railway. Bronzed by Eugene McGeorge and given to George Marsh.
circa 1930s
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Coming down Mt. Tamalpais, California via Gravity Car on eight mile ride - Postcards
Postcard featuring Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway gravity car crossing a trestle on Mt. Tamalpais. Gravity cars coasted from the summit of Mt. Tamalpais down to Muir Woods or to downtown Mill Valley. Title transcribed from front of postcard, which is printed with the following text: "Coming down Mt. Tamalpais, California via Gravity Car on eight mile ride". Back of postcard printed with the following: "M. Rieder, Publ., Los Angeles, Cal. Ma...
Record Type: Archive
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Cushing cottage on Cottage Ave., Mill Valley, CA, circa 1925 - Print, Photographic
2019.074.078
Record Type: Photo
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Excursion train on the way to Mt. Tamalpais Summit, circa 1910 - Print, Photographic
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Record Type: Photo
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First regular trip of the Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway, 1896 - Print, Photographic
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Record Type: Photo
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Lee Street Local Engine Number 6 at the Mill Valley Depot, 1906 - Print, Photographic
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Record Type: Photo
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Nearing the Summit of Mt. Tamalpais - Postcards
Front of postcard depicts image of train reaching the summit of Mt. Tamalpais. The caption above the picture reads, "Nearing the summit of Mt. Tamalpais, Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway." There is a handwritten message to the right of the picture, and below the picture, publisher information is listed as, "Copyright 1900 by Edw. H. Mitchell, S.F." The back of the postcard is addressed, and printed text at the top of the postcard read...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Eleanor "Dolly" Jenkins - Oral History
In this oral history, Eleanor Jenkins recounts her life in Mill Valley and the many contributions her family has made since the earliest days of the town's history. She discusses her two famous grandfathers: Dr. Cushing, who built the 300 acre Blithedale resort, and John Oscar Eldridge, who built the 11 mile wagon road up Mt. Tamalpais. She also discusses her father, Sidney B. Cushing, who built the Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway. E...
Record Type: Archive
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Oral History of Ellie Wood - Oral History
In this oral history, Debra Schwartz sits down with Ellie Wood and her son Tim Wood at Ellie's home in Portola Valley to view old photographs of Mill Valley and discuss her life and family history. 98 years old at the time this interview was recorded, Ellie was born in 1918, and was the great-granddaughter of John Cushing, regarded as the first settler of Blithedale Canyon. Ellie shares memories of growing up on Eldridge Avenue, walking downtown ...
Record Type: Archive
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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
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Oral History of Margaret Dowd - Oral History
Margaret Dowd was born Margaret Lee Wosser on January 10, 1906 at Duncan's Mills in Sonoma County, California. A third-generation Californian, Margaret came to Mill Valley at the age of three, when her mother purchased a home in Blithedale Canyon. Margaret married Jack McGinnis, with whom she had two daughters. Margaret and Jack divorced after six years, and Margaret married Charles Irvine "Irv" Dowd in 1948. Margaret eventually moved to the Redw...
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
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Oral History of Timothy Eldridge Wood - Oral History
In this oral history, Timothy Eldridge Wood shares stories from his family history that shed light on the prehistory and early development of Mill Valley. Born in San Francisco in 1948, Timothy grew up in Woodside on the Peninsula, though recalls frequently coming to Marin during his youth to visit relatives. Timothy attended college at U.C. Santa Barbara and graduate school at Yale before moving to Salt Lake City where, at the time this intervie...
Record Type: Archive
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Tamalpais Scenic Ry. on the way to Mt. Tamalpais, Cal - Postcards
Front of postcard depicts a steam train coming up the side of Mt. Tamalpais. In the right margin, a handwritten message is visible. The caption at the bottom of the front image reads, "Scenic Railway, Mount Tamalpais, California." On the left-hand corner of the front of the postcard, the following text is printed: "42. Charles Weidner, Photographer, San Francisco. Printed in Germany." The back of the postcard is postmarked 1906 and addressed to a...
Record Type: Archive
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Tearing up the tracks of the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, 1930 - Print, Photographic
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Record Type: Photo
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Terminal Map of Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway - Maps
Small copy of a Terminal Map of Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway.
Record Type: Archive
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The Crookedest Railroad - Archives
Song with lyrics written by Joe Martini's third-grade class at Park School, music by Jerome Rossen, and arranged by music teacher Lori Adessa. The song was the result of a Kiddo mini-grant project to write three pieces of music about Mill Valley History. This song gives a brief history of the railroad and gravity cars in Mill Valley.
Record Type: Archive
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The Crookedest Railway in the World winding its way up Mt. Tamalpais - Postcards
Front of postcard depicts a view of the Summit of Mt. Tamalpais and the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Scenic Railway tracks. The back of the postcard contains a handwritten message addressed to Miss Saide Byrne of San Francisco. The printed caption on the bottom of the back reads, "From West point on the Mt. Tamalpais Railway, showing The Crookedest Railway in the World winding its way. The Tavern of Mt. Tamalpais near the Summit in the Distance."...
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