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ponies delivering papers
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Ponies delivering papers on meadowsweet. Holly Cow I forgot about that time in my life. That was Dawn and I. The ponies names were Dusty and Apollo. WOW I have not seen that picture for a long time. Memories :)
We would fold papers in front of the library with the other paper carriers and when they were f...
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Mike Duke Interview Added
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An interview with Mike Duke, songwriter for Huey Lewis and an accomplished musician in his own right, has been added to the 'People' page. Enjoy!
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Harbor Shopping Center
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Does anyone remember the name of the membership discount store at the Harbor Center shopping center down by Dominics?
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Captain Cosmic and new stuff under "Spotlight"
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Does anyone remember "Captain Cosmic" on Channel 2 during the late Seventies?
I've been updating the site lately and added a "Classic TV" section in the SPOTLIGHT section. If you were a fan of Bob Wilkins, you may enjoy checking out the clip.
You'll also note a few other new...
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Cielo Rancho Motel
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Does anyone know what years this motel existed in Novato and where it exactly it was located?
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James Brown - The Godfather of Soul
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Growing up in southern Marin most people I knew loved to listen to James Brown, even the cops ! Remember the federal years when James put out such tunes as Bring It Up and Don't be a dropout. I remember listining to KDIA in 1969 and heard a public service speach by James, he said " Git your mind togethe...
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Nicasio Pictures
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Greetings!
I am currently working with Arcadia Publishing on a book about Nicasio for its "Images of America" series and am looking to round out the collection I already have. Whether older or from more recent times, I am interested in seeing any Nicasio related pictures (or other memo...
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Alexander Ave. Bridge
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A woman I know told me she thinks that the bridge should be torn down, because it is unsafe. It should have sidewalks on both sides for the kids, and the turn by Acacia should be redone to make it safer. I gasped and told her no no no! Too many memories! Leaning over the railing and dropping rocks to the railr...
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Alta Mira gone
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Reading today's IJ about The Alta Mira Hotel in Sausalito becoming a "treatment center" next month makes me livid.
I understand needing a state license, but having the town getting zero say in them taking over eight (8) properties on three streets surrounding it is insane just like the...
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Tom Snyder RIP
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http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-snyder31jul31,0,1746663.story?co...
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Have any 1940s WWII Bay Area footage or photos?
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KQED Television is producing a documentary on the Bay Area and World War II to air in late September. We have completed our interviews and just started editing, and are looking for home movies and photos of the Bay Area from 1940 to 1947. Candid photos of men of all ethnicities in uniform; USO dances; ne...
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Canyon Gang Reunion
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They are planning to meet on July 4th at the parade and move to a party at John Y's house.
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OT: Test message
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The last message, "Patio World," has been there 11 days and I haven't been able to open it either on my Mac at home or the Windows machine at work. Can view the preview, but the message body doesn't appear at all when I click the link. Checking to see if the same thing happens with this one. UPDAT...
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Ponies
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The picture of the ponies is so familiar. These girls were our newspaper carriers for a while. I was really young at the time, so I don't remember their names, but we used to call them "Litter Bug and Poop Patrol". Litter Bug referred to the fact that they were always throwing papers and Poop P...
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Frank Werber and DeSilva Island
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I know a few of our members lived on " The Island " for at least 10 years and I'm sure once they see this post they will chime in as to the history of the place. So now I'll talk about Frank Werber , who was an important part of Marin history. Frank was the producer of the Kingston Trio in the early sixty's. Aroun...
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Lark Theater
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Just read in the IJ that there's a fund to save the Lark Theater. Does anybody know what would happen to it otherwise? Conversion to an antique store or something? Seems a shame to lose it after it's survived this long. Here's a link to the Lark webpage.
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Ice Cream(em)eries
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My earliest memory is of Uncle Gaylord's ice cream in Mill Valley--it's etched in my brain because of the "peeing" fountain that was magical to me. Would love to see a picture of that! Next is walking to Thrifty's in Montecito to buy a cone with rainbow sherbet (pronounced "sherbert&...
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Mill Valley's anti commune law
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Back in in 1967 the City of Mill Valley was the first City in the nation to enact the anti commune ordinance. Citing concerns about parking , noise and fire danger , it became illegal to have more than 8 unrelated people living in a single family dwelling. Communism has been a bain to the govenment and cor...
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The First Raydine Ice Skating Rink
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I grew up in Mill Valley and learned to ice skate at Raydine Ice Skating rink. I recently reconnected with Hetti Schramm, the daughter of Ray Schramm who owned the rink. She lent me these great photos of the first rink in Mill Valley built in 1954 which is now Goodman's Lumber (the man in the photos is Ray)...
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Pic: The Greenbrae Wooden Horse
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For Larkspur's 1967 July 4 parade, they uprooted it and pulled it through town. Sorry I didn't frame the shot better 40 years ago. Now, somebody make up for my shameful lack of knowledge and/or memory about it and its fellow sculptures out on the Greenbrae mudflats.
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Tsunami scare in 1964
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Does anyone remember the tsunami alert in March 1964. I think it was a result of an earthquake in Alaska.
Did your family take off for higher ground?
We had just arrived in Marin (same month I believe) from New York and a neighbor came by pounding on all the neighbor doors in the middle of the nigh...
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Santa Venetia Armory dances and obscure Marin bands 1966-67
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Where else in Marin could you catch the Airplane, Janis, the Dead, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Moby Grape, 13th Floor Elevators, and the like?, all for about $2.50. The shows featured a big name band such as the ones mentioned, along with a "band bash", in which about 6-8 Marin high school a...
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3rd of July in Twin Cities
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It would start on the 3rd with the C.M. Fire Department vs Larkspur Fire Department water fight and then the street dance afterwords. Or when the would shoot the fireworks off from the marsh in Corte Madera.
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driver courtesy vent
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Ok, I've been fed up with drivers around here for a long time, now. Not that I am perfect, but jeez, I try to show a little courtesy, most of the time, anyway. I've had one too many rude incidents happen to me or around me, so I started writing this little guide to local driving.
Feel free to make your own co...
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Larkspur Downtown Historic Walk Saturday May 5
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This Saturday, May 5, there'll be a Downtown Larkspur Historic Walk sponsored by the Larkspur Parks and Recreation Dept. and the Larkspur Heritage Committee. It's free and starts at 10 AM on the steps of City Hall. Weather looks like it'll be great. The walk is conducted by Dick Cunningham, who will p...
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Farms??? In Larkspur?!?!?
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My classmate from Redwood High class of '64, Harry Kleiser, kindly gave me permission to post this c.1948 photo of his uncle's ranch. To get an idea of where it is, check out the photo on this page...
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Vintage Marin Artist
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George Demont Otis (1879-1962). Many paintings of familiar Marin locales in early years, including China Camp, Richardson Bay, Mt. Tamalpais and allkindsastufflikethatthere.
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Pics: Downtown Larkspur 1982 Flood
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A couple more shots from the storm that flooded the bridge on Magnolia at Madrone. Others can be seen in the "1982 Flood" section of my Larkspur Gallery.
[img]http://www.sonic.net/...
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Larkspur 49er Fiesta program link
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Going through the pages of the 1949 49er Fiesta program brought back all kinds of memories of Larkspur businesses and people. I was only 2 at the time, but by the time I was starting to be aware of things in t...
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Pic: Larkspur Natural Foods 1974
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Actually, I was taking the picture of the car, but in the background is this bygone Larkspur establishment of the seventies. Scroll down for a detail. In my day (1950s) it was Larkspur Hardware, and from the front hung one of my all-time favorite Larkspur business signs, featuring a can of Sherwin-Wi...
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