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Paul Penna · Paul Penna

The early days of Riviera Circle, April 1969, taken from Bon Air. To the right, Redwood High. In the distance, the hills of east Corte Madera. For a bigger version, click here. [img]http://www.soni...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

No, it's not a contest. I can't remember exactly what or where it was. I didn't write a single thing on any of the 15 slide mounts, and all I have to go on is the film processing date imprint: September 1969. If I had to guess, I'd say it might be the Sausalito Art Festival, which I went to a couple times. Other...

SteveC · SteveC

I was surprised by how many places mentioned in the letters that were new to me. I was also surprised no one mentioned Zack's sister spot Sarky's and neighbor The Boat House (later North Sea Village) Anyway. Can anyone tell me the exact location or present day building these are located ? ...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

From The Independent-Journal, August 11, 1958: Particularly interesting is the gymnasium. The upper walls just under the curving arches outside are decorated with various-shaped, variously pastel-colored rectangles. This motif is repeated throughout the school. From a ph...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Slide mount is dated May 1963. Taken through the windshield of our 1956 Rambler. -- Edited by Paul Penna at 04:21, 2007-04-14

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Marin Art & Garden Fair, 1964. I resisted the temptation to title this "Great Purses of the 1960s." I have a lot more A&G pics from various years, and while many of them are boring, some do gi...

HowieCA666 · HowieCA666

Who remembers Zach's in Sausalito? It was a fun bar & danging spot on Bridgeway, north of downtown. They had the best hamburgers, turtle races and great dance bands.

HowieCA666 · HowieCA666

I purchased my first house in Mill Valley on Greenhill Rd.(off Loring) for $72,000 in 1976. I wanted to be in Sausalito, but my real estate agent told me I couldn't find anything there for less than $80,000. When my friends in New York heard how much I paid they thought it must have been a mansion, but the t...

Paul · Paul

The San Francisco sound surely was a monumental part of music history in the world. Actually a lot of those famous musicians migrated to Marin in the 60's , but Marin has it's own home grown famous bands too. Anyone that has a good memory please help with the story. Probably the most famous Marin ban...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

A reminder that there's a Larkspur Historic Walk scheduled for this Saturday, April 21 at 10 AM, starting at West Baltimore and Magnolia. It's one of two, each held twice each year, sponsored by the Larkspur Parks and Recreation Department and the Larkspur Heritage Committee. This one loops down Ma...

HowieCA666 · HowieCA666

Who remember a steakhouse in the Bon Aire Shopping Center, circu mid-to-laste 70s? I believe it was called Stewart Anderson Black Angus(?)

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Taken from Bon Air Rd. Looking east along 2-lane (!) Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Intersection with Bon Air Rd. would be about at the bend. Look at all those three Bon Air apartment houses! [img]http:/...

HowieCA666 · HowieCA666

Anyone remember the nude section of Muir Beach? (Maybe it's still there) There was the family section of the beach as you entered from the parking lot, but if you made a right turn, and walked over a field of rocks for a couple of hundred yards, you came to the nude section. Last time I was there was in the 80...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

July 1, 1971 inside the Corte Madera post office on "Postal Service Day," the inaguration of the USPS. Local civic bigshots were invited. My memory is hazy on a couple first names. Left to right: Ron Bartels, CM City Manager; (back to camera) George Suffern, Superintendent of Mails; Gera...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

[img]http://www.sonic.net/~tterrace/larkspur/MN/nicasios...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Two parades in Larkspur, 18 years apart, both with beauteous parade queens and both with cool cars, taken from roughly the same place (see Probert's Used Cars sign). My sister Rosemary took the black and white one in 1948. I assume it's from the 49er Fiesta. The color one I took at the 1966 July 4th parad...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

I stitched together two slides I took in June or July 1967 looking down on San Rafael from Robert Dollar Drive. Unfortunately, the old courthouse is out of sight behind the clump of trees at the lower left. For larger versi...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

I didn't keep copious notes like Mr. Cushman did, but it looks like mine is also of Black Mountain, from a different angle. Cushman Archive, May 1954 Penna Archive, June 1963 [img]http://www...

HowieCA666 · HowieCA666

Who remembers a drive-in movie right off Highway 101 at the Marin/Sonoma county line in the70s? In its final years it switched to showing X-rated movies which could be seen by people driving by on 101. The site is now abandoned, but I believe some of the screens are still standing!

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

In these pollution-conscious days, it may seem remarkable that a civic entity would sanction the outdoor burning of trash by its citizenry, yet that's how they did things in them there days. In this case, those days were 1959, and here's a permit issued by the Larkspur Fire Department for us to use an i...

HowieCA666 · HowieCA666

I live on Maywood Way, in the hills above Sun Valley in San Rafael, and have been told that in the 20s & 30s there was a studio there that shot cowboy movie (Tom Mix, etc) up in those hills. Anybody have any information on that?

rob miller · rob miller

Great suggestion from fellow poster, Nancy Reichard, to start a new thread about Corte MaderaTown Square. Not to be confused with the shopping mall, this is about the old "center of town". It all used to happen right there. The first homes were built in that area, a center of commerce, government...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Here's the staff of Larkspur-Corte Madera School in 1958, from an insert into a "School Memories" autograph book they distributed to students. For a larger version click here. As best as I can dredge u...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Cushman Archive, March 1952: Penna Archive, July 1972:

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

July 1967. Jason: feel free to filch for the albums.

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Same day as the pic I posted in the Village Fair thread, taken from the Village Fair but looking the other direction up Bridgeway. Excellent vintage car photo op: early 50s Packard! 195...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

April 1969 Larger version here. -- Edited by Paul Penna at 01:31, 2007-04-18

Pangolin · Pangolin

I found this picture in the Cushman Archive, and the location looks so familiar but I can't figure out wh...

JasonLewis · JasonLewis

Remember "Mill Valley", the huge song from 1970 sung by a Mill Kindergarten teacher named Rita Abrams a group of children? I've posted a section of her song on the People section. I'll be interviewing her soon but enjoy the song in the meantime. Careful though...you might get it stuck in your head for a...

Pangolin · Pangolin

Inspired by Paul Penna's wonderful photographs I wanted to mention that Indiana State University is host to the Charles W. Cushman Photo Archive which contains thousands of photographs taken all over the world. But more to the point there are many great photos of Marin in the 30s, 40s and 50s. I grew u...

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	Pics: Larkspur Riviera Circle 1969 (Preview) The early days of Riviera Circle, April 1969, taken from Bon Air. To the right, Redwood High. In the distance, the hills of east Corte Madera. For a bigger version, click here. [img]http://www.soni...	Paul Penna	5	763	Apr 26, 2007 by Paul Penna
	ID the pic: 1969 art/music festival? (Preview) No, it's not a contest. I can't remember exactly what or where it was. I didn't write a single thing on any of the 15 slide mounts, and all I have to go on is the film processing date imprint: September 1969. If I had to guess, I'd say it might be the Sausalito Art Festival, which I went to a couple times. Other...	Paul Penna	8	654	Apr 26, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Night Club Nostalgia (today's ij) (Preview) I was surprised by how many places mentioned in the letters that were new to me. I was also surprised no one mentioned Zack's sister spot Sarky's and neighbor The Boat House (later North Sea Village) Anyway. Can anyone tell me the exact location or present day building these are located ? ...	SteveC	13	1317	Apr 24, 2007 by rob miller
	Pics: Redwood High original color scheme 1958 (Preview) From The Independent-Journal, August 11, 1958: Particularly interesting is the gymnasium. The upper walls just under the curving arches outside are decorated with various-shaped, variously pastel-colored rectangles. This motif is repeated throughout the school. From a ph...	Paul Penna	2	641	Apr 22, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Pic: Civic Center 1963 (Preview) Slide mount is dated May 1963. Taken through the windshield of our 1956 Rambler. -- Edited by Paul Penna at 04:21, 2007-04-14	Paul Penna	3	645	Apr 22, 2007 by Pangolin
	Pics: Art and Garden Fair (Preview) Marin Art & Garden Fair, 1964. I resisted the temptation to title this "Great Purses of the 1960s." I have a lot more A&G pics from various years, and while many of them are boring, some do gi...	Paul Penna	7	657	Apr 22, 2007 by Pangolin
	Zach's In Sausalito (Preview) Who remembers Zach's in Sausalito? It was a fun bar & danging spot on Bridgeway, north of downtown. They had the best hamburgers, turtle races and great dance bands.	HowieCA666	2	3725	Apr 20, 2007 by Paul
	Home Prices In Marin (Preview) I purchased my first house in Mill Valley on Greenhill Rd.(off Loring) for $72,000 in 1976. I wanted to be in Sausalito, but my real estate agent told me I couldn't find anything there for less than $80,000. When my friends in New York heard how much I paid they thought it must have been a mansion, but the t...	HowieCA666	8	623	Apr 20, 2007 by Paul
	The Marin County Sound (Preview) The San Francisco sound surely was a monumental part of music history in the world. Actually a lot of those famous musicians migrated to Marin in the 60's , but Marin has it's own home grown famous bands too. Anyone that has a good memory please help with the story. Probably the most famous Marin ban...	Paul	17	888	Apr 20, 2007 by SteveC
	Larkspur Walk this Saturday April 21 (Preview) A reminder that there's a Larkspur Historic Walk scheduled for this Saturday, April 21 at 10 AM, starting at West Baltimore and Magnolia. It's one of two, each held twice each year, sponsored by the Larkspur Parks and Recreation Department and the Larkspur Heritage Committee. This one loops down Ma...	Paul Penna	0	451	Apr 19, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Bon Aire Steakhouse (Preview) Who remember a steakhouse in the Bon Aire Shopping Center, circu mid-to-laste 70s? I believe it was called Stewart Anderson Black Angus(?)	HowieCA666	1	627	Apr 19, 2007 by rick
	Pics: Marin Catholic 1955 (Preview) Taken from Bon Air Rd. Looking east along 2-lane (!) Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Intersection with Bon Air Rd. would be about at the bend. Look at all those three Bon Air apartment houses! [img]http:/...	Paul Penna	1	657	Apr 18, 2007 by SteveC
	Muir Beach-Nude Section (Preview) Anyone remember the nude section of Muir Beach? (Maybe it's still there) There was the family section of the beach as you entered from the parking lot, but if you made a right turn, and walked over a field of rocks for a couple of hundred yards, you came to the nude section. Last time I was there was in the 80...	HowieCA666	0	827	Apr 18, 2007 by HowieCA666
	Pic: Corte Madera civic leaders 1971 (Preview) July 1, 1971 inside the Corte Madera post office on "Postal Service Day," the inaguration of the USPS. Local civic bigshots were invited. My memory is hazy on a couple first names. Left to right: Ron Bartels, CM City Manager; (back to camera) George Suffern, Superintendent of Mails; Gera...	Paul Penna	0	478	Apr 18, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Pics: Nicasio in the 60s (Preview) [img]http://www.sonic.net/~tterrace/larkspur/MN/nicasios...	Paul Penna	0	636	Apr 18, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Pics: Larkspur Parades, Then and Then (Preview) Two parades in Larkspur, 18 years apart, both with beauteous parade queens and both with cool cars, taken from roughly the same place (see Probert's Used Cars sign). My sister Rosemary took the black and white one in 1948. I assume it's from the 49er Fiesta. The color one I took at the 1966 July 4th parad...	Paul Penna	2	812	Apr 18, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Pic: San Rafael Panorama 1967 (Preview) I stitched together two slides I took in June or July 1967 looking down on San Rafael from Robert Dollar Drive. Unfortunately, the old courthouse is out of sight behind the clump of trees at the lower left. For larger versi...	Paul Penna	2	662	Apr 18, 2007 by rick
	Take that, Cushman! No. 2 (Preview) I didn't keep copious notes like Mr. Cushman did, but it looks like mine is also of Black Mountain, from a different angle. Cushman Archive, May 1954 Penna Archive, June 1963 [img]http://www...	Paul Penna	2	608	Apr 18, 2007 by rick
	Drive In Movies (Preview) Who remembers a drive-in movie right off Highway 101 at the Marin/Sonoma county line in the70s? In its final years it switched to showing X-rated movies which could be seen by people driving by on 101. The site is now abandoned, but I believe some of the screens are still standing!	HowieCA666	9	1847	Apr 18, 2007 by rick
	Burn your own trash (Preview) In these pollution-conscious days, it may seem remarkable that a civic entity would sanction the outdoor burning of trash by its citizenry, yet that's how they did things in them there days. In this case, those days were 1959, and here's a permit issued by the Larkspur Fire Department for us to use an i...	Paul Penna	3	760	Apr 18, 2007 by Matt McCone
	Sun Valley Movie Studio ?? (Preview) I live on Maywood Way, in the hills above Sun Valley in San Rafael, and have been told that in the 20s & 30s there was a studio there that shot cowboy movie (Tom Mix, etc) up in those hills. Anybody have any information on that?	HowieCA666	3	639	Apr 18, 2007 by HowieCA666
	Corte MaderaTown Square (Preview) Great suggestion from fellow poster, Nancy Reichard, to start a new thread about Corte MaderaTown Square. Not to be confused with the shopping mall, this is about the old "center of town". It all used to happen right there. The first homes were built in that area, a center of commerce, government...	rob miller	9	761	Apr 17, 2007 by Kt
	Pic: LCM Staff 1958 (Preview) Here's the staff of Larkspur-Corte Madera School in 1958, from an insert into a "School Memories" autograph book they distributed to students. For a larger version click here. As best as I can dredge u...	Paul Penna	8	1013	Apr 17, 2007 by Kt
	Take that, Cushman! (Preview) Cushman Archive, March 1952: Penna Archive, July 1972:	Paul Penna	5	655	Apr 17, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Pic: Hall of Justice under constr. 1967 (Preview) July 1967. Jason: feel free to filch for the albums.	Paul Penna	3	668	Apr 17, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Pic: Sausalito 1966 (Preview) Same day as the pic I posted in the Village Fair thread, taken from the Village Fair but looking the other direction up Bridgeway. Excellent vintage car photo op: early 50s Packard! 195...	Paul Penna	3	662	Apr 17, 2007 by SteveC
	Pics: Alto Junction (Preview) April 1969 Larger version here. -- Edited by Paul Penna at 01:31, 2007-04-18	Paul Penna	3	645	Apr 17, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Can anyone ID this location? (Preview) I found this picture in the Cushman Archive, and the location looks so familiar but I can't figure out wh...	Pangolin	6	1017	Apr 17, 2007 by Sepiatone
	70's Music Star and Mill Valley Kindergarten Teacher "Miss Abrams" (Preview) Remember "Mill Valley", the huge song from 1970 sung by a Mill Kindergarten teacher named Rita Abrams a group of children? I've posted a section of her song on the People section. I'll be interviewing her soon but enjoy the song in the meantime. Careful though...you might get it stuck in your head for a...	JasonLewis	7	1073	Apr 17, 2007 by MEADOWVALLEYKID
	Cushman Photo Archive (Preview) Inspired by Paul Penna's wonderful photographs I wanted to mention that Indiana State University is host to the Charles W. Cushman Photo Archive which contains thousands of photographs taken all over the world. But more to the point there are many great photos of Marin in the 30s, 40s and 50s. I grew u...	Pangolin	8	878	Apr 14, 2007 by Pangolin
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