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Paul Penna · Paul Penna

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

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

From the same SR C of C brochure I mentioned in the Koch Luggage thread. Gals are wearing classic early-50s garb.

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

I used to like to ride in the back of our 1956 Rambler station wagon with the back window rolled down and in February 1963 I took this shot from back there as we tooled down the southbound on-ramp to 101 in Corte Madera. In the enlar...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

JasonLewis wrote: Paul, how did you learn about this site and how do you think we might be able to attract more people like you? I'm going to start putting ads in the Pacific Sun and Craigslist. First of all, you're welcome, Jason and everybody else who's commented on my photos here. I'm glad to he...

Sepiatone · Sepiatone

A few pics form the early 80's...

Paul · Paul

We all used to love hanging out in Sausalito around 1967. The Village Fair was an old parking garage converted to small stores. Then there was the Tides bookstore that also sold records. The fountain in the park downtown was always teaming with hip people and tourists , and on hot days people would go in...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

In early 1961 I took these two shots of the burned ruins of some big house up at the end of Sleepy Hollow, and at the time had no idea what the story was. I presume it's the Hotaling mansion, right? Anything left of it now? [img]http:...

Paul · Paul

I am still a certified traffic signal electrician and a member of the International Municipal Signal Association. One of our members has recently put out a request for some photos of nostalgic traffic signals , if anyone has photos , please post. Remember ( before my time ) the old signals that...

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

An overview of Bahia in April 1972: November 1971: A brand-spanking new Bahia house. My brother-in-law discusses his garden plans with my father next to a stack of fresh lumber for the fence. My nephew David crosses...

JasonLewis · JasonLewis

...that the more people who learn about this "grassroots virtual museum", the more likely tons of interesting new photos will eventually make their way onto MarinNostalgia.org. So, if you know someone who might find www.MarinNostalgia.org interesting, please...

SteveC · SteveC

Where were the neon signs ? Someone suggested the thread. Here's two (still goin')

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Any other Mac users using Safari having problems with the forum today? The main page loads OK, but I can't access the individual topics; clicking on the topic title does nothing, and trying to open it in a new page gets a Safari error message. Clearing the cache didn't help. No problem with Firefox...

michele · michele

Does anyone remember - would be back in the early '60s - the little park on Mission behind the Museum... waaay in the back, kind of up a hill, there was a cement pond with (maybe it was my imagination?) a crocodile or alligator in it? I remember being creeped out by it but also felt sorry for it stuck way back...

Paul · Paul

All of us who lived in Stinson Beach remember George White , the retired NARC who became the " Fire Warden " in 1965. George would always cruise the beach in his Jeep and hassle anyone who had bonfires on the beach , he was a party pooper. George was one serious NARC who worked for the then...

JasonLewis · JasonLewis

Anyone see the recent article about Starbase One arcade in San Rafael? Here's a link: http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_5574467 Bring back any memories? Care to share?

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

The Larkspur Parks & Rec Dept. in conjunction with the Larkspur Heritage Committee sponsors a couple historic walks through Larkspur neighborhoods twice a year, and two are coming up within the next month or two. The first, on Saturday, April 21, tours Baltimore and Madrone canyons, conc...

suzanne · suzanne

This is probably not fair, but I don't have enough time right now to go into great detail. I think I may have discovered the best burger in Marin. What a great burger I had last night...

Paul · Paul

As far as I can remember the yearly event is the last week in April or May. It is held at the wells of the Muir Beach C.S.D. in Franks Valley. It is a big daytime party that the proceeds benefit the Muir Beach Volunteer Fire Dept. They have great music provided by the local band Flying Circus and Sausi...

JasonLewis · JasonLewis

Can someone refresh my memory? What was all this Harmonic Convergence stuff about and how/why was Mt. Tam involved? Did anyone go? Got any pictures? :) Jason

SanRafaelkid · SanRafaelkid

Does anyone remember the original Bead Freak in the early 70's... seems like it was somewhere near College of marin but I can't remember where. There used to be a bead store (fairly recently) at a little old house in San Rafael at around 2nd and B but this was before that.

suzanne · suzanne

Does anyone else remember Samobos and the controversary surrounding its name? This may be my earliest memory of growing up in the 50's in Marin and learning about "political correctness."

Laura Lee · Laura Lee

Does anyone remember Everybody's Health Food Store at the corner of Center and Saunders in San Anselmo where Model Market used to be? I worked there in the early 70's.

Paul Penna · Paul Penna

Part 1: Going to School "Paaaauuuuul!" my mother called from the bottom of the stairs. "Get a wiggle on now." It was Monday, a school day, and I was due in Mrs. Murphy's third grade classroom at LCM in about an hour. Actually, I was awake already, had been since my brother Bill had g...

JasonLewis · JasonLewis

Are there well-known Marin Haunted Houses? UFO sightings? Wasn't Mt. Tam somehow involved with the Harmonic Convergence? (What exactly was that anyway?) Did space aliens ever land in Ross? And stay? Marinites are often thought of as being "out there". Do you have a story that qualifies? ...

cat · cat

I remember my dad had a friend, either his first or last name was Duncan. He lived way up Piedmont Canyon, up to the top. During the drought in the mid '70s, he and my dad got very crafty. There was an old spring up at the top of this canyon, and my dad and Doug (I think his name was Doug?) built a pipeline from th...

SanRafaelkid · SanRafaelkid

Does anyone remember the old fashioned arcade down at the end of the pier on Main Street in Tiburon. I remember my parents taking all of us out to dinner at the Dock and then afterwards, we got to run to somewhere in the back (nearer the water) where there was this arcade with the really neat pinball ga...

alikin · alikin

Dollars 'n Cents was AWESOME!! One of my best friends and I- both about eight years old at the time- would make a stroll down to that shop our Saturday morning ritual. There, we'd stock up on all of these absurd candy concotions (Nerds, Henry the Grape, that sizzling rock candy stuff that you were told to...

cat · cat

Who remembers the triple story wooden climbing structure/fort that was in Larkspur's Dark Park (Dolliver Park) during the late '70's? It was completely insane! there was a rope net to climb up to the first level, then a ladder to get to the next level, then, if you were crazy enough, you could somehow g...

Paul · Paul

The Master plan called for an 8 lane freeway branching off 101 , cutting through Mill Valley and winding across Bolinas Ridge and landing at the Bolinas lagoon. They were going to use the cut from the road to fill in the lagoon and build a giant marina and shopping center in Bolinas lagoon , with Safeway a...

Blackie · Anonymous

Hot Dogs and Icees at Woolworhs in Corte Madera...That was living! I can still smell that stale hot dog and popcorn smell that overwhealmed your senses when you walked into Woolworths at the Corte Madera Center Mall. Woolworths was a far cry from the Home Chef and REI!

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Gracious Living in Marin County (Preview) [img]http://www.sonic.net/~tterrace/larkspur/MN/mmcov...	Paul Penna	0	623	Apr 13, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Pic: College of Marin, 1950s (Preview) From the same SR C of C brochure I mentioned in the Koch Luggage thread. Gals are wearing classic early-50s garb.	Paul Penna	0	474	Apr 12, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Pic: Corte Madera 1963 (Preview) I used to like to ride in the back of our 1956 Rambler station wagon with the back window rolled down and in February 1963 I took this shot from back there as we tooled down the southbound on-ramp to 101 in Corte Madera. In the enlar...	Paul Penna	10	1013	Apr 12, 2007 by cat
	Promoting the site, getting photos (Preview) JasonLewis wrote: Paul, how did you learn about this site and how do you think we might be able to attract more people like you? I'm going to start putting ads in the Pacific Sun and Craigslist. First of all, you're welcome, Jason and everybody else who's commented on my photos here. I'm glad to he...	Paul Penna	1	519	Apr 12, 2007 by Paul
	Marin City Flea Market (Preview) A few pics form the early 80's...	Sepiatone	1	644	Apr 12, 2007 by Paul Penna
	The Village Fair - Sausalito (Preview) We all used to love hanging out in Sausalito around 1967. The Village Fair was an old parking garage converted to small stores. Then there was the Tides bookstore that also sold records. The fountain in the park downtown was always teaming with hip people and tourists , and on hot days people would go in...	Paul	3	6643	Apr 12, 2007 by Pangolin
	Pics: SA Hotaling mansion ruins? (Preview) In early 1961 I took these two shots of the burned ruins of some big house up at the end of Sleepy Hollow, and at the time had no idea what the story was. I presume it's the Hotaling mansion, right? Anything left of it now? [img]http:...	Paul Penna	4	766	Apr 11, 2007 by SteveC
	Classic signs , billboards and traffic control devices (Preview) I am still a certified traffic signal electrician and a member of the International Municipal Signal Association. One of our members has recently put out a request for some photos of nostalgic traffic signals , if anyone has photos , please post. Remember ( before my time ) the old signals that...	Paul	7	651	Apr 11, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Pics: Novato: New homes in Bahia 1971 (Preview) An overview of Bahia in April 1972: November 1971: A brand-spanking new Bahia house. My brother-in-law discusses his garden plans with my father next to a stack of fresh lumber for the fence. My nephew David crosses...	Paul Penna	0	551	Apr 11, 2007 by Paul Penna
	I Have A Dream.... (Preview) ...that the more people who learn about this "grassroots virtual museum", the more likely tons of interesting new photos will eventually make their way onto MarinNostalgia.org. So, if you know someone who might find www.MarinNostalgia.org interesting, please...	JasonLewis	0	498	Apr 9, 2007 by JasonLewis
	Neon (Preview) Where were the neon signs ? Someone suggested the thread. Here's two (still goin')	SteveC	6	632	Apr 9, 2007 by Paul Penna
	Forum trouble today for Mac/Safari users? Try Firefox... (Preview) Any other Mac users using Safari having problems with the forum today? The main page loads OK, but I can't access the individual topics; clicking on the topic title does nothing, and trying to open it in a new page gets a Safari error message. Clearing the cache didn't help. No problem with Firefox...	Paul Penna	2	471	Apr 9, 2007 by Paul Penna
	crocodile in San Rafael?? favorite parks from childhood? (Preview) Does anyone remember - would be back in the early '60s - the little park on Mission behind the Museum... waaay in the back, kind of up a hill, there was a cement pond with (maybe it was my imagination?) a crocodile or alligator in it? I remember being creeped out by it but also felt sorry for it stuck way back...	michele	2	628	Apr 9, 2007 by rick
	Col. George White of Stinson Beach (Preview) All of us who lived in Stinson Beach remember George White , the retired NARC who became the " Fire Warden " in 1965. George would always cruise the beach in his Jeep and hassle anyone who had bonfires on the beach , he was a party pooper. George was one serious NARC who worked for the then...	Paul	3	1308	Apr 6, 2007 by rob miller
	Starbase One in San Rafael (Preview) Anyone see the recent article about Starbase One arcade in San Rafael? Here's a link: http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_5574467 Bring back any memories? Care to share?	JasonLewis	0	595	Apr 5, 2007 by JasonLewis
	Upcoming Larkspur Walks (Preview) The Larkspur Parks & Rec Dept. in conjunction with the Larkspur Heritage Committee sponsors a couple historic walks through Larkspur neighborhoods twice a year, and two are coming up within the next month or two. The first, on Saturday, April 21, tours Baltimore and Madrone canyons, conc...	Paul Penna	0	452	Apr 4, 2007 by Paul Penna
	BEST BURGER CHALLENGE (Preview) This is probably not fair, but I don't have enough time right now to go into great detail. I think I may have discovered the best burger in Marin. What a great burger I had last night...	suzanne	12	680	Apr 2, 2007 by Meadowsweet Rich
	The Muir Beach Firemans BaBa Que (Preview) As far as I can remember the yearly event is the last week in April or May. It is held at the wells of the Muir Beach C.S.D. in Franks Valley. It is a big daytime party that the proceeds benefit the Muir Beach Volunteer Fire Dept. They have great music provided by the local band Flying Circus and Sausi...	Paul	0	499	Apr 1, 2007 by Paul
	Harmonic Convergence (Preview) Can someone refresh my memory? What was all this Harmonic Convergence stuff about and how/why was Mt. Tam involved? Did anyone go? Got any pictures? :) Jason	JasonLewis	0	485	Mar 31, 2007 by JasonLewis
	Bead Freak (Preview) Does anyone remember the original Bead Freak in the early 70's... seems like it was somewhere near College of marin but I can't remember where. There used to be a bead store (fairly recently) at a little old house in San Rafael at around 2nd and B but this was before that.	SanRafaelkid	3	854	Mar 31, 2007 by Kate
	Sambos (Preview) Does anyone else remember Samobos and the controversary surrounding its name? This may be my earliest memory of growing up in the 50's in Marin and learning about "political correctness."	suzanne	9	3573	Mar 29, 2007 by JasonLewis
	Everybody's (Preview) Does anyone remember Everybody's Health Food Store at the corner of Center and Saunders in San Anselmo where Model Market used to be? I worked there in the early 70's.	Laura Lee	5	636	Mar 29, 2007 by JPRO
	A Day in the Life of a Larkspur Kid, 1955 (Preview) Part 1: Going to School "Paaaauuuuul!" my mother called from the bottom of the stairs. "Get a wiggle on now." It was Monday, a school day, and I was due in Mrs. Murphy's third grade classroom at LCM in about an hour. Actually, I was awake already, had been since my brother Bill had g...	Paul Penna	1	616	Mar 28, 2007 by rob miller
	Paranormal Marin (Preview) Are there well-known Marin Haunted Houses? UFO sightings? Wasn't Mt. Tam somehow involved with the Harmonic Convergence? (What exactly was that anyway?) Did space aliens ever land in Ross? And stay? Marinites are often thought of as being "out there". Do you have a story that qualifies? ...	JasonLewis	2	651	Mar 26, 2007 by Paul
	'75 drought and Larkspur canyon (Preview) I remember my dad had a friend, either his first or last name was Duncan. He lived way up Piedmont Canyon, up to the top. During the drought in the mid '70s, he and my dad got very crafty. There was an old spring up at the top of this canyon, and my dad and Doug (I think his name was Doug?) built a pipeline from th...	cat	12	2843	Mar 24, 2007 by Meadowsweet Rich
	Arcade in Tiburon (Preview) Does anyone remember the old fashioned arcade down at the end of the pier on Main Street in Tiburon. I remember my parents taking all of us out to dinner at the Dock and then afterwards, we got to run to somewhere in the back (nearer the water) where there was this arcade with the really neat pinball ga...	SanRafaelkid	7	689	Mar 24, 2007 by SanRafaelkid
	Dollars and Cents memories... (Preview) Dollars 'n Cents was AWESOME!! One of my best friends and I- both about eight years old at the time- would make a stroll down to that shop our Saturday morning ritual. There, we'd stock up on all of these absurd candy concotions (Nerds, Henry the Grape, that sizzling rock candy stuff that you were told to...	alikin	3	652	Mar 24, 2007 by Pangolin
	crazy treehouse/fort in Dark Park (Preview) Who remembers the triple story wooden climbing structure/fort that was in Larkspur's Dark Park (Dolliver Park) during the late '70's? It was completely insane! there was a rope net to climb up to the first level, then a ladder to get to the next level, then, if you were crazy enough, you could somehow g...	cat	2	638	Mar 21, 2007 by cat
	The Master Plan of 1959 (Preview) The Master plan called for an 8 lane freeway branching off 101 , cutting through Mill Valley and winding across Bolinas Ridge and landing at the Bolinas lagoon. They were going to use the cut from the road to fill in the lagoon and build a giant marina and shopping center in Bolinas lagoon , with Safeway a...	Paul	1	623	Mar 19, 2007 by SteveC
	Woolworth's in Corte Madera (Preview) Hot Dogs and Icees at Woolworhs in Corte Madera...That was living! I can still smell that stale hot dog and popcorn smell that overwhealmed your senses when you walked into Woolworths at the Corte Madera Center Mall. Woolworths was a far cry from the Home Chef and REI!	Anonymous	8	910	Mar 19, 2007 by Blackie
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