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Happy Halloween -- Haunted Marin
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I've added a new video to the Spotlight section. Enjoy! http://www.marinnostalgia.org/haunted.html If you've got any good Marin Halloween memories, please share! Jason
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Train tracks
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I'm trying to map exact train routs in marin,and I have some gaps.On Magnolia starting at woodland,did the tracks run down the center of Magnolia past Corbett's hardware?
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Old Marin Signage
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Anybody have any info about these old fading signs? The first one is in San Rafael at Tamalpais and 5th Ave....Philipps Flowers with coca-cola ad The second one is in Mill Valley on the side of the Sequoia Theater....Mill Valley Service Garage...Greasing Accessories....Studebaker Service Stat...
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San Rafael hill name?
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What's the name of the hill overlooking downtown San Rafael? The one Robert Dollar Drive goes to the to of, or used to. Is there some online source for various Marin County geological formations -hills, mountains, ridges and like that there? I fumbled around blindly on the USGS site, but I couldn't fi...
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Gas station location?
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The pictures in the(San Rafael 1970's)section,theres a picture titled''Hanna's 71'' of a gas station.Does anyone know any history about it, and its location?
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Darryl Bishop in Marin county
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Hello, I live in Houston, Tx. I grew up in the Houston/Beaumont, Tx gulf coast area. Back when I was a young 20 something I decided to quit a good job and enlist in the U.S. Coast Guard. I spent a year on a coast guard cutter/ship in Galveston, Tx, then receive orders to attend cg communications school in P...
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ariel views?
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does anyone have anymore of those cool ariel views?
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PIC: Sausalito 1966
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Ektachrome slide I took from the Village Fair on a late afternoon in January 1966. For a larger version (1000 x 657 px) click here For a humongous version (1800 x 1183 px) click here
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PIC: East San Rafael Vista 1967
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Kodachrome slide I took up on Robert Dollar Drive in July 1967. Not totally in focus, unfortunately, but still a goodly amount of detail visible. For a larger version (1000 x 462 px) click here. For a whopping huge version (1800 x 831 px) click here.
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Sun Valley: In The Beginning...
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Anyone have any stories from the early days of Sun Valley in San Rafael? Here's an old photo (courtesy of The Walsh Family Collection) to stir your memory. My guess is it's from the early Forties...
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New photos
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I see Jason's been posting newly-submitted photos in the galleries. Dating these things can be tricky. The one below, for example, from the "San Anselmo in the Fifties" section, looks like it's from a post card, and there's a copyright notice in the lower left that includes "58.&qu...
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Walhalla
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On the Home page of MarinNostalgia I posted a photo of a restaurant-looking building called Walhalla. I asked if anyone knew when and where it was from. A user named Gus sent me this link. Does anyone else have any memories of "Walhalla" with a W?
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San Rafael Lodge in Gerstle Park
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Here's a photo courtesy of The Walsh Family Collection of the Lodge catching on fire in the '50s. Can anyone describe exactly where the Lodge was and what it was used for? Thanks. Jason
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PIC: SFO Helicopter pad 1967
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From a friend's collection of his family's Kodachrome slides, the SFO helicopter coming in for a landing in Sausalito, summer 1967. See a bigger version here.
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Airfield in San Rafael's Canal District?
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Dewey Posts: 22 Date: 10 days ago Views: 42 I found this picture of an airfield at what appears to be the area behind Litchfield's or in that vicinity. Anyone know more? The photo would have been taken around 1946-1950.
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Jon's Food To Go in Strawberry: photos
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Here are a couple of pictures I took at Jon's Food To Go in 1970. Jon's was the first burrito shop in Marin that I know of, predating the surge of the 1970s and 80s. He was short, Japanese, trained in Los Angeles at El Tepeyac. We ate there all the time. Notice the prices, made for high school kids! $1.25 for a...
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Highway 101 - Taking the Greyhound Bus to high school
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From: Anonymous Date: Jan 1, 2007 Anyone remember that Highway 101 once went all the way through downtown San Rafael (there was no Hetherton Way or an elevated freeway) and it also went all through downtown Novato. It took forever to get anywhere when we were kids! My mom made us walk to the Greyhoun...
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Marshal J
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xbam Posts: 1 Date: Jun 23 Views: 30 I noticed the picture of Marshal J on this site. I am always looking for pictures, memories, slides and film of Marshal J. WMT, KPIX and KGO. - Rich www.captainerniesshowboat.com/marshalj http://www.captainerniesshowboat.com/marshalj
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"Anchor-Outs"
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Can someone please refresh my memory... who were the "Anchor-Outs" of Sausalito and what was the controversy surrounding them?
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Victoria Station
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Who remembers the Victoria Station restaurant on East Sir Francis Drake Blvd in Larkspur? It was the hot place to go back in the late 70s and early 80s. It was right across the street from Victoria Station's corporate headquarters which is now the Wood Island Office complex, up on the hill just west of t...
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go cart track?
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I never went, but I remember that there was a go-kart track near 101, in Corte Madera or Greenbrae. Did anyone go there?
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Interview with John Goddard of Village Music
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If you'd like to check out the new interview with John Goddard, click the "People" link on http://www.marinnostalgia.org, then click his name or picture. -- Edited by JasonLewis at 02:13, 2007-09-19
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Reopen the Alto Tunnel?
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The question of whether the Alto Tunnel connecting Mill Valley and Corte Madera should be reopened has been discussed for years (watch VIDEO on MarinNostalgia.org). It's currently being studied (READ STORY in IJ). What do you think? Good idea? Take the POLL.
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Fire destroys Sabella restaurant memorabilia...
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Such a sad story about Sabella's.
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Star Base One got zapped.
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Not sure how I missed this but last week I realized that Star Base One was being gutted. I snapped this picture for posterity. Here's a link to a story in the Patch about the closure. What were are your memories of Star Base One? As I drove by over the last few years I wondered how they managed to stay in bu...
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Marge & Jim's bar: where was it?
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Here's a photo, late '40s, of Marge & Jim's bar on 101. Anyone know the location or anything about it? Who was Marge and Jim?
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living on house boats in Larkspur
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When my dad was a teenager he and his family lived on what they called "the ark"...a houseboat on the creek in Larkspur. This was in the 1940s. Unfortunately, I don't have any photos of the ark. Did anyone else live on a houseboat during that era? I'd love to see some photos!
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Don't cook tonight, call chicken delight
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That jingle just popped into my head while I was feeding my cat some chicken (no bonz). I can't remember if there was one in Marin but I think so.
I was wondering if anyone remembers one of those franchises here in Marin.
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Tam High music scene, 1967-1970
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I wasn't much of a student at Tam High, but I really remember and appreciate the music scene during the late 1960s. While I was a freshman, I took some guitar lessons from Bill Thorpe, a jazz player who lived over by Park School. Then when I saw the Round The Bend Blues Band with friends Doug Martin and the M...
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gas ststions
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old gas stations are my favorite. If anyone has any pictures or history to share, would be most appreciated.
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