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Combination automobile and rail engine KisselKar of the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, with 'Tamalpais Motor No. 3' stenciled on side. Sitting in woods on rail turntable, possibly Lee Street, with American flags. Used with open passenger gravity cars to transport people in Blithedale Canyon around Mount Tamalpais to Tavern and Muir Woods from 1916-1930.
Girl sitting in combination automobile and rail engine KisselKar of the Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway. 'Tamalpais Motor No. 3,' possibly on Lee Street.
Likely Throckmorton near East Blithedale, Mill Valley, CA. Nun, woman, and dog on street with car.
Man standing on Profile Rock on hiking path in Marin County, California.
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Man in overalls with lumber stacked with vista of Marin County, CA behind him.
Boys in uniform with banner reading 'The Winners Juvenile Fire Dep't Mill Valley' Chalkboard records 'Time 32 1/2 Sec.'
Two unidentified adults and four Wulzen children around a dory during a trip to Pacific Grove. GGNRA/Wulzen GOGA 18480)
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Outboard motor boat on Lake Merritt with Oakland skyline behind
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Alameda Count Court House across Lake Merritt.
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United Airlines airliner DC-6 at San Francisco International Airport
View west from Berkeley hills over University of California campus towards Golden Gate
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Greek Theater at University of California, Berkeley campus
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View west on South Drive towards campanile on UC Campus. Buildings in the foreground were demolished and are now the site of Hildebrand Hall.
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Miniature steam train ride with passengers in Peralta Park, Oakland. Peralta Playland (1950 – 1968) was a small amusement park along the channel between Lake Merritt and the estuary next to the Kaiser Convention Center. Locomotive painted in livery (color scheme) of Southern Pacific Daylight. Childrens Fairyland? [Oakland Jul 29, 1956] Train was called the "Oakland Acorn." According to Kathryn Kasch in an article in the Oakland Heritage Alliance News, "the steam engine and five cars were built in 1949 by George Reddington and Robert Blecha in San Leandro and 1,500 feet of narrow gauge track was laid around the bit of exposed estuary channel." 2 The train opened to the public on July 22, 1950. The rail line was called the C. & E. G. R.R. (Carefree and Extra Gladsome Railroad).
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View across Lake Merritt to Oakland City Hall in left distance. Sailboats. [Oakland Lake Merritt]
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