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In this oral history, Leonard Asiano recalls Homestead Grocery in the 1950s, one of the last neighborhood grocery stores in Mill Valley. Born in 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, Leonard's family moved out to Mill Valley in 1949, and his father, Joseph Asiano, immediately purchased Homestead Grocery at 15 Linden Lane, which provided living quarters and rental income for the family in addition to retail income from the store. Leonard worked at the store while studying at the University of San Francisco in the early 1950s, and in this oral history he recalls several customers and neighborhood characters from that period. Leonard also discusses his father's quasi-professional music career as the founding tuba player of the Marin Symphony in 1952, which initially held its rehearsals in the auditorium at Tamalpais High School. Throughout his oral history Leonard nostalgically evokes the authentic small town character of Mill Valley at mid-century, all the more remarkable for its close proximity to San Francisco.
Identifier
F943881A-5E4E-4754-A17E-521403504355 2016.063.001
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2AM Club Esposti's Ice Cream Parlor Grocers Grocery stores Homestead Grocery Iaverone, Ron La Ginestra Maguire, Gene Maguire, Red Mantegani, Dolores Mantegani, Peter Marin Symphony Military personnel Military service Music Musicians Sequoia Theater Oral history - Music Oral history - Local business Usigli, Gastone Woodlands Market
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