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Title
Volunteer fire fighters fighting fire on Mount Tamalpais in 1913 fire
Creator
Unknown
Contributor
Nancy Skinner
Date Created and/or Issued
July, 1913
1987
Publication Information
Mill Valley Public Library
Scottwall Associates, 95 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
Contributing Institution
Mill Valley Public Library
Collection
Mill Valley History Photograph Collection
Rights Information
Copyrighted
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Images from the Mill Valley Public Library will be credited with the standard credit line: Courtesy of the Lucretia Little History Room, Mill Valley Public Library (and to the photographer or creator if known). This credit line is to appear alongside the reproduction. If a publication or film/video production uses material it may appear at the end.
Mill Valley Public Library
Mill Valley Public Library History Room, 375 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, 415-389-4292 x131
July, 1913
Copyright by Mill Valley Public Library
Description
Volunteer firefighters using shovels to fight the fire of 1913 on Tamalpais; very dark smokey scene, firefighters are seen almost as silhouettes
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print: 25 x 19.5 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt1x0nc9s1
CMLPL_065
photo cabinet 1, Fires negative 1132
Language
English
Subject
Fire
Fire fighters
Fire fighting
Fire helmets
Fires
Mountains
Shovels
Volunteers
Silhouettes
1913 Fire
Place
Mill Valley (Calif.)
Mount Tamalpais
Source
Selected photograph from page 48 of "Mount Tamalpais A History" by Lincoln Fairley

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