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Title
A quiet evening at Blithedale
Creator
Unknown
Contributor
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
1997
Publication Information
Mill Valley Public Library
Potrero Meadow Publishing Company, P.O Box 269, Mill Valley, CA 94942 (415) 454-2769
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
Circa 1900
Copyright by Mill Valley Public Library
Description
Guests at the Blithedale Hotel, including some children, are mostly seated together in one room, talking, reading, playing board games and generally amusing themselves on a typical evening. Women are wearing long dresses. Men are dressed in suits. Other evening entertainment included moonlight rides, dancing, and theatrical productions.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2489q6h6
CMLPL_130
photo cabinet 1, Hotels and Taverns
Language
English
Subject
Hotels
Hotel guests
Entertainment
Theatrical productions
Night
Dance
Moonlight rides
Blithedale Hotel
Place
Mill Valley (Calif.)
Source
Selected photograph from page 42 of "Mill Valley The Early Years" by Barry Spitz

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