The July, 1929 fire in Mill Valley as seen from Sausalito
Creator
Harold R. Henry, Sausalito
Contributor
Lucretia Little
Date Created and/or Issued
1929 July 1987 1997
Publication Information
Mill Valley Public Library Scottwall Associates, 95 Scott Street, San Francisco, CA 94117; Potrero Meadow Publishing Company, P.O Box 269, Mill Valley, CA 94942 (415) 454-2769
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Description
A cloud of smoke is billowing up across Richardson's Bay as the Mill Valley fire of 1929 rages. The photo is taken from Sausalito. The fire was the most devastating on record, sweeping over the slopes of Mount Tamalpais. The wind was blowing from the northwest, pushing the flames towards Mill Valley. The wind later shifted saving downtown, but over 100 homes burned in the fire.
Selected photograph from page 47 of "Mount Tamalpais A History" by Lincoln Fairley; Selected photograph from page 221 of "Mill Valley The Early Years" by Barry Spitz
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