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Title
Volunteer firefighters racing to escape the advancing fire on Mount Tamalpais during the 1913 fire
Creator
Unknown
Contributor
Nancy Skinner
Date Created and/or Issued
July 1913
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
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
Fire fighters with shovels retreating downhill to avoid advancing fire in 1913; very smokey photos burned out branches all around.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print: 24.5 x 18 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt787027df
CMLPL_066
photo cabinet 1, Fires; negative 1133
Language
English
Subject
Fire fighters
Fires
Mountains
1913 Fire
Place
Mill Valley (Calif.)
Mount Tamalpais
Source
Selected photograph from page 48 of "Mount Tamalpais A History" by Lincoln Fairley and page 222 of "Mill Valley The Early Years" by Barry Spitz

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