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Description
A group of perhaps 100 women runners are standing by the flagpole in Lytton Square, ready to start the Women's Hike (Dipsea Race) to Stinson Beach. A crowd is gathered around watching the race. The pioneering Women's Dipsea Hikes were held for five years, 1918 through 1922. On the far left is the Keystone Block. It was built in 1906 by a Mr. Nostrand for realtor and Congregational Church minister John Rea, replacing a collection of wood buildings on the site. The Mill Valley Post Office was one of the original tenants. A sign on the building reads "Sausage Shop". The Keystone Building was remodeled to today's appearance in 1934. On the far right is the Bank of Mill Valley, now the Bank of America Building which was dedicated in 1911. Originally on the site was the blacksmith MacLeod from Sausalito, who set up his forge beneath the shade of the bays to shoe the local horses. Others later on the property included a shoemaker shop and the Lateija creamery. The site was cleared for what was called the first masonry building in Mill Valley which had opened four years earlier. The architect was Woodworth Wethered. Harvey Klyce was the contractor. One of the two original tenants was the Bank of Mill Valley, which had opened four years earlier. The other was the local Pacific Telephone and Telegraph office, which included the Mill Valley exchange's switching equipment. The Mountain Railway track ran between the Renovatory and The Belle Dry Goods shops.
Racing Running races Runners (Sports) Running Crowds Plazas Dipsea Race Women's Hike Mr. Nostrand John Rea The Mill Valley Post Office The Keystone Building Bank of Mill Valley, Bank of America Building MacLeod Lateija creamery Woodworth Wethered Harvey Klyce Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Mountain Railway Belle Dry Goods shops
Place
Mill Valley (Calif.) Lytton Square Stinson Beach (Calif.) Sausalito
Source
Selected photograph from page 200 of "Mill Valley The Early Years" by Barry Spitz
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