Mill Valley Public Library

Mill Valley Public Library

The new Mill Valley Public Library at 375 Throckmorton Avenue in Old Mill Park across from intersection of Elma and Throckmorton Avenues, c. 1980.

Fact #99: In March 1909, the site for the new Library at 52 Lovell was purchased for $2000. Just to put things in context, here are some items from the local news during that week: A Sausalito school trustee killed himself with strychnine; the Town Marshall of Larkspur faced undisclosed felony charges; Kentfield saloons were rowdy enough to face permanent closure; the Alto train crossing was described as a “death trap”; the principal of San Rafael High was pelted with tomatoes and cabbages at graduation; a suffrage card party was held at the Outdoor Art Club; there was a panther attack on Mt. Tam; and a Mill Valley blacksmith punished a gang of rowdies who made a practice of insulting women in the vicinity of Mill Valley’s train depot.

Lucretia Hanson Little History Room, Mill Valley Public Library

ca. 1980

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