Sports

Print, Photographic
1993-133-01
Hiker's 1st view of Stinson
A black and white photograph of a hiker's first view of ocean when hiking from Mill Valley on Dipsea Trail. Shows Stinson Beach and Bolinas in background, the hills and the trail with people (Bibbens and Dunn families) in the lower right hand corner.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-134-01
Hikers on the Dipsea Trail
A black and white group photograph of hikers. There are four adults, two men and two women, and four children (two boys and two girls) sitting in a meadow in front of some trees. The men and children are hatless. The two women are wearing shade hats.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-135-01
Frank Airey on old horse,"Nellie"
A black and white photograph of a man riding a horse in the surf. The horse's head is bowed toward the water. See notes ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-148-01
Robbie with dog
This black and white photo is of a boy and a dog. The boy wears a floppy brimmed hat, a dark sweater, knee pants, boots and carries a shot gun. The dog (black with a white nose) stands beside him with a duck in his mouth. Photograph of Robbie Dunn... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-179-01
Frenchy Gales
In this black and white photograph Frenchy Gales stands against a car (Model A ?). A hunting gun is propped against the radiator of the car. A double horned mule deer's head and pelt is draped over the corner of the hood of the car. The car is parked... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-193-01
fishermen and catches
This original black and white photograph shows 8 fishermen (2 are boys) holding up their 23 catches (salmon) in front of their car parked near the corner of Marine Way and Arenal Avenue when fishing was still abundant. There are 4 houses/structures i... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-195-01
People fishing
In this black and white photograph a man in a shirt with rolled up sleeves is sitting on a bench holding up a large fish. Next to him is a little boy in keds and a short sleeve shirt. Behind them are dry goods and some bottles and jars on a shelf. Th... View Full Record
print,photographic
1993-231
Airey Barn
This is a black and white photograph of a man standing in front of a tangle of blackberry vines aiming a rifle. Behind the vines is a large structure. The man is Hoyt Sherman and he is standing in front of Airey's barn, across from the store.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-235-01
Frenchy Gales
Black and white copy of a photographic print of Frenchy Gales with his hunting dog, a hunting rifle and a bag of birds. He is posed in a field with a distant vehicle on a road behind him.... View Full Record
print,photographic
1993-246-01
Five surfers
In this black and white photographic print five children (4 boys and a girl) are standing against their upended surfboards on the beach.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-324
Hiker Above Stinson Beach
A black and white photo depicting a woman with a hat at her feet, standing facing left on a ridge overlooking grassy hills with roads and structures and more hills in the background.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-387-01
Women Hiking on Mt Tam
Photograph shows two women with long skirts and hats hiking on Mt Tamalpais. They are on a trail in a flat open area with the hillside behind them. In the background there is a car on a dirt road and to the right, a structure that looks like a hous... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-439-01
Moon Club
There are 5 men in bathing suits kneeling in a row on the beach at Willow Camp. Each has his surf board standing up in the sand behind him. Each surf board has a half moon decoration at its top. They are known as the Moon Club. Under 3 of the men,... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-440
Surfers
The photo is of five surfers lying on their boards riding a wave. The first names of the surfers ("Duke", Beechy, Murphy, Gene and Roy) are written above them in the upper margin of the picture and in the bottom margin is written Willow Camp-1916.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-442-01
Willow Camp
This is a picture of Beechy Murphy dressed in a grass skirt standing on the beach beside his surf board which is propped upright beside him. There is a half moon insignia at the top of the board.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-446-01
surfers
Photograph of 5 young men standing with their surfboards. The boards have the moon symbol on them, are of varying lengths, and appear to be of wood. Three are wearing the one piece men's bathing suits of the era; two have shorts. They stand close... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-480
Hikers
A black and white photographic print depicts two women on a hillside. The woman on the left is sitting on the ground in profile. The woman on the right is standing in front of a fence post facing the camera and holding a staff in her right hand. T... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-531
Practicing for Dipsea Race
There are two men in dark shorts and white t-shirts running along Hwy. 1 in Stinson Beach, coming toward you and probably practicing for the Dipsea Race. There are trees on the far side of the road and the old Nunes barn in the background.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-757-01
The Winner
A black and white photographic print of the presentation of a medal to a young man in an athletic jacket over a bare chest. The prize is presented by a dark haired woman in a print dress. In the background the beach is crowded with swimmers and sun... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-758
4th of July Swim Race
8x10 B&W photo of a large group of swimmers running into the surf, seen from the shore. One man (silhouetted from behind) in regular clothing (sweatshirt and rolled up pant legs), stands onshore looking at them.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-759
4th of July Female Swimmer
B&W 8x10 photo shows a female emerging from the surf. She is wearing a black one-piece racer-style swimsuit and white bathing cap. She has one hand up to her face, and the other slightly out to her side. She is ankle deep in the water and creating... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-760
4th of July Male Swimmer
B&W 8x10 photo shows a young man running out of the surf, one leg is touching the sand and the other is raised at the knee. He is in black swim trunks (with some sort of white kerchief attached at the waist) and wears a white bathing cap. He is pas... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-762
4th of July Surfer
B&W photo of a smiling young gentleman walking out of the ocean carrying his surfboard over his shoulder. He has short blondish hair plastered to his head and wearing a white t-shirt and black tight-fitting swim trunks. He is about to pass under a... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-842-01
Trail Up to Lone Tree
The original photograph of the trail to Lone Tree from Sequoia Canyon, Mill Valley by Edgar A. Cohen. Shows a narrow foot trail with oak trees on both sides, a man in a suit, tie and hat with a bag in his hand stands on the trail. Overgrown vegetati... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-208-228-01
Surfers
This black and white photographic print is a sheet of 21 small pictures (1"x 1 1/2") of surfers surfing.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-229-249-01
Surfers
This black and white photographic print is a sheet of 21 small pictures (1"x 1 1/2") of surfers surfing.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-250-272-01
Surfers
This black and white photographic print is a sheet of 23 small pictures (1"x 1 1/2") of surfers surfing.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-273-293-01
Surfers
This black and white photographic print is a sheet of 21 small pictures (1"x 1 1/2") of surfers surfing.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-294-314-01
Surfers
This black and white photographic print is a sheet of 21 small pictures (1"x 1 1/2") of surfers surfing.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-373-01
Catch of the Day
This black and white photo shows a young man (Robinson [Bob] Upton) and a woman (Annie Robinson [Upton]), his mother, holding a string of fish between them. The young man is on the left. He is wearing a bathing suit with a striped tank top and soli... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-380-01
Duck Hunters
This black and white photograph shows two young men standing in front of an automobile with numerous ducks tied at the neck and slung around their shoulders. The young man on the left has about twice as many ducks as the man on the right. Both are l... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-381-01
Model T and Ducks
This black and white photograph is of an open Model T automobile. It is a side view and the vehicle is parked in front of some buildings. There is what appears to be a long roll of carpeting on top of the car slanting from on top of the windshield... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-397-01
Myra was ambitious
Sepia-toned photograph shows a woman in a long skirt, white long-sleeved blouse and sun hat climbing a wooden ladder over a plywood fence that is part of a hiking trail. It is difficult to see but she is either raising a rope to climb over or holdin... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-402-01
Hunting Party
This black and white photograph has faded with age to sepia. This picture is of seven men. Three are crouching in a row in front with three standing behind them and the seventh man is standing in the background on the left. The three men in front... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1997-116-01
Deer Killer
This black and white photograph is of a man kneeling between two dead bucks with impressive racks. He is smiling and holding their heads up to face the camera. He is wearing dark trousers, a white shirt and a hat. (see notes)... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1998-212
Archer
In a weedy hillside field overlooking the ocean, and a short distance from a grassy knoll with 3 or 4 structures at its base, a man (with back to camera) stands with a large bow pulled back and aiming at something in the distance. He wears additiona... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-245-01
Harper Family Series
E.G. Harper stands between house and vintage automobile holding a huge striped bass from the Bolinas Lagoon. Hillside in background.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-293-01
Fishing on the Beach
In this black and white photograph two boys stand about six feet apart with a bamboo pole stretching between them supported on their shoulders. Each boy is holding a fishing pole and there are about 14 fish strung on the bamboo pole. They are stand... View Full Record
print,photographic
1999-294-01
Fishing on the beach
The same two boys as in the previous photograph (1999-293) are joined by a girl on the right who holds another fish by a hook. The boys are balancing a bamboo pole between them supported on their shoulders. They are standing on the sandy beach with... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-351-01
Biking
A man is riding a bicycle by standing with one foot on the handlebars and the other on the seat. He is in a rural setting, riding on flat grass. Beyond him is a field of higher grasses and shrub and a glimpse of a road curving to the right with tre... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-352-01
Hiking
In this black and white photograph two young women walk away from the camera down a path on a hillside. They have their arms around each other and their heads are close together as in conversation.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-353-01
Campsite
A man sits sheltered under a makeshift camping structure supported by wooden beams. He is resting his arm on a table facing an empty chair. There are other objects under the shelter but not clearly enough to describe. The area seems to be slightly... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-354-01
Horseman
Man in cowboy gear rides a dark horse along a populated road judging by the telephone poles visibile.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-355-01
Pop Stelling, fisherman
"Pop" Stelling, a smiling middle-aged man, stands in front of a wood shake porch of a house holding his catch of the day (which looks more like rabbit than fish or bird but could be both). In the other hand he holds a long pole-shaped thing, which l... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-436
Dipsea Hike Finish
An original photograph of people gathered near the finish. The photo was taken from the porch of Hotel Airey as the Red Crown Gasoline sign indicates and it is aiming toward the Bungalow grocery store. On the right middle of the photograph a canvas s... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-441-01
Runners on the Trail
A black and white photograph of runners coming down the hill near Stinson Breach. The fog is rising on the distant hills. The trail runs along the ranch fence of possibly the White Gate Ranch, also the division of Rancho Bolinas and Rancho Sausalito... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2000-107-01
Hiking in Marin
A large group of people, members of the Contra Costa Hills Hiking Club, take time out for a group photo beside the Little Carson Falls in Marin County. The group appears to be pretty evenly divided between men and women, possibly more men. They are... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2000-108-01
Hiking on Mt. Tamalpais
Members of the Contra Costa Hill Hiking Club stand single file, stretched out along the landscape. Most are standing with one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of them, a few had one leg extended in the air. On the back of the original ph... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2000-109-01
Hiker's Overlook
A group of 8 or 9 hikers stand along the top of a steep and rocky outcropping, which is possibly part of the Dipsea Trail, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Bolinas Bay. Hikers include Margaret King (Clark) of Berkeley and members of the Contra Cost... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2001-102-01
Adelaide, Mark and Craig McCready
In this black and white photograph a woman and two boys stand on a cement patio by a log house with a dutch door. The three of them are holding fishing poles and large fish. The fish are striped bass and range in size from about 18 inches to 26 inc... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2001-103-01
McCready Family
In this black and white photograph the whole family poses beside their house. A girl (Jan) in a print dress and long blonde hair sits on the ground with a black lab beside her. Behind her, looking out of the top half of a Dutch door is a woman (Ade... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2001-361
Hikers at the gate
A black and white photographic reproduction was made from the original of Maybelle Kelly. The photograph shows a group of 10 hikers lined up on the far side of a large gate, perhaps a cattle gate. The gate is situated at the bottom of the hill near... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2003-318-01
Pat and Amanda Norton 1991
An original color photographic print of Pat Norton and his daughter, Amanda, walking into the surf with a surfboard. Pat who is a GGNRA Park Ranger and a volunteer fireman is holding a yellow long board in his right arm and young Amanda is holding on... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2004-110-01
Cleaning fish
A black and white original photo of 3 men cleaning fish at make shift table and chair made up of wooden crate boxes. The man facing toward camera could be Frenchy Gales, and young man in front is possibly Hal Airey. The well stands right of the photo... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2005-110-02
Warren Wolff with 3 Striped Basses
A photograph of a tall man, Warren Wolff, standing holding two striped bass, one in each of his hands, and a third one on top of his shoe. It is a black and white photo taken by his photographer friend, Proctor Jones. He is standing in front of a fen... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2009-104-04
Peter Allen Bishop waterskiing
Peter B. Allen waterskiing in 1960, bare-chested and bronzed by the sun. He holds the tow rope with 2 hands, a spray of water behind him, a fog bank on the horizon, one seagull in the sky. He appears to be on one ski and its toe end is raised diagon... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2009-104-05
Peter Bishop Allen waterskiing
Peter Allen waterskiing (see 2009-104-04). This time he is holding the tow line up towards his head and the whole of his ski is above the water, with only the heel touching the water.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-170-01
Woman on Horseback
A black and white photograph of a woman on horseback posing on unpaved Highway One near the Airey Hotel. The hotel and few other buildings are behind her and the horse. The woman is probably Liucette Upton, a daughter of James Upton. Date unknown.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-763
4th of July Swim Races
B&W photo of 9 women in the surf. They are all in the breakers, wearing bathing caps. Some have their arms stretched out. They could be part of a race. They all seem to be moving out towards the next breaking wave or the rowboat in the distance.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-764
4th of July Swim Race
B&W photo shows the beginning of a swimming race contest. A group of eager swimmers, male and female, lean into the water's edge, taking their first steps into the ocean. There is a semicircular crowd assembled along the beach to watch. There is a... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2004-105-02
Stinson Beach Trail
A black and white photo of hiking group with the old town of Stinson Beach in background. The photo titled By Trail Stinson Beach is written on the lower left of the photograph. Group of 5 hikers is standing on the wide trail leading to the beach by... View Full Record
Digital Copy
2008-105
Willow Camp Beach
Group of 6 people on the beach in front of willow bush. The man in the center holds two walking sticks indicating they got there by hiking. All were wearing swimming clothes, other items of clothing are laying in front of them.On the back of photo:... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2003-317-01
Kirby Ferris and Friend 1960's
An original black and white group photo of young boys at the beach taken by Melton Ferris, father of Kirby Ferris. Six boys just out of the surf stand on the beach with houses and the hills behind. Boys are from the left; Africa, Kit/ Greene, Roger/... View Full Record
Digital Copy
2012-106-01
Kirby Ferris Memorial
A folder with 4 digital photos of the surfer's memorial for Kirby Ferris were downloaded from the photographer's facebook site. Kirby 1 is a painted portrait of Kirby as a fierce individual held in the midst of surfers lined up, done by Michael Knowl... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2001-163-01
Bill Wilson Memorial
A number of surfboards stand in the sand beside the blue beach house as people have gathered in small groups on the sand and on the deck. Most of them are looking toward the ocean and an overcast sky.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2001-164-01
Bill Wilson Memorial
A group of mourners walk toward the surf, some holding umbrellas. The sky is gray and overcast. A few surfboards can be seen on the right standing upright in the sand with people beside them. One white-haired man in a white sweatshirt in the cente... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2001-165-01
Bill Wilson Memorial
Surfboards at attention. A lifeguard jeep is parked in front of them, also carrying a surfboard on its roof. A few people are beside it as well as a couple dogs. On the left edge of photo a few people are huddled in conversation.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1999-319G-01
Displaying a Banner
There are at least thirteen people in this black and white group photograph. They are standing on a rocky outcrop displaying a banner reading 'NOMADS'. The subjects are all men, many wearing hats, and all in rugged clothes. They are probably membe... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-445
Surfing at Willow Camp
Photograph of 5 people on surfboards. They appear to be young men and the foam of the wave indicates they are close to shore at the end of their ride. This is the original print.... View Full Record
print,photographic
1993-444
Beach Boys
An original black and white photographic print depicting five young men, four standing and one lying propped on his elbow in the front. The two men on the right are wearing grass skirts. There is an umbrella in the background and hills. 'Willow Ca... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-443-01
Willow Camp
Two men in bathing suits, Beechy and Maurice Murphy, are standing side by side on the beach. Maurice's bathing suit has the Moon Club symbol on the chest. There are hills in the background.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-441-01
Willow Camp
There are 2 men, Maurice and Beechy, wearing grass skirts posing with an umbrella over their shoulders and a ukelele at their feet. There is an open gate behind them leading to houses and the mountain in the background.... View Full Record
Print, copy
2005-103-01
Shooting Clay Pigeons
A Xerox copy of a photo. In this black and white photo, 6 Lowry and Van Der Nailen family are shooting clay pigeons on the beach in front of houses at Patios. Left to right are: Van Der Nailen, Ed , deceased (SF), Lowry, Thomas P. 1932- (Piedmont) Lo... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2015-101
Team Stinson 1984
Team Stinson, member of the 1984 West Marin Softball League, assemble on the hillside in Stinson Beach for a group photo. Front Row (L.toR.): Kendrick Rand, Elliott Kolker, Heidi Ryerson [scorekeeper], Larry Robinson, Charlie Lenhoff, George Elwell.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2015-105-03
Bolinas-Stinson 1980s Softball game
Jim Stafford raises his arm on the softball field, which looks like it's situated behind Bolinas School. There is a female batter ready and a small crowd watching from the sidelines. Green hillside forms the backdrop.... View Full Record