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Hanna's 71

Pictured: Paul Quilici, Tony McGuinty, and Dick Fust

Courtesy of The Walsh Family Collection

Problem Child at New George's

Special thanks to www.ChickenOnAUnicycle.com.  Click HERE to see their entire collection.

China Camp Boat

China Camp Diner

Booby's Diner

Submitted by Kathy Giono

China Camp

China Camp Boat

Fair

Destroyed Courthouse

Doughboys former home in front of the old SR Courthouse

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VIDEO: Marin County Courthouse Burns. San Rafael. 1971

In 1971, the Marin County Courthouse burned. (At the time, it was located at 1000 Fourth St in San Rafael.) This

photo was taken from a home in the hills.  To see VIDEO  of this event, please click HERE.

Civic Center Shootout

Photo courtesy of San Rafael High School

Ghirardo's Fish & Chips

Photo courtesy of San Rafael High School

Pepperland Handbill, 1971

Carol Brandt writes "Pepperland was this place on East. Francisco Blvd (it's a Day's Inn now)  that used to be

sort of a '40's and '50's sleazy joint called Litchfields - they had dancing and strange music there plus a "motel"

where people used to spend the night.  I remember our parents saying we were never to venture down there

because strange things went on!

Then Mr. Litchfield leased it to the people that put on rock concerts and they called it Pepperland which was

suppose to be the "Filmore of Marin" (like the Filmore Auditorium in San Francisco that hosted the big rock

bands and concerts of the '60s - The Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, etc.)  In addition to

Pepperland there was also The Lion's Share on the Miracle Mile - it's now a ratty old building that I don't believe

has had anything in it for quite some time - just east of the San Anselmo United Market.  Lion's Share had great

concerts but it was small. Pepperland became popular because it was big and had great bands, lots of

blacklights and light shows. 

The way you found out who was playing at either the Filmore or Pepperland was to go to The Record King, a

record store just to the left of the Rafael Theater, every Saturday.  You could pick up what was called a playbill

for free, which was a postcard sized announcement with typical '60's and '70's physcedlic artwork that told you

who was playing where, what time and how much it cost. I collected mostly playbills for Fillmore concerts - some

are worth up to $100 now and some even more and there is a who society of people who trade/sell/collect these

things. I also started collecting the ones from Pepperland but I only managed to get two for some reason. I can't

remember when Pepperland closed but it didn't last that long - maybe from 1969 to 1973 or so."

Old Presbyterian Church on 5th and E Sts San Rafael

Villa Romana

San Rafael - Photo courtesy of Richard Torney

Marin County Fair 1976 by Spike Schulist

Marin County Fair Mirror Maze

TL Open Space

"Photo of me and my friend and our two horses riding in the Terra Linda open space - 1972. I am in the one with

my horse Rebel w/Mt. Tam in the backgroud. She is the one w/the black pony and the Civic Center in

background. We kept our horses in Los Ranchitos and road down Los Ranchitos Road, up Nova Albion, Golden

Hinde then enter the open space at the end of De Haro Court." - Carol Brandt