Beach (on Bolinas Bay)

Postcard
1993-198
Beach on Bolinas Bay
This black and white postcard is a view of the south end of Stinson Beach from the South and above on Highway One. Framing the picture on the left is the slope of a dark rocky formation. Hills go down to the beach and shoreline from the right. Fig... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-218-01
Stinson Beach 1948 panorama
Westerly overview from mountain side with Stinson Beach below, Bolinas and Duxbury Reef stretching into the distance. Downtown identifiable buildings are Airey's Store and some houses in the Highlands. Buildings in present park, Sea Downs, Dipsea Lod... View Full Record
Postcard
1993-221-01
Sea Downs
A colored postcard of Sea Downs, a popular establishment on the beach. Photo was taken around 1950. Shows the beachfront side of Sea Downs (a long, low building with windows across the entire front) with many people going up to and out of the establi... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-241-01
First houses on Seadrift
This black and white photograph is of the sandspit looking toward town of Stinson Beach from Bolinas. There is one road running past the first several houses in Seadrift and poles are standing to indicate corners of lots. The begining of Seadrift La... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-250-01
1993-250 Panorama, Bolinas Bay
This is a panoramic shot looking down on Bolinas Bay. It shows many homes in the village and several buildings along the beach. With the Bolinas Peninsula in the distance, it defines the contour of Bolinas Bay.... View Full Record
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1993-254-01
Sea Downs
In this black and white photo we see 3 or 4 people standing, sitting or kneeling on the beach (they appear to be beachcombers as at least one of them has a sack). There are two structures on the dunes behind: the one on the left with many windows an... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-267-01
Willow Camp Lake
An original photographic print in black and white by Edgar A. Cohen. It shows Willow Camp Lake (Poison Lake) in almost its entirety from above--probably from Highway 1 (Outside Road)-- surrounded by willows, dunes and sandy beach to left with Bolina... View Full Record
print,photographic
1993-296
Dipsea Lodge
A view of Bolinas Bay (Stinson) Beach looking out from the dunes toward the ocean surf. On the right is a one-story building (Dipsea Lodge; built in 1920 and razed in 1950) nestled in the dunes. There are a couple of people standing on the sand in... View Full Record
print,photographic
1993-341-01
Beach on Bolinas Bay
This is an original black and white photo of coastal Bolinas Bay. This stretch of beach is at the south end of Stinson Beach, CA. The photo includes 2 large rocks, as well as numerous rocks of small and medium sizes, with a steep hill on the left.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-350-01
Camping on Stinson Beach
This is a photo of a tent encampment on Stinson Beach, taken from above. The foreground shows a large rock and some vegetation. At midground, 8 unpaved roads divide the campground with tents set up in straight rows plus several small structures.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-365-01
White Gate Ranch
A black and white photographic print of Bolinas Bay and Stinson Beach with the headlands of Bolinas in the background and White Gate Ranch in the foreground showing a fence, a barn, and trees. There are interesting cloud effects, quite stormy lookin... View Full Record
print,photographic
1993-372-01
Explosion on Stinson Beach
Panorama of Bolinas Bay and Stinson Beach with hills and clouds. In the middle of the photo is a plume of smoke, apparently an explosion from detonating the one and only bomb found on the beach after the Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor. There are... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-389
Beach on Bolinas Bay
A colored photograph of the beach crowded with people. In the center foreground is a red and white striped umbrella and behind it to the right, closer to the water is a lifeguard stand with a lifeguard seated on it. Beyond the beach can be seen the... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-430-01
Bathing Beauties
A photograph of 2 women posing in bathing costumes, arm in arm, on the beach. Underneath the picture is written 'Irma . Dorothy . 1916'... 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
1993-452-01
Fishing rocks
There are several large rocks on the beach, the smaller ones partiallly submerged by the incoming surf. There are 5 or 6 people on top of the largest rock at the left of the picture. They could be fishing off the rock but they are too small to be id... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-456-01
Early Stinson Beach
A very early black and white photograph-postcard of the stretch of beach on Bolinas Bay and a road (present Calle del Arroyo) running behind it with shorter roads branching off of it towards the water. Except for the first branch road on the left t... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-522
Seadrift Sandspit
This is a panoramic view of the Seadrift Sandspit before it was developed. It is taken from the north end of Bolinas, with the entrance to Bolinas Lagoon at the lower right and Bolinas Lagoon in the background, with the mountain behind it. On the r... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-532
Sea Downs Cottages
There are two groups of people on the sand beach in the foreground. The dunes, covered with dune grass, rise behind them and beyond that are three cottages in a row, with the rooftop of the last one barely visible. The mountain rises in the backgroun... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-533-01
Seadowns on the Beach
This original, black and white photograph shows a wide stretch of mostly deserted beach (taken from the water towards the hills). Amid the dunes on the right side of the picture can be seen some buildings and more buildings can be seen behind in the... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-543-01
Rocks and the Sea
An original black and white photograph shows an expanse of wet sand, reflecting clouds and rocks, behind which is a rocky coastline. The rocks in the foreground are at the south end of Stinson Beach and the headland behind is that of lower Steep Ra... View Full Record
Postcard
1993-676-01
Beach on Bolinas Bay
This sepia postcard depicts the sweep of the bay from a hillside to the southeast of Stinson Beach. In the right foreground there are two building roofs, one unfinished. Down on the beach on the left is a building with the painted sign of Van Osten... View Full Record
Postcard
1993-704-01
The Blue Pacific Postcard
A black and white postcard of Stinson Beach before Seadrift and before Poison Lake was filled in by the park. It shows the beach from the south end, from Rocky Point to Bolinas Peninsula including Bolinas Lagoon. Rising on the right or eastern side a... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-851-01
Rocks at south of Stinson
An original black and white photograph of Rocks at the south end of Stinson Beach with white surf and white clouds taken by Edgar A. Cohen on 5/30/1904. On lower right hand corner, "E.A.Cohen" signature. On its back: Photographs(stamped) #1823 - Rock... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-853-01
Unpaved Coast Road and Steep Ravine Point
An original photograph by Edgar A. Cohen showing newly dressed but unpaved coastal road, taken from near Stinson Beach looking toward San Francisco. The point of Steep Ravine where cabins exist now is visible in background. On its back written in pe... View Full Record
print,photographic
1993-855-01
Line between Sausalito and Briones
An original photograph taken on 5/29/ 1908 by Edgar A. Cohen of property fence line between Rancho Sausalito and Rancho Briones (Bolinas) of Spanish grants. Shows the fence on the beach heading up toward hills. The hill south of community center is s... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1993-863-01
A Baggy on Sandspit
A 8x10 copy of the original photographic print by Edgar A. Cohen, signed in black on lower left. A horse and buggy with a lady driver in hat heading off to the right. Horse & buggy tracks show her path that has passed dunes covered with grass with th... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
1994-122-01
Large Group on the Beach
A black and white (faded to sepia) photographic print of a day at the beach with many people present, including those lined up for a group picture of 13 men and women in a variety of dress. Of the 6 men, one at the far left is wearing a heavy sport... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2002-265 to 271
Dog and Horse Patrols
2002-265 to 271 shows training dogs on the beach of Stinson for patrol purposes. The first 6 photos are of the dogs while 271 shows 7 patrol horses led by 3 Coast Guard men, probably at Tevis Ranch, presently National Seashore headquarters barn. See... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2017-100-01
Stinson Beach Federal Park
Looking down on the Stinson Beach Park parking lot and beach sometime after it became a Federal Park (as noted on the back of the photo). The color is washed out so it is difficult to see how many people are on the beach but the parking lot is packed... View Full Record