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Downtown Novato: 1942

Submitted by tterrace on Fri, 05/15/2015 - 1:29pm.
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May 1942. "In the parade of the Festival of the Holy Ghost, a Portuguese-American celebration. Novato, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.

May 1942. "In the parade of the Festival of the Holy Ghost, a Portuguese-American celebration. Novato, California." Medium format negative by Russell Lee for the Office of War Information. View full size.

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Very few spectators

Submitted by OTY on Sat, 05/16/2015 - 12:49pm.

for the Holy Ghost parade. Brings to mind Mellencamp's "I was born in a small town, etc."

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Still in business in Novato

Submitted by Sonoman on Fri, 05/15/2015 - 11:13pm.

Pini & Co. rebuilt and opened in a new location down the street in 1946, then moved a few years ago to a shopping center where it's now Pini Ace Hardware. Their 1946 location remains unoccupied, unfortunately. I live a few blocks away so I know the neighborhood well.

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A man and his truck

Submitted by pedrocooper on Fri, 05/15/2015 - 6:07pm.

The history of McClelland's Dairy.

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H. Pini & Co. destroyed

Submitted by scottiam on Fri, 05/15/2015 - 4:48pm.

by fire in 1944.

[The fire was on April 19, 1945 according to the Novato Historical Guild. -tterrace]

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