Forty-seven years ago today the cast of the Jennifer O’Neill film Summer of ’42 arrived on the Mendocino Coast to begin work locally on the bittersweet coming of age classic. According to the Shooting Schedule in the Kelley House Museum’s archives, the first day of filming involved the exterior of character Hermie’s house, at present day 45300 Ukiah Street in Mendocino. The schedule noted that the [...]
Please join us on Sunday, July 23, at 4 p.m. for a special panel presentation from four of the Coast's premier photographers. John Birchard, Ron LeValley, Julie Masterson and Nicholas Wilson will present examples of their work and talk about the challenges and pleasures of photography on the Mendocino Coast. Admission for members is $5; non-members pay $7. Please come early for best seating. The panel [...]
by Katy Tahja, Kelley House Museum Volunteer I wish I could have gone to the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. At a recent book sale I picked up the official guide book, priced 25 cents, and was fascinated by the attractions offered, even if they happened 78 years ago. Called a World’s Fair, it lasted from February 18 to December 2, 1939, and featured nations on [...]
Seeing Mendocino as it is today, it may be difficult to think of the town as a mill town, but it certainly was. The mill was central to the existence of the town, and to the presence of the other towns which came into being as a result of the lumber industry. The mill’s beginning is well-documented, with the players named and the chronology established. The [...]
The Kelley House recently received a bound booklet containing a handwritten collection of recipes given to Elise A. Drexler by San Francisco friends in 1898. Elise was born into the William and Eliza Kelley family in 1866, Daisy’s younger sister. It is hard to imagine her with so much as a pin curl out of place or a bead of sweat on her brow, but she [...]