Jim Dixon Remembers Syd Boyle

Oral History

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Stinson Beach Historical Society

Origsize: 5 x 5.5; Origformat: Other; Resolution: 72

Origsize: 5 x 5.5; Origformat: Other; Resolution: 72

Name/Title

Jim Dixon Remembers Syd Boyle

Entry/Object ID

2006A-107-02

Scope and Content

Jim Dixon remembers his step-grandfather Syd Boyle ("Puppa Syd"). As a young man, Syd ran a dry-cleaning business but was a bookie on the side. His house was one of the 14 houses swept out to sea in 1982-1983. We learn a little history of Marin County (Mill Valley and Tiburon, in particular) and the Boyle family's place in it (including his grandmother Madeline's Gin from Southern Marin); Syd's love of duck hunting, which led to his paintings of ducks and birds on driftwood; the 1982-82 storms that destroyed his house on the beach, and his friends and family who helped him rebuild the house where he lived and died at age 89.

Collection

SBHS Archival Collection/History/Personal/Oral

Acquisition

Accession

2006A-107

Source or Donor

Jim Dixon Memories of Sid Boyle

Acquisition Method

Produced by Staff