BUSCH GARDENS WAS A HOLIDAY DESTINATION IN THE NORTH SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

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In the mid 1960s, Anheuser-Busch opened its famous Busch Gardens in northern Van Nuys. The gardens were an outgrowth of the Busch family's personal gardens in Pasadena. For many years, after the closing of the gardens in 1979, exotic birds visited homes in the north and west San Fernando Valley. 

 

Busch Bavarian Pavilion - 3000 tons of feather rock was used to form the lagoon. Postcards - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2012.  (click on image to enlarge)

 Budweiser Pavilion where visitors were allowed to taste sample of beer.

World famous Clydesdale Horses originally from Scotland. Each horse weighed about 2,000 pounds and about 6 feet tall.

 

 Flamingo Island used for the display, care and breeding of beautiful pink birds.

 Monorail feature of Busch Gardens.

 Trained parrots were a major feature of the Busch Gardens' experience.

THE MUSEUM’S MAILING ADDRESS

The Museum of the San Fernando Valley
21031 Ventura Blvd., Suite 419
Woodland Hills, CA 91364

MUSEUM’S TELEPHONE         1 (818) 347-9665

MUSEUM’S BLOG

http://museumsanfernandovalley.blogspot.com/

MUSEUM’S WEBSITE

www.TheMuseumSFV.org

WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT DOLORES FERNANDEZ THE DANCER?

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I found your info. while looking up Dolores Fernandez the dancer from Hollywood.  Do you know her or who she was?
from:  Kathryn (an interested artist and lover of music and dance)

ARDISHER RADPOUR HORSEMAN AND BUSINESSMAN

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While working in my art studio the other day, I found this great picture of Ardisher Radpour when he was "Tommy Trojan" at the University of Southern California. A remarkable horseman, Ardisher is a polo player, actor, sportsman, Persian historian, and San Fernando Valley-based businessman. He is a graduate of Chatsworth High School, Moorpark College, the University of Southern California. He also holds a masters degree in business from California State University Northridge. Ardisher makes his home in Porter Ranch.

Ardisher Radpour - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - (click on image to enlarge)

JOHNNY DOWNS WAS A VALLEY FIXTURE IN THE 1940s

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Johnny Downs - detail from vintage postcard - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2012 - (click on image to enlarge it.)

Johnny Downs nearly became a "has been" actor by the age of 14. As a little boy in the Our Gang Comedies, he played a character named for himself, "Johnny,"  1923 - 1926. Being friends with Valley-based performers such as Bing Crosby and Jack Oakie, help Johnny to find work, especially as a character in the popular "college movies" of the 1940s. His successful role in Republic Pictures' "Melody and Moonlight" released just prior to World War II, almost relaunched his career.