1915 METHODIST RELIGIOUS CARDS

BUILDING A GREAT MUSEUM FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

On April 4th, 1903, Minnie Buckingham, was given a copy of Harper's Second Reader. Eight year old, Minnie lived in Oakley, Illinois. Tucked in the book were two religious cards, published quarterly at 10 cents per year, or 2 1/2 cents a quarter. The cards, produced by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Nashville, Tennessee in April and October 1914, were designed to teach New Testament stories to children. In 1914, the Protestant Methodist church still used the title of Methodist "Episcopal". The use of "South"in the church's title reflects the split between northern and southern congregations at the onset of the American Civil War. How these trading cards found their way into the 1903 reader of Minnie Buckingham is not known.

Religious teaching cards - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2014.

99 YEARS AGO GLENDALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE PLANNING GRADUATION

BUILDING A GREAT MUSEUM FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

I probably should have saved this entry for next year, but it is just too good not to share. Besides The Museum has a California State University Northridge graduate student working on The Museum's effort to discover and preserve Glendale history.

Glendale High School Commencement program 1915 - gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2014. (click on images to enlarge them.)

JOAN MARSH STARTED IN MOVIES AT AGE 2

CHERISHING OUR VALLEY        2013

Joan Marsh began her film career at the tender age of two. Her father, who worked as a cinematographer for Universal Pictures secured her role in the Universal film "Hearts Aflame" in 1915. After Hearts, Joan did lots of baby roles. 

As a young adult, she lived off and on in the San Fernando Valley while singing with Bing Crosby in King of Jazz. In 1934, she appeared with W.C. Fields as his daughter inf "You're Telling Me."

Joan Marsh - Dorothy Rosher   1913 - 2000

Autographed photograph in the collection of Ralph F. Muzzillo Sr. (courtesy of Ralphj Muzzillo Jr.

OLIVE AVE. BURBANK IN 1905

CHERISHING OUR VALLEY          2012

It was only 1907 years ago this August when Mother wrote her daughter Florence this priceless post card of Olive Avenue in Burbank.

Historic postcard of Olive Avenue in Burbank - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2012.  (click on the image to enlarge it.)

       Notes:  6 August 1915

       To: Miss Florence Lord  288 North Vernon Avenue Los Angeles Cal

       Dear Ones and All

       Miss you all. Have been busy today. Coun Maud preserved her crab apples

       and she gave me some, so I made 6 bottles of jelly and a qt. of jam.

       She also gave me Burbank plums and we filled all but 2 bottles of mine

       with jelly and I guess a dozen glasses for her. I made a dozen glasses of

       for her. I made 10 quarts of jam and could make all I could put up if I had

       sugar and jars. When Wm. comes out have him bring 1 dozen quart jaers

       for I borrowed some from M. Get them at Clarence;s store. I also

       borrowed 6 cups of sugar. Hope you are getting along fine.

       Love to all. Mother”

OLD LANKERSHIM VILLAGE MONUMENT TO BE DEDICATED ON JULY 9

2009 - The Year of Valley History.
Jokingly called "Lankershim Oranges," these pumpkins were a bumper crop in 1915. Photo from a North Hollywood commemorative brochure. (click on image to enlarge)

Richard Bogy sends a reminder that the monument commemorating Old Lankershim Village will be unveiled on July 9th
DEDICATION
Thursday, July 9
11:45 a.m. at the monument
(intersection of Lankershim, Cahuenga and the Los Angeles River ).

The San Fernando Valley, in the heart of the Creative Capital of the World, deserves a great Museum of history and culture.

MORE CIVIL WAR TREASURES

The San Fernando Valley is filled with memories of the American Civil War.

"This was taken Nov. 24th, 1915. The church was dedicated Nove. 30th, 1876 on Thanksgiving Day.
This is the school house where we sent to school and in which we enlisted in 1861 for the war.
The school house was built some time in 1847 or 1848 - no one living seems to know. The auto is Paul W. Hatches. The house Wm. Tripps. James S. Hatch."

(click on image to enlarge)
The house of William Tripps is at the far left. The school house is in the center of the photo and the church to the right in the foreground.
Since James E. Moss grow to manhood in Little Rock, Kendall County, Illinois - this photo is likely from that area of Illinois.
I believe the writer James S. Hatch was one of the Three Jims of Civil War fame.
Jerry Fecht

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AROUND 1914

Viewing Platform at Universal Studios c 1912-1915. Historic postcard - gift of Gary Fredburg 2009 to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge)
2009 -
. The Year of Valley History
In the year 1912, Carl Laemmle extended his motion picture business to California. He purchased property once owned by the Lankershim Land and Water Company, at the edge of the Los Angeles River and began making movies right away. He named his San Fernando Valley based operations, Universal City.
The sight, where Universal Studios stands today, was so useful for film making, that between 1914 and 1915, Laemmle moved his headquarters and main studio productions to the Valley.
The cinema-going audience has long been fascinated with how films are made, and Carl Laemmle knew a good thing when he saw it. Platforms were strategically placed around Universal Studios. This was the ancestor of the world famous Universal Studios Tours of today.

The San Fernando Valley, in the heart of the Creative Capital of the World, deserves a great Museum of history and culture.