GLYCERINE "WATER" FALLS AT THE TOPANGA MALL

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Around 1967, the Topanga Mall installed a really interesting glycerine waterfall. Beads of glycerine, about the size of water drops, moved as if in slow motion down wires of mono-filament fishing lines. The effect was dramatic. No doubt the glycerine drops attracted dust resulting in real clogging problems. But, while the fountains last, they were exceptional. 

Glycerine falls at the Topanga Mall c. 1967- Postcards gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2014.  (click on images to enlarge them.)

MOVIE STARS AT 1967 MOTION PICTURE HOSPITAL DEDICATION

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In 1967 a new building was dedicated at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital in Woodland Hills. Holhy Cross Brother Roberto Muller CSC brought the Notre Dame High School band to play for the occasion.


Jane Meadows

Br. Roberto Muller, actress Irene Dunn & television personality and performer Steve Allen.

Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2013. (click on image to enlarge it.)

 Brother Roberto Muller and the great Lucile Ball at Hospital dedication 1967.

Beloved film star and television personality Jane Meadows with Roberto Muller CSC.

Jane Meadows lives in Studio City. She was married to the great Steve Allen. Lucile Ball's home was in Chatsworth. The Notre Dame High School marching band has achieved international recognition over the years.

SHERRY LYN FORKAS WAS PIERCE COLLEGE HOMECOMING QUEEN IN 1967

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 Pierce College 1967 Homecoming Queen Sherry Lyn Forkas 

Sponsored by the Beta Chapter of Phi Delta Psi Fraternity and her sorority Delta Chi Epsilon, 19 year old Sherry Farkas was elected Pierce College homecoming queen in the Spring of 1967. Sherry was a graduate of Canoga Park High School. Phi Delta Psi was among a dozen organizations sponsoring a homecoming queen candidate. 

Other Greek organizations at Pierce at the time were: Alpha Mu Gamma, Alpha Sigma Theta, Phi Beta Lambda, Kappa Beta Phi, Phi Epsilon Chi, Theta Chi Omega, Sigma Delta and Delta Chi Epsilon.

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MORE CANTARA STREET SCHOOL PHOTOS

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Here are two more great Cantara Street School photos, gifts from Gary Fredburg to The Museum of The San Fernando Valley.  (Click on photographs to enlarge them.)

 Mr. Stevenson's 5th grade class at Cantara Street School - April 1967

Mrs Sando's 6th grade class at Cantara Street School in April 1968

20th ANNIVERSARY OF L.A. PIERCE COLLEGE - 1967 - 1968

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HAM RADIO CARDS

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More than one of my friends has expressed concern that all "this texting will undermine our kids ability to spell out important words. Well, I suppose that is why they have "spellcheck".  Anyway, these Ham Radio Contact Cards may be the parents of these "texters." R U rdng this ok.  Jerry

 Ham Radio Contact Card 1956 -  Gift to the Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2011.  (click on image to enlarge)
Dick Zobel mailed this New Year greeting by way of his Ham Radio card on December 22, 1956. to Roy "Ham of the Year" in Mission, Kansas.  Dick wrote: "Tnx 4 nice QSO. Ur my first Kansas contact." Dick lived on Hamlin Street in Van Nuys.

  Ham Radio Contact Card 1973 -  Gift to the Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2011.  (click on image to enlarge) This Ham Radio card was not mailed. The names Frank Marble and La Moleiett are on the contact side of the card along with 8/m and H-P Meeting instrumentation, It came from Providencia Street in Woodland Hills.

   Ham Radio Contact Card 1954 -  Gift to the Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2011.  (click on image to enlarge) This card was sent from Frank Bates III  in Sherman Oaks on December 24, 1954 to an address in Mission, Kansas.

   Ham Radio Contact Card 1967 -  Gift to the Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2011.  (click on image to enlarge) This contact card was sent to a Ham Radio operator in Ben Lomond, California.

GRANADA HILLS FOOTBALL PLAYERS WITH "STARLET" IN 1967

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Football players from Granada Hills take part in promotional hype before the 1967 all San Fernando Valley East-West football game, with "Movie starlet" Teddy Marlow. Left to right were: Tom Van Dulm, Keith Parkhurst, Doug Combs, Steve Mirau and Bob LeDuc.

Photo - Gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2011.
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LINDA HALL 1967 MISS SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

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Linda Hall - Miss San Fernando Valley of 1967 - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2011. (click on image to enlarge)

MARDI GRAS AT PIERCE COLLEGE 1967

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You can tell a lot about what sorts of artifacts and photographs are arriving to your Museum, by the photographs posted on this blog. Since each in-coming picture gets an identification number and is scanned for our records, blog viewers often get a peek at what is being recorded. The following photographs taken from a photo album kept by pledges of the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity in the Spring of 1967, allows us to visit Mardi Gras on the Pierce College Campus, 43 years ago.

 Beta Chi Delta sorority girl at the Phi Delta Phi booth - Photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Jerry Berns 2009.(refer to photo 2075)

 Phi Delta Psi Fraternity member Bob Moore welcomes Mardi Gras visitors to his organization's booth.
(photo number 2071)

 Student projects, such as the Pierce College Mardi Gras were strongly supported by the school's many fraternities, sororities and special interest clubs in 1967.  (photo number 2070)

 Pierce students gather to make wagers on their Mardi Gras turtle races. (photo 2068)

 

Student floats prepare to parade across the Pierce College campus. (photo 2074)

GREAT PIERCE COLLEGE "RUSSIAN INVASION" WATERFIGHT 1967

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Phi Deta Psi pledges at Pierce College prepare for their Spring waterfight - photo gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Jerry Berns 2009 -  refer to photo 2060

      The Cold War was a very real thing to Americans in the 1960s, and college students responded to the threat with typical youthful bravado. Here LA Pierce College students, pledges in the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity, held a spring water fight with active members of the organization calling it the Russian Invasion. Today alumni of the Fraternity through their Maple Leaf Society are among The Museum's strongest supporters.

Student Ray Lupacchini wields a fire extinguisher in a 1967 Pierce College water fight  - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - refer to photograph 2063

"Siege of the Pool - Russian Invasion Water Fight" Pierce College Spring 1967.

(refer to photo number 2062 - gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Jerry Berns 2009)  Water balloon strategically aimed - photo 2057

A VIETNAM CHRISTMAS DINNER

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There's a German word, popular in World War Ii movies, called "ersatz".  To my understanding, the word means a synthetic that just doesn't measure up to the real thing. I suppose that half the problem with a synthetic is the promise that it will taste or smell like fresh strawberries when it's closer to "mystery meat."

25 December 1967 - Christmas Dinner menu and holiday message to American Marines in Vietnam.
 Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Jerry Berns 2010.

 Less sensitive to religious diversity than modern military officials, the leadership of the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War made the above assumption that their enlisted men and women shared their preferences.

 (click on this menu to read Jerry Berns' notes on the menu he saved from his service as a Marine during the Vietnam War.)
Tomato Juice Cocktail - none
Shrimp Cocktail, Saltines - none left
Scotch Broth - Didn't have it.
Roasted Turkey - canned, overcooked - dry
Cornbread Dressing - Didn't have it.
Baked Ham - Canned - Not bad.

NORTHRIDGE ASSEMBLY OF GOD 1967 WOMEN'S GROUP

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Northridge Assembly of God Church - "WMC" meeting 1967 - Gift of Art Jacobs 2010 for the Northridge100 celebration - The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge) possibly the officers.

Northridge Assembly of God Church - "WMC" meeting 1967 - Gift of Art Jacobs 2010 for the Northridge100 celebration - The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge)


Join in the festivities of Northridge100 - a year long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Northridge, Porter Ranch and historic Zelzah.

HODY'S DRIVE IN - VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA

Hody's Drive In Restaurant 1967 - vintage postcard given to the archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gary Fredburg 2009. (click on image to enlarge)

In the year 2000, Van Horn, Iowa had a population of 216 people. I wonder how many people it had when R&S wrote this post card featuring Hody's Restaurant on the corner of Sepulveda and Victory in Van Nuys in 1967? On a good night, the Van Nuys Drive In Theater would have had more than 216 people in its audience?
San Fernando - July 11, 1967 Sat. PM
Hi, Arrive there about 12:30 PM. Wonderful weather all the way. Had lunch at Betty's.
My glasses just fell into in Las Vegas at nose piece. Had to buy new frames. Hot today. Love R&S"