RICHARD BOGY GIVES BEST VALLEY HISTORY TALK OF THE YEAR.

CHERISHING OUR VALLEY    2012

Recently, Toluca Lake historian Richard Bogy was the featured speaker as part of The Museum's "Taste of History" event at Westfield Fashion Square. He spoke to The Museum Community on the important historical heritage of Campo de Cahuenga. Bogy, a member of the Board of Directors of the Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association, provided a fascinating history from the site's time where Tongva villages dotted the Los Angeles River to the gift of Mrs Amatage Forbes for generations to come by preserving the location. (click on image to enlarge it.) 

Richard Bogy gives the best historical talk so far this year.

 

Beth Perrin, Secretary and Deuk Perrin, President of Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association attended and supported Richard Bogy at the Taste of History event at Westfield Fashion Square.

Michel Stevens, Chair of Taste of History event and featured speaker Richard Bogy.

  

Guests mingle at The Museum’s space at Westfield Fashion Square, first floor, at post-speaker event.

After each event The Museum opens up the space for those that want to return, view space and artifacts for the first time, join to become a member, make a donation and learn how to become more involved.

Please consider attending next FREE speaker event on Thursday, August 30th @ 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. for Taste of Horses in the Valley.

RARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY SAN FERNANDO

Newspaper photo of San Fernando Road in 1882. Gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Beth Perrin 2010 (click on image to enlarge)
The Porter House was a hotel and dining establishment. Next to it was a billard parlor and saloon, and the clapboard covered Maclay Moffitt store. Corner of Maclay and San Fernando Road.
The W.B. Shaug Saloon 1904 - Gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Beth Perrin 2010 (click on image to enlarge)
John "Jack" Wilson, in front of the Mission San Fernando c. 1883 - Gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Beth Perrin 2010 (click on image to enlarge)



Special thanks to Beth Perrin for these early newspaper clippings of San Fernando.

THE MUSEUM OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SALUTES DEUK AND BETH PERRIN

2009 - The year of Valley History.
Deuk and Beth Perrin at Phyllis Hansen's "Charmed" book lecture at the San Fernando Valley Historical Society - June 2009. Photo for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gerald Fecht. (click on image to enlarge)

History's treasurers, in most cases, don't survive by accident. America's Campo de Cahuenga in North Hollywood is a good example. Without the leadership of Deuk and Beth Perrin, one of our country's most important landmarks could easily have slipped into a dusty and forgotten place. Beth and Deuk and the members of the Campo de Cahuenga Historical Memorial Association volunteer hours and hours on our behalf. In their case, a "double thank you" in certainly in order.

HAPPY EASTER BIRTHDAY TO BETH PERRIN

Vintage Postcard of the San Fernando Valley - Gift of Fred Berk 2007 - Collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley
Phyllis Hansen shares this Holiday Message"
Happy Birthday to Beth, whose celebration falls on Easter for the first and last time.

Easter this year is March 23. Easter is the first Sunday after the
first full moon following the Spring Equinox, which is March 20. This
dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that the Hebrews used to
identify Passover which is why Easter moves around on our Roman calendar.
Based on the above, Easter can only be one day earlier, the 22nd (tho I'm not sure why it
can't be the 21st -- perhaps because that is the first full day following Spring Equinox?)

Anyway, the next time Easter will fall on March 23 will be in 2228. The last time it was
March 21 was 1913 -- so unless your 95 or older you weren't around for that one.

The next time Easter will be on March 22 will be in 2285. And the last time was in 1818.
Therefore, no one under the age of 94/95 was alive the last time Easter fell on March 23.

Beth Perrin is an advisor to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley, and a member of our Valley Visionaries Selection Committee