GLENDALE UNION HIGH SCHOOL IN 1908

BUILDING A GREAT MUSEUM FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

The first public high school in Glendale, California was opened in 1902. Students not only came from Glendale, but from La Crescentia, Burbank and Eagle Rock. This grand old structure was built in 1908. Aging, earthquakes and even a student arsonist wore down this building that was located on Harvard Street.

Union High School, Glendale California - historic postcard - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2014. (click on image to enlarge it.)

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.)

THE MUSEUM OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SERVES GLENDALE

9th Annual City Championship Game - November 11, 1938 - Glendale High School vrs. Hoover High School (click on image to enlarge)
City Championship Flyer - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2008

The 16 year old boys who took to the football field at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in November 1938 are 86 years old today. In April Benito Mussilini ordered the fascist attack on Ethiopia and the football players would graduate just as the Second World War would begin. Just as Glendale boys from Hoover and Glendale High School would play their championship game in Pasadena, the residents of the San Fernando Valley did not let political boundaries restrict their lives. The Museum of the San Fernando Valley serves Glendale, Eagle Rock as well as Canoga Park and Calabasas.