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.

TOMMY GELINAS OF VALLEY RELICS WOWS MUSEUM AUDIENCE AT KICK-OFF EVENT OF "TASTE OF HISTORY" SERIES

I skipped an LA Dodgers game to come to the history program at the Westfield mall this last Thursday.  The Dodgers lost - The Museum won by a landslide!

The entire Dining Terrace area was filled with over 100 guests! The speaker was lots of fun and obviously much liked by his  audience.

The program included:

• Juliet Mothershed from Westfield Fashion Square welcomed the Museum's 100 guests.
• Jerry Fecht, President of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley provide an introduction to The Museum.
• Michel Stevens, Chair of Marketing and Development of The Museum, organized and acted as MC for the event and introduced other Museum board members that attended.
• Burbank born Tommy Gelinas, founder and owner of Valley Relics (one of the largest private collections of San Fernando Valley memorabilia) was the featured speaker. He reminded his audience of the many once popular but now gone eateries of the Valley. He accompanied his talk with great slides of years gone by, including ones of what the Westfield Mall on Riverside Drive once looked.

 

Tommy Gelinas, Founder and Curator of Valley Relics, speaks to The Museum audience about San Fernando Valley cafes and historic restaurants.  Photo by Phyllis Hansen

Scott Sterling, board member and Gerald Fecht, President-Tommy Gelinas-Juliet Mothershed, Marketing Director of Westfield Fashion Square and Michel Stevens, board member at Taste of History event.

 The new Dining Terrace at the Westfield Fashion Square was entirely filled by Museum guests who came to hear the Valley celebrity speaker Tommy Gelinas. Photo by Phyllis Hansen. (click on image to enlarge it.)

Tommy and Michel Stevens arranged for so many door prizes that nearly everyone who came to the talk won one. Photograph by Phyllis Hansen.

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Most of the audience stayed until the very end, when we all serenaded Tommy with "I wish I were an Oscar Meyer Weiner..."

Please join us for the next Taste of History event on Thursday, July 26th as The Museum offer a program on the history of Campo de Cahuenga.

RADIO 100.3 FM INTERVIEWS LEADERS OF THE MUSEUM OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

 CHERISHING OUR VALLEY       2012

Tina Mica of Radio 100.3 FM "The Sound" interviews Michel Stevens on March 30th in the mid-Wilshire district on its program, "5900 Wilshire." Michel, a member of The Museum's Board of Directors, oversees The Museum's marketing and development efforts. 

100.3 FM The Sound, a major music station in greater Los Angeles.   

Michel Stevens and Dr. Jerry Fecht, president of The Museum, explained to "The Sound's" radio audience the ever expanding roles of your Museum in the cultural life of the San Fernando Valley.

MUSEUM PRODUCES NORTH HOLLYWOOD WALKING TOUR BOOKLET

DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY   2011

Written by Museum Board Member Richard Hilton, "A Historic Walking Tour of North Hollywood 'Home of the Peach'" has just been produced by The Museum of the San Fernando Valley. What began as a small souvenir for those who participate in the bi-monthly walking tour of the NoHo, has evolved into a handsome 20-page booklet with many delightful photographs and stories of the Valley city once known as "the Home of the Peach."

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With photographs generously loaned by Guy Weddington McCreary and images from the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley and from the collection of the author Richard Hilton, the booklet features images that haven't been seen for nearly a century.

Edited in part by Museum Board Member Phyllis Hansen, the work was also edited and produced by Michel Stevens. Graphic design, creative and layout services were provided by Graphic Elements. The brochure was funded by the Mid-town North Hollywood Neighborhood Council and in part by The Museum of the San Fernando Valley.

For the last two years, The Museum's historic walking tours have been graciously sponsored by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

In 2012, The Museum plans on producing two more tour booklets; one for the Van Nuys historic walking tour and a self-guided automobile tour of the Northridge, Porter Ranch and Granada Hills areas of the San Fernando Valley.