SEPULVEDA RESIDENT PAUL ZUKOWSKI SERVED IN US ARMY FIELD ARTILLERY IN 1942

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PAUL ZUKOWSKI

1943 Valley Times Honor Roll Album - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Dennis Spiegelman  2014.  (click on image to enlarge it.)    

 "Private Paul Zukowski of the U. S. Army field artillery entered the service May four 1942 after attending Van Nuys high school and belonging to the R.O.T.  He was a carpet layer in private life and resided in Sepulveda. His mother Mrs. Katie Sue Zukowski  lives at ____ Clayton St., North Hollywood."

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ED DAVIS WAS LA POLICE CHIEF FROM 1969 TO 1978

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With the exception of the San Fernando Valley's independent cities (San Fernando city, Glendale, Burbank, Calabasas and Hidden Hills,  Edward Davis was our region of Southern California's police chief for nine long years. Very much a product of his post World War II ear, chief Davis to keep the City and the Valley "protected" (from his point of view) by enforcing procedures viewed unacceptable today. 

Fearful of anti-Vietnam War activists, Davis used undercover police to pose as students at LA Valley, Pierce College and newly created California State University Northridge. Under his orders, gays and lesbians lived in great fear, especially since Davis utilized entrapment as a major tool. Gay night clubs in the North Hollywood and Studio City areas, were regularly raided for news-worthy arrests. 

Ed Davis nurtured his "tough cop" image, and became world famous during his department's investigation of the Valley-based murders of the Charles Manson cult.

After his retirement, Ed Davis served in the California State Legislature, where he supported the community colleges, and the emerging rights of lesbians and gays.

I was doing an art project at Los Angeles International Airport, when I ran into Chief Davis. We had met when I was a graduate student at USC. I asked him for his autograph and he agreed. 27 April 1978. It was shortly after his retirement.

Ed Davis 1916 - 2005

Gifts to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gerald Fecht 2014.

MUSEUM OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY IS A MEMORY ARCHIEVE OF THE VIETNAM WAR

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Time slips away in its silver source, for those who lived through events of the past, it vanishes like dreams, some joyous and others in numbing sadness. For those who grew up in the Valley in the early 1960s, the troubles in far away Vietnam seemed only the rumblings of the "cold war" that resulted from earlier conflicts in World War II and the Korean Conflict. Boys, young men and women joined the Valley's Reserve units more from patriotism than an impending military draft. But, war was to come with mounting headlines and seductions.
By 1964, sleepy National Guard bases and Reserve units, were no longer weekends of passive drills and two week summer adventures. War was the reality of draft cards, fear and interrupted lives.
Today, The Museum of the San Fernando Valley is collecting and carefully preserving the voices of the Vietnam War era. Story by story, artifact by artifact, We've only a few weeks away now from a Museum workspace. Won't you consider becoming a volunteer members of our Museum Associates? We will need a dedicated committee of men and women, determined to present the Valley's military story to today's and future generations.

 Viet Cong propaganda - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Jerry Berns 2012.

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TEACHER FROM INDIA INFLUENCES VALLEY IN 1930s

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Eastern religious thinking was introduced into the San Fernando Valley in the 1930s by teachers such as the world famous Indian guru Paramahansa Yogananda. The followers of the great mystic established the Self Realization Fellowship that still maintain centers in Los Angeles and the San Diego area. 

On April 19th, The Museum of the San Fernando Valley will celebrate the heritage of India with music, lectures and dance in Northridge, California.

 Paramahansa Yogananda

1893 - 1952

Self Realization Lake Shrine - vintage postcard - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gerald Fecht 2014.  (click on images to enlarge them.)

The Santa Inez spring, along side of Sunset Boulevard. once was among the sources that supplied water to the movie lots of Inceville. Early Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan films were made at the site. Years passed and the followers of Paramahansa Yogananda created the present day Lake Shrine at this location. Today, under the lotus arch, stands a Chinese monument wherein there are some of the ashes of Mohandas Ghandi.  Visits to the Shrine at 17190 Sunset Boulevard are free and among the most memorable sites in Los Angeles.

SEEING THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY THROUGH CAPTURED GERMAN TELESCOPES FROM WORLD WAR ONE

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Soon Northridge visitors will be treated to an handsome new mural showing scenes from the old time religious colony of Zelzah. Under the direction of Museum Board Member, Roger Dolin, the exciting new mural will be among the first to be painted through The Museum's Public Arts Initiative. Murals have been a part of Valley life since the Tongva people (Ferdinandinos) decorated the walls of the chapel of the Mission of San Fernando Rey de España.

Photograph of German telescopes' promotion c. 1920 - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2014.  (click on image to enlarge it.) How many of these Valley locations can you identify today?

At the onset of World War I, Germany and Switzerland were considered the finest optical manufacturers in the world. Seeing the San Fernando Valley through the "Kaiser's Telescopes" was a chance to share in America's victory of the Central Powers.