A LITTLE FUN WITH JESSUP DAIRY FARM IN GLENDALE

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Humorous postcard - Jessup Dairy  c. 1955 - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2014.  (click on image to enlarge it.)

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A PEEK AT CHATSWORTH IN 1951

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Sixty three years ago downtown Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley looked a lot like it does today, except for the priceless vintage automobiles.  Writing to Fran Irvine on Sunnydell Trail in Hollywood, Emme said on her August 1951 postcard, "Dear Fran, Hope Orman and family have arrived and all ok. I am busy preparing to move. Packing a few things every day. Everything ok. Hope to see you soon. Emme".

Vintage postcards from Chatsworth, California 1951 - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2014.  (click on imafges to enlarge them.)  Chatsworth Market, Valley Country Cafe.

DEBBI REYNOLDS GOT HER START AT MISS BURBANK

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One of our nation's great performers of stage, screen and television is the great Debbi Reynolds. This all-time mega-star graduated from Burbank High School and was chosen Miss Burbank about the same time. Over her long career, Debbi has supported many Valley causes. Her achievements are among the many reasons we can claim the San Fernando Valley as the heart of the Entertainment Capital of the World.

Early fan photo card of Debbi Reynolds. Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2014.  (click on image to enlarge it.)

PHIL EVERLY WAS A STAR OF ROCK AND ROLL, COUNTRY AND AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC

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On January 3rd 2014, one of the great voices of American music was silenced. Phil Everly one of the world famous Everly Brothers died at Providence Saint Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, the part of the San Fernando in which he lived for many years.
The Museum of the San Fernando Valley first came into contact with him when Gary Fredburg discovered that Phil Everly had used the historic Phil's Diner in North Hollywood for an album cover. Gary acquired a copy of the record and visited his Burbank neighbor for an autograph to present to Casey Hallenbeck for the re-opening of the diner on Lankershim Boulevard.

(left) Phil Everly and his partner brother Don in 1957

Phil Everly  1939 - 2014

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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN GLENDALE

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In 1903, Glendale California was a small town surrounded by cling peach orchards developed in nearby Lankershim (now North Hollywood) at the end of the 19th century.  Initially members of the Methodist Episcopal community were served by a circuit-rider minister who rode from town to town conducting services. In the 1960s, when he was nearly 100 years old, Webb McKelvey (who was a member of the first graduating class from now the University of Southern California) told this writer that his father was a circuit rider minister who served Glendale on his rounds by horseback.

(Members of the Methodist Episcopal Church founded the University of Southern California to serve as a college and Methodist seminary.)

Rev. Charles Norton served as the Glendale church's first pastor and oversaw the construction of the first wooden church in 1906.

 Present sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church of Glendale, California. Postcards are gifts from Gary Fredburg 2014. (click on images to enlarge them)

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