A VALLEY FULL OF SURPRISES (Part 2)

RESEDA PARK c. 1960s

Vintage postcard - gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 

from Gary Fredburg 2015

One of the things I love most about the San Fernando Valley is how the public makes use of its parks and recreational spaces. From birthday parties to afternoon walks, the Valley's parks are beehives of activity. The Museum's files on the histories of our parks and constantly revised plans for their use, grow every day. Just this week, for example, The Museum's library has added a dozen yearbooks on Little Leagues in Granada Hills and Northridge. 

A fascinating history of sports and recreation in the San Fernando Valley grows daily in The Museum's archives. From our treasured photographs of the first Valley bicycles (brought from Brighton, England by the Smith family founders of North Hollywood), to Frank Sinatra singing the Stars Spangled Banner opening a baseball game at Birmingham Hospital (now High School), to the arrival of AYSO soccer leagues, sports play a major role in Valley history. Our school football programs not only relate athletic history but genuine works of art. 

                                                                                        comments by Jerry Fecht

The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 

18860 Nordhoff St., Suite 204 

Northridge, CA 91324-3885 

Telephone:  818-347-9665