JACK & RINA DAVIS, NORTH HOLLYWOOD PIONEERS

2009 - The Year of Valley History
Rina Davis of the Pioneer Davis Family - Photo from the Davis Family Album, Gift from Dave High - July 2009
Handsome Rina Davis lived her life in North Hollywood, California. She lived in her 90s.

Jack Davis Davis of the Pioneer Davis Family - Photo from the Davis Family Album, Gift from Dave High - July 2009 Jack Davis (see earlier posting) spent his life as a farmer
in the San Fernando Valley. He also purchased land in Studio City, that he developed for commercial purposes. Jack died in 1936 of cancer.

Rina Davis of the Pioneer Davis Family - Photo from the Davis Family Album, Gift from Dave High - July 2009
The Davis family home was located near the present Gelson's Market - Laurel Canyon and the 101 Freeway. These people were identified by a Davis family descendent, Guy Weddington McCreary in August 2009.

The San Fernando Valley, in the heart of the Creative Capital of the World, deserves a great Museum of history and culture.

JACK DAVIS - THE SF VALLEY'S FIRST TENNIS CHAMPION

Jack Davis - Davis Family Album page 13 - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Dave High - July 2009.
Serious tennis was brought to the San Fernando Valley by the family of Hammond Davis in the late 1800s. Jack (likely a nickname for John) Davis was best at the game. So, it might be fair to call him the first athletic champion of his times.

Jack Davis - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Dave High - July 2009.
This portrait of Jack Davis was among the loose photographs in the High Collection. His connection to the historic Davis family of Lankershim / North Hollywood has been verified by Guy Weddington McCreary and possibly his signature across this portrait photograph taken by the Byou Studio on South Spring Street, Los Angeles.