HIGHT HOME ON ROSCOE - NORTHRIDGE 1954

DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY   2011

Nile Hight, son of the Mary Hight who was recently interviewed as part of The Museum's "Narrating Lives - Oral Histories of the San Fernando Valley, sent this photograph to the Archives of The Museum. Roscoe was a dirt road at the time this photograph was taken.

 

Photograph with comments on back, courtesy of Nile Hight 2011  (click on images to enlarge)

AN INTERVIEW WITH MARY HIGHT

DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY    2011             Northridge100

 Mary Hight

This last week I had the honor of conducting an oral history interview with Mrs. Mary Hight. Mary and her husband moved to Northridge when Roscoe Street was a dirt road. This charming lady came to live in North Hollywood in 1938 shortly after moving west from her childhood home in Kansas. With five children, much of Mary's life was spent caring for her family, but she made time for her many friends in America's Big Bands. Mary and her husband were great dancers, and the Big Bands seemed made for them.
Mary Hight was interviewed as part of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley's Narrating Lives - Oral Histories of the San Fernando Valley.