SALUTE TO RAY MARIN

Ray Marin - North Hollywood High School Preservationist - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - 2008 (click on image to enlarge)
SALUTE TO RAY MARIN - THE MUSEUM'S MAN OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER 2008
Thanks to Ray Marin for his willingness to share his treasure trove of North Hollywood High School history, your Museum has a powerful insight into life at his alma mater in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Ray presented the Museum with a great compact disc featuring 8mm films made on the North Hollywood High School campus, along with music and photographs from the era. Your Museum has shared with alumnae women from Providence High School in Burbank, Valley advertisements from 1958 and other items to bring back memories for their 50th reunion.
Ray Marin understands the value of small items to help tell a bigger story. Below is an "Atomic Bomb" children's toy ring. It speaks more than words about the impact of "the bomb" on a far more naive world than our own. ... And, the bomb is made of lead no less.
Atomic Bomb Ring - Image in the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 -
THANKS RAY - WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP!

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

THE MUSEUM OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY COLLECTS ROCK AND ROLL

Your Museum is vitally interested in early Spanish Era history and the times of the California Mexican Ranchos, but we believe that history doesn't stop with the Korean War. The Museum of the San Fernando Valley invites you to celebrate our musical heritage up to 2008. Our Valley is at the epicenter of the world's creativity. Come join us.
The following advertisement from the collection of Ray Marin is part of the electronic archives of your Museum. Thanks Ray!

The great Gene Vincent - The "Be Bop A Lula Boy" - the heartthrob of San Fernando Valley girls in 1956. (click on images to enlarge)

The San Fernando Valley deserves a great Museum of history and culture.

CLASS OF 1959 - SAN FERNANDO VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLS

Advertisement for the Jump Burger - collection of Ray Marin 2008 (click on image to enlarge)
Is your graduating class of 1959 getting ready for its 50th Reunion?
Include your class' history in the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley. Your Museum is building the history of the San Fernando Valley item by item, story by story. We collect, preserve and exhibit:
Photographs Sports Memorabilia School-related objects such as menus, membership cards, post cards, graduation programs and announcements yearbooks and other treasures related to the Valley in which you went to school.
Contact your Museum at (818) 347-9665.

ADELPHIANS OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

Adelphians of North Hollywood High School Spring 1956 (click on image to enlarge) Collection of Ray Marin 2008 On back: "Gloria Delavara - President
Club Chanteclairs $25 Gift Certificate Raffle - May 25, 1955 (collection of Ray Marin 2008
Club Membership Card

RAY MARIN'S TREASURES CONTINUED

Scanning and storing the many North Hollywood High School, and Junior High School, treasures of Ray Marin is lots of fun (and work). It will likely take years before the people in these group pictures are identified. And, as with most historical artifacts, there are often more questions raised than answered.
"Pert Jills Club - 1956 or 1957" Collection of Ray Martin 2008 (click on image to enlarge)

Wallet Photograph marked in ink Carlau or Corlou
Photo by Willima De Pauk Jr. 5054 Lankershim Boulevard - Collection of Ray Marin


Hi-Y Membership Card "The Jesters" January 1, 1957

North Hollywood High School Basketball Schedule for 1956 - 1957
Please share information about these objects and other artifacts with your Museum

CANOGA PARK RELAYS OF 1954

Program from the Canoga Park Relays of 1954 - Collection of Ray Marin 2008 (click on image to enlarge)
What were Pacific Telephone Company, The Van Nuys News, Rathbun Department Store, The Valley News, Canoga Park Lions and Kiwanis Clubs, the Hollywood Trophy Company and the Sports Center all doing on March 5, 1954? They were sponsoring the All Valley Canoga Park Relays.Thanks to member of our Museum Community, Ray Marin we have yet another important piece of Valle sports history to add to our city's sport heritage.

The San Fernando Valley deserves a great Museum of history and culture.
Don't let your school treasures end up in someone else's garage sale. The lives of real people count! Make your story part of the story of the San Fernando Valley. Call your Museum today to see if that box of photos, that stack of year books or piece of pottery on your work bench can be a part of your Valley's heritage.
Call Anchor Education Foundation 818-34709665 Call The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 818-347-9665