100 YEARS OF VAN NUYS HIGH SCHOOL - ROBERT REDFORD 1953

BUILDING A GREAT MUSEUM FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

As part of our exhibit preparation for the 100th anniversary of Van Nuys High School, Sue Falk of Calabasas loaned historic 1952 and 1953 yearbooks to The Museum Associates. She noted that the to be famous actor Robert Redford was a student at Van Nuys High during that time. 

 ROBERT REDFORD 

11th grade student at Van Nuys High School.

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BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PICHER DON DRYSDALE WENT TO VAN NUYS HIGH SCHOOL

BUILDING A GREAT MUSEUM FOR THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

One of the greatest pitchers in the history of the Los Angeles Dodgers was Don Drysdale, who was born in Van Nuys, California. A Cy Young Award winner, Drysdale attended Van Nuys High School with the actor Robert Redford.  Honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Drysdale lived as a youth only a few blocks from Van Nuys High.

 DON DRYSDALE

July 23, 1936 to July 3, 1993

Don Drysdale baseball card in original protective cover - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2014.  (click on images to enlarge them.)

ROBERT REDFORD IS A GRADUATE OF VAN NUYS HIGH SCHOOL

DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY          2010                      Celebrating 100 years of Van Nuys

As part of The Museum's effort to bring awareness to the San Fernando Valley's enormous entertainment industry heritage, and to relate the story of Van Nuys, here's one of the area's prominent personalities.
Robert Redford, as a youth worked in a pharmacy in Valley Glen and graduated from Van Nuys High School.

 Robert Redford - vintage postcard - gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gerald Fecht 2011. (click on image to enlarge)

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