A TERRIFIC WHITE ELEPHANT SALE THIS WEEKEND IN TARZANA

BOOKS
CERAMICS
GLASS
and..........
Other Great Stuff






What better place to look for a "white elephant" than the Tarzana Community Center's amazing safari of lost treasures sale on June 9, 2007. Like all great collectables sales, the White Elephant sale will get going early - really early: 8 am.
Don't worry that getting out for terrific bargains will cause you to miss your weekend breakfast. The Center's famous pancake breakfast will be going on at the same time.
Saturday June 9 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM


It's not too late to make contributions to the White Elephant Sale. Call: (818) 705-1286 for information.


The San Fernando Valley deserves a great Museum of History and Culture.

CRISIS FACES HISTORIC WEDDINGTON HOUSE - THE MOTHER HOUSE OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD

One of the most important homes in the San Fernando Valley is facing the wrecking ball - as soon as this month!
In 1904, the Mother-House of North Hollywood was moved to its present site, now in the middle of an industrial neighborhood. Located at 11025 Weddington Street in North Hollywood, just west of Vineland, the venerable house was the home to generations of the family that founded the town of North Hollywood.
The Mother House of North Hollywood is just too important to future generations to be discarded.

We'll let you know more very soon about this sad situation. In the meanwhile contact The Museum of the San Fernando Valley and share you ideas, possible solutions, or feelings about this vital matter.



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

RARE PHOTOS OF PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT FOUND IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD

President Wm. Howard Taft opening the water tunnel at Gunnison, Colorado c. 1909

Buller Collection ©






As our Museum Community grows through The Museum of the San Fernando Valley, we can expect more treasures like the photographs recently discovered in a North Hollywood steamer trunk. President Taft officially opened the Gunnison Tunnel in Colorado.

THANKS FOR A GREAT MUSEUM BOARD MEETING

IVORY TAGS FROM THE U.S. INVASION OF IWO JIMA - WWII
collection of
San Fernando Valley Veteran, James L. Fecht
The Museum of the San Fernando Valley







Just a note of thanks to all of you who attended the meeting of the Board of Directors and Advisors this last Wednesday at Campo de Cahuenga. Our change of meeting time to 5:30 pm worked out well. Special thanks to Gary Fredburg for adding two great historic postcards to the Museum's collection. Tons of things have happened since the meeting, so check this blog a lot over the next week. Jerry Fecht

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

"CRUISE NIGHT" AT BOB'S BIG BOY IN THE 1950s

"CRUISE NIGHT" - postcard in the collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley
Reproduced with the permission of the California artist Kent Bash

Popular Culture is a special interest of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley. Our growing collection of 1950s-60s memorabilia reflects our determination to capture not only the history of the San Fernando Valley, but its "spirit" and energy as well. Our Vice President, Gary Fredburg, always on the lookout for paper treasures for the Museum, has just presented us with several historic Valley postcards - one of which is a scene from the "American Roadside" painting entitled "Cruise Night" by the much admired California artist, Kent Bash. The postcard features typical 1950s car awaiting carhop service at Bob's Big Boy on Van Nuys Boulevard.
When Kent gave this blog permission to share his work electronically from his website (www.kentbash.com/ - 2k) with the Museum Community, he noted:
"If you look around in the open edition gallery on my website you will likely find that a great many of the works there reveal the influence of growing up here in the San Fernando Valley. If you click on the images you will find the story behind the work for many of them.
These paintings are only the ones that are published and are available in print form. Once I get my web person in gear, a limited edition gallery will be added showing my varied other themes & series, many of which feature either locations, or are in some way
Influenced by having grown up here.
Currently, I'm finishing up my second book, and like my first, it will feature a number of both paintings and photographs from around both the San Fernando Valley & the Southern California area. Although it's not a history book it will have one 44-page chapter entitled "Cruising Bob's and Van Nuys Boulevard When Cruising Was King. My only regret is I couldn't find any good photographs of the Van Nuys Bob's. My book is entitled "Memos From Koolsville", it's a hot rod, art, pop and kustom kulture diary.
KENT BASH