MUSEUM RECEIVES ITS 501 c 3 TAX EXEMPT STTUS

Elizabeth Morin looking at her city - 2008 - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge)
Elizabeth Morin at the presentation of The Thirsty Valley production by Theatre of Will at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
November 11, 2008
Congratulations to the Museum Community of the San Fernando Valley. The Museum of the San Fernando Valley has received notice that our application for exemption of Federal Income Tax under section 501 (c) (3), has been granted retroactive to February 25, 2005.
Your Museum may now receive tax-deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under sections 2055, 2106 or 2522 for the code. The Museum of the San Fernando Valley has been designated by the United States Department of the Treasury as a non-profit charity.

California Non-Profit Corporation # 2795694
Federal 501 (c) (3) number: 17053-240-343028
Federal Employee Identification Number EIN 26-1292402
Incorporated 07/25/05

Thank you, for all of the efforts made to accomplish our tax exempt status.

Gerald Fecht
President The Museum of The San Fernando Valley



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

3 GLENDALE POSTCARD TREASURES

Hotel Glendale - Postcard collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 - Gift of Gary Fredburg (click on image to enlarge)

Old Glendale Library - Postcard collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 - Gift of Gary Fredburg (click on image to enlarge)

Glendale Hyperion - Postcard collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 - Gift of Gary Fredburg (click on image to enlarge)

GLENDALE SANATORIUM - ADVENTIST HOSPITAL

Glendale Sanatorium - Postcard in the collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 - Gift of Gary Fredburg (click on image to enlarge)
One of the most important medical centers in the San Fernando Valley is the historic Glendale Sanatorium organized by members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in 1904. A church elder, John Burden led the organizational effort to create the medical center, at the encouragement of Ellen G. White, a prophetic leader of the Adventist religious movement. Ms. White (November 1827 to July 1915) spoke of having an "urgency from God" to build a medical sanatorium in the Los Angeles area.
On August 24, 1905 Glendale Sanatorium began its service to Southern California residents. This pre-dated the incorporation of the City of Glendale. By 1922, the Sanatorium had evolved into a full-service hospital center.
Glendale Adventist Hospital - 1509 Wilson Terrace - Glendale, CA 91206 - 1-(818) 409-8562

Victory Memorial Viaduct - Entrance to Glendale, California - Postcard in the collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 - Gift of Gary Fredburg (click on image to enlarge)

GET INVOLVED IN HISTORIC SURVEY OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

Ask anyone who grew up in the San Fernando Valley about special places in their neighborhoods and nearly everyone can tell you about a place like Shadow Rance or the old Orcutt estate. Here's a special opportunity to make sure that your part of the Valley is represented in the Getty Sponsored survey of our Valley. Make sure to double click to enlarge this flyer or to print it out. See you at the meeting!
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IMAGES OF AQUEDUCT WORKERS c. 1930

Thousands of skilled and unskilled workers made their livings on the Colorado River Aqueduct. The infusion of workers' money into the California economy had a major impact throughout the State.

Jackhammer worker - Water for 13 Cities - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gary Fredburg 2008 (click on image to enlarge)
Jackhammer workers made "good money" in this Depression Era aqueduct project, but experienced lifelong health problems.

Mucking Machine Operator - Water for 13 Cities - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gary Fredburg 2008 (click on image to enlarge)


Steelworker c 1930 - Water for 13 Cities - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gary Fredburg 2008 (click on image to enlarge)
As far back as the early 1930s, construction managers understood the importance of steel reinforcement in cement structures.