CANOGA PARK IS CELEBRATING ITS 100th ANNIVERSARY

DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY   2011

Congratulations to the great San Fernando Valley community of Canoga Park on its first 100 years. The Museum of the San Fernando Valley will focus attention on historic Canoga Park and Owensmouth for this anniversary year.  Check out the 100th year celebration at the website below.

Website	http://www.canogapark100.com

AN INTERVIEW WITH MARY HIGHT

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 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.

FOREST LAWN - TWO BURIAL SITES IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

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There are two major Forest Lawn Cemeteries in the greater San Fernando Valley. The largest and oldest is located in Glendale, and the second in the Hollywood Hills overlooking Burbank and Toluca Lake.

Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills - vintage postcard - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2011.  (click on image to enlarge)

CHARLES WEEKS - A FOUNDER OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SUBURB OF WINNETKA

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Charles Weeks

After her videotaped interview with The Museum of the San Fernando Valley, Pauline Tallent shared an early pamphlet on the history of the Valley suburb of Winnetka. In the little book was this image of Charles Weeks, the idealist, who helped organize the Winnetka Community.  Weeks taught that social harmony could be established by the creation of small one acre farms.

WHERE IS THIS VIEW OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY    2011

I think the tall building in this postcard's view of the San Fernando Valley is the old North Hollywood Savings.  Very near the building is a domed structure that I believe to be Saint Charles Catholic Church in North Hollywood. What's your opinion?

Vintage postcard of the San Fernando Valley - Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Gary Fredburg 2011.  (click on image to enlarge)

Here’s how to contact your Museum:

MUSEUM’S MAILING ADDRESS

The Museum of the San Fernando Valley
21031 Ventura Blvd., Suite 419
Woodland Hills, CA 91364

MUSEUM’S TELEPHONE         1 (818) 347-9665

MUSEUM’S BLOG

http://museumsanfernandovalley.blogspot.com/

MUSEUM’S WEBSITE

www.TheMuseumSFV.org

MUSEUM’S ORAL HISTORIES     

narratinglives@gmail.com

MUSEUM’S E-MAIL

gerald.fecht@themuseumsfv.org

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