Our Home in the Valley
The Centennial Celebration of the Daily News
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The Los Angeles Daily News is pleased to be working with local libraries, historical organizations and other institutions to bring our readers an heirloom-quality, coffee-table pictorial book on the history of the San Fernando Valley. This keepsake book features hundreds of stunning historic images from the early 1900s to present day.
Submission Info
We are thrilled to give our readers the opportunity to participate in this unique project. If you have photographs that meet our submission guidelines criteria, please bring them to one of our scanning sessions listed here. Because we expect a large turnout, we advise you download and print a submission form. Please print and fill out one form for each photo you’d like to submit.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- General interest photos, such as: commerce, industry, transportation, rural life, public service, etc.
- Photos taken from 1911 to present.
- Photos only – preferably original photos (no newspaper clippings or photocopies).
- Photos taken in the San Fernando Valley and surrounding areas.
- One submission form per photo.
- 10 photos per family. Call 360-687-6731 to set up an appointment if you’re a private collector with a sizeable collection.
- Download Submission Form
- Scan Sessions
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
San Fernando Valley Historical Society
10940 Sepulveda Blvd.
Mission Hills, CA 91346 (see map) -
Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sherman Oaks Library
14245 Moorpark St.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 (see map) -
Thursday, July 21, 2011, 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument
125 Paseo de la Plaza, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90012 (see map) -
Friday, July 22, 2011, noon - 3 p.m.
West Valley Regional Branch Library
19036 Vanowen St.
Reseda, CA 91335 (see map) -
Saturday, July 23, 2011, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Calabasas Public Library (Founders Hall)
200 Civic Center Way
Calabasas, CA 91302 (see map)
Look Inside Examples only, may not reflect final product
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Gene Autry and Champion Jr. starring in "Robin Hood of Texas" with Lynne Roberts, Sterling Holloway, Adele Mara, and Cass County Boys, 1947. The movie was filmed in Chatsworth at Chatsworth Lake.
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Bill De Young Chevron Station, Terry DeYoung, then 3 her name is now Terry Kruger, with her dad, Bill in 1956.
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Interior view of two workers on the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Van Nuys, circa 1960. The General Motors assembly plant opened in 1947.
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Panoramic view of the rapid development of residential housing in the Sunland-Tujunga area of the San Fernando Valley in the mid-1950's.
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On January 11, 1949, Tujunga residents woke up to several inches of snow on the ground, a rare sight for the San Fernando Valley. Foothill Blvd. at Commerce Ave., looking southeast, with Arnold Krabbe's Texaco station on the right.
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Roy Rogers and Dale Evans with their friend Marill Morgan. Marill Morgan is the niece of Jim and Celia Woodman. The photograph was taken in front of Roy Rogers' and Dale Evans' jeep at their home in Chatsworth.
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At the curved corner of Zelzah Avenue and Chatsworth Street.