Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
View of the West San Fernando Valley, looking north from the summit of Topanga Canyon Highway. The canyon road leads to the San Fernando Valley, showing a few buildings and an open landscape. This location is present-day Woodland Hills and vicinity.
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View of new community of Girard in the West San Fernando Valley. This location is now approximately where Topanga Canyon Blvd. and Ventura Blvd. meet, in Woodland Hills. View shows workers welding, installing gas lines, and doing other work. A sign in the background says "Girard cabin sites."
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View of new community of Girard in the West San Fernando Valley. This location is now approximately where Topanga Canyon Blvd. and Ventura Blvd. meet, in Woodland Hills. View shows workers installing gas lines and rows of newly-planted trees.
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View of entrance to the new community of Girard in the West San Fernando Valley. This location is now approximately where Topanga Canyon Blvd. and Ventura Blvd. meet, in Woodland Hills. View shows workers for the Southern California Gas Company digging ditches. In the distance are the moorish-style buildings and new trees at the entrance to the development.
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View of new community of Girard in the West San Fernando Valley, showing a few houses and trees dotted in the landscape. This location is present-day Woodland Hills.
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Manuscripts
6 items: booklet, "San Fernando Valley - a calendar of events," 1951 ; booklet, "The growth and economic stature of the San Fernando Valley," Security First National Bank, 1960 ; two copies of "The story of the San Fernando Valley," Title Insurance & Trust, 1961 ; booklet, "Fabulous San Fernando Valley," Western Federal Savings, n.d. ; booklet, "Early Images of the San Fernando Valley," California State University, Northridge, 1988.
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