Valley Relics Museum - Pop Culture

Panorama Market back parking lot with new construction of Automatic Car Wash & Service Station. Circa 1940’s.

Fred Astaire’s Blue Valley Ranch in Chatsworth, California

N.W. corner of Whitsett and Victory Blvd. September 10th 1942.

Alexander’s Grocery Store and Love's Wood Pit Barbecue at Valley Plaza Circa 1965

North Van Nuys Shopping Center. Van Nuys, Ca.

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The Kaiser of Chalk Hill
In 1920 Ventura Boulevard was still a relatively unpopulated stretch of roadway. The long and narrow (no more than 14 feet in width) road was a difficult byway, particularly as it approached the Brant Rancho. Travelers from Los Angeles encountered a steep hill in which the...
THE OWENSMOUTH ROAD RACE – 1913
Two and one-half minutes before midnight on March 12th of 1928, a catastrophic event marked the beginning of the end for a town that is no longer. Once referred to as the new mouth of the Owens river, Owensmouth was aptly named by H.G. Otis, the...
The White Horse Inn
In 2012, The San Fernando Valley Relics Museum was able to carefully take down and save a popular local restaurant sign called The White Horse Inn. Along with the door and a Coppola that sat on top of the restaurant. What would seem like items that...