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                <text>There are 485 postcards relating to the San Fernando Valley which were acquired by Tommy Gelinas and the Valley Relics Museum from many sources over a period of twenty years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The collection is cataloged to item level and organized by 21 categories (sub-series): Rancho San Antonio School for Boys (RSA); Anheuser-Busch Brewery (AB); Busch Gardens (BG); Street Scenes (SS); Local Residences (LR); Hotels and Motels (HM); Aerial Views (AV); San Fernando Valley State College (VS); Airports (AP); Restaurants (RS); Churches and other places of worship (CH); Parks (PA); Hospitals (HS); Administrative Buildings (AD); Area Entertainment (EN); Early History (EH); Local Businesses (LB); Agriculture (AG); Sports (SP); Santa Clarita and Simi Valley (SC); Miscellaneous Booklets (BO).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alison Turtledove initially processed and researched the collection in 2015. Sarah Glover compiled and added postcards to the finding aid in 2016.</text>
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              <text>Girard, CA. Map of a bus tour.</text>
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              <text>Girard, CA. Advertisement for a free 80-mile sight-seeing bus tour all around LA, through the Cahuenga Pass to the town of Girard (Woodland Hills today). Map with landmarks. The bus tour was a scam, later known as the "sucker bus" promotion by shady "land huckster" Victor Girard (Kleinberger).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; For more information about the Girard bus scandal, please see &lt;a href="https://valleyrelicsmuseum.org/general-museum-news/valley-relics-early-history-scandals-of-the-1920s/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this blog post&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Front text: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Free-80 mile trip through Los Angeles Wilshire District, Sawtelle, Santa Monica, Shore Drive, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Caheunga Pass, San Fernando Valley to town of Girard. Make Reservations now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Back text:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Free—Absolutely—Free 80 mile trip to the town of Girard. The Greatest Sight Seeing Trip in Los Angeles. See the Following:Wilshire District Ambassador Hotel La Brea Oil Fields Fossil Pits LA Speedway Sawtelle Santa Monica Famous Shore Drive Santa Monica Canyon Soldiers home Beautiful Beverly Hills Homes of Movie Stars Town of Girard Foothill Boulevard Hollywood Famous Movie studios Caheunga Pass Universal City Ventura Bouleavard. Bus Leaves at 9:30 from __________</text>
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