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Valley Cinema: The Karate Kid

San Fernando Valley is great. Sure, it's a bit hot and a little dry sometimes (my fingers are tapping across a sweat-drenched keyboard as this article is written). There's a lot to be said about the area, but never enough. It's beautiful, historic, and (like a lot of California) globally recognizable. As you travel through the

Valley Relics History: A Tale of Two Steeles

This is a story about motels, movie stars, and not believing everything you read online. This is the story of Steele’s Motor Lodge. The Valley Relics Postcard Collection contains over 500 vintage cards from San Fernando Valley landmarks and businesses. There are many relics from long-gone hotels and motels, which once attracted travelers with flashy

Vintage Menus Join Valley Relics Collection

The Valley Relics Museum recently received a spectacular donation: two boxes containing a massive collection of vintage menus! Museum volunteers have not yet counted and catalogued all the menus, but a preliminary look shows that they appear to range from the late 1940s to the 1990s, and come from restaurants all around the San Fernando

A Brief History of Tiffany’s

As you walk through Valley Relics Museum, many items stand out. For a few theater buffs, the bright glow of seven particular letters stands out the most. Hard to miss but easy to enjoy, T-I-F-F-A-N-Y glows overhead as a fine reminder of another one of LA's lost treasures; the Tiffany Theater. The Tiffany Theater opened