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How
You Can Help
The Granada Hills
History Project is interested in gathering as many
memories and images of Granada Hills as we can. It doesn’t matter how trivial an
event may seem.
Over the past several months The Granada Hills
History Project has located a number of wonderful
images of life and events Granada Hills over the decades - many which have never been seen
publicly before.
But with only a couple of months left until the final book needs to be submitted to the
publisher, there are some obvious “holes” in the Granada Hills story we would
like to fill (The deadline to get everything submitted is February 28, 2007).
Here is a checklist of some of the events/places we are still looking to find photographs
or other related images of (in no particular order):
Places
Real Estate
Development
Home construction in the 1950s,
1960s & 1970s
Eichler homes in Balboa Highlands
Real estate promotional literature
Edwards & Wildey
Thurlow Culley
1971 & 1994
Earthquakes
1971 Earthquake Damage
1971 Earthquake evacuation sites @
Granada Hills High & Robert Frost Jr. High
1994 Earthquake damage President
Clinton’s 1994 visit to GH to survey earthquake damage
Tearing down of Kennedy High's 'A'
Building following the 1994 earthquake
Stores/Businesses
CharMar Coffee Shop
Bates Market
Nesbitt’s Feed Store
Granada Lanes
Swim School on White Oak
Hughes Market
Food Giant (Balboa &
Mission)
Alpha Beta
Thriftymart
J.J. Newberry’s
W.T. Grants
Peter Pan Dairy
Peter Pan Market (yes it was
different from the Dairy)
Granada Movie Theater (@
Mission and Woodley)
Gemco
The Treasury
North Hills Shopping Center
Thrifty Drug Store (especially
pictures of the 1971 earthquake related fire)
A&W Root Beer stand
Curries Ice Cream Parlour
McDonald’s (@
Devonshire & Balboa)
Builders Emporium
Granada Hills Bank
Amusements/Attractions (e.g.
The "Big Slide" @ Zelzah & Chatsworth, Trampoline Pits on Chatsworth,
Shopping Center Traveling Carnival rides)
Granada &
Kennedy High Schools
Early Granada Hills High School
photos (from the early 1960s)
1970 Granada Hills vs. San Fernando
High City Championship game
1970 GHHS Highlander Band in Rose
Parade
John Elway at Granada High
Granada and Kennedy High City
Baseball Championships in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s
Kennedy High Drill Team
Drama Productions
High School Team or Club Events
Community
Organizations
Granada Hills Women’s Club
Rotary Club
Optimists Club
Lions Club
20-30 Club
Granadiers
Granavahos
Saddle Dusters
Scout Troops (Boy Scouts,
Girl Scout, Brownies, Cub Scouts)
Indian Guides
Bluebirds
Woodcraft Rangers
Miss Granada Hills competitons
Other Community
Events
1999 North Valley Jewish Community
Center shooting/hostage taking
1959 Khrushchev visit
Various fires during the 1960s
& 1970s
Filming of ET, Knott's Landing or
other movie/televison events
Early pictures from Patrick Henry,
Porter and Robert Frost Jr. Highs
Elementary school May Day
Celebrations
1963 Little League Champs
“Welcome Home” parade on Chatsworth
Pop Warner Football
AYSO Soccer (especially the
1971 Girls team)
Building the 118 Freeway
Ronald Reagan's funeral procession
along the 118 Freeway.
Notable "citizens" of
Granada Hills
No doubt we have forgotten
something on this list so if you have a suggestion or a thought about some other event or
place let us know.
The types of photographs we are looking for are ones that not only depict these specific
places or events, but might include Groundbreaking or Award ceremonies, Officer or new
member installations, etc.. Basically anything you think people would enjoy remembering or
hearing about for the first time.
In addition to photographs, we are also interested in items such as programs, advertising
material, brochures, tickets, invitations - anything that will serve as a reminder of a
given event.
Please don’t "self-censor," assume we already have something or
that there will be little interest in the item you are considering. If it was
important to you, we want to hear about it. We would rather have an abundance of material
to choose from than not enough. If you have something, but aren’t sure if it would be
of interest, feel free to contact us at GranadaHillsHistory@gmail.com.
Be assured any stories or images used in the book will be appropriately attributed,
allowing you to become a permanent part of the history of Granada Hills.
If you have the ability to scan items you would like to have included, please click here for specification on all scans submitted
to The Granada Hills
History Project. If you are unable to scan
material, let us know. We will work with you to arrange photographing or scanning all
original photos and other material so there is no risk of losing your personal item.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
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