1960s
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Thanksgiving Archives.
In the archives of the Los Angeles Public Library are many old photographs from defunct newspapers such as the Valley Times and the Herald Examiner. Thanksgiving is always a holiday where family, togetherness, food, and feeding the hungry are foremost. The old ways of thinking about this holiday are on display in some of the…
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Valley Rents Near All-Time High as Vacancies Drop.
“Vacant apartments in the Valley are scarce, rents are heading toward all-time highs, and observers expect little change for the next three years.”-LA Times 8/24/1969 Most of the new apartments will be large, luxury, high-rent operations because land is so expensive. Landlords are choosey and many refuse to rent to tenants who have pets or…
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Where Have You Gone?
Where have you gone The girl who passed by Where have you gone? I think of you all the time She walked along the road, 50 years ago I was a boy, inside a shop, looking out a window, at her. It was spring I think The sun was still faint I remember The breeze…
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“My arrival in Van Nuys began in 1960….”
Carey Wilson, now of Lakewood, Ohio, has started a new blog called, “Van Nuys Boomers”. He writes, in a brief autobiography: About Me My arrival in Van Nuys began in 1960 at the age of 5. I was raised in Van Nuys and have spent about 43 of my 52 years in the Valley.…
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