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by Christine Adolph (Author)
The post-War San Fernando Valley was the quintessential American suburb. With the availability of affordable housing and jobs from the thriving aerospace, aircraft, and manufacturing industries, the Valley's population boomed. The promise of prosperity inspired new opportunities for leisure time, family life and civic engagement. Membership in social and service clubs soared. Whether people united through shared identities or shared interests in hobbies, civics or philanthropy, the prevalence of club life defined the Valley's growing community. The Valley Times newspaper, published from 1946 to 1970, documented the changes to the Valley's physical landscape through suburban development, but also revealed how social networks impacted society.This latest entry from Photo Friends Publications accompanies the exhibit "Service, Society and Social Change: Post- War Clubs from the Valley Times Newspaper" (July 7, 2016 - January 15, 2017) and presents a sampling of images from the Valley Times photo archive, now held at the Los Angeles Public Library. Through the lens of the Valley Times photographers, we are presented with a unique visual history of the ways people connect to build a community.
Author Biography
Christine Adolph has worked with the Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection as an archivist for the Valley Times digitization project since 2013. Before earning an MLIS from San Jose State University, she received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts School of Film/Video and worked as a wig specialist, planned exhibits for a video arts collective, and digitized historic photographs for the Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park in Lancaster. She currently lives in Glendale with her husband and two dogs. As a Los Angeles native, who has also lived in Sherman Oaks and North Hollywood, she will always have a passion for San Fernando Valley history.
