ANNUAL MEMBERS : It ’ s Time to Renew !
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OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE
MOUNTAIN VIEW HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
Volume XIII Issue I Winter 2023
Page 3 Updates on Chinatown interpretive sign , new MVHA website , MVHS monument !
Page 4 The history of the Valentine
Page 6 Mountain View during World War II
Our Winter 2023 Membership Meeting
True Tales from THE VALLEY OF HEARTS DELIGHT
Did you know that director Alfred Hitchcock once had a home in the Santa Cruz Mountains where events not far from his estate helped inspire the classic horror fi lm “ The Birds ”? That singer-actor Bing Crosby played an important role in the development of the Los Altos Youth Center ? That an extensive interurban rail system once connected the communities of the Santa Clara Valley ? These and many other tales are featured in The Valley of Heart ’ s Delight : True Tales from Around the Bay , the newest book by local author and historian Robin Chapman . Join us at the historic Adobe Building on Sunday February 5 , 2023 , when we will welcome her as our featured guest speaker .
Whether you ’ ve lived in the Santa Clara Valley your whole life or just moved here recently , you ’ re sure to enjoy the author ’ s fascinating stories from our region ’ s past that she has uncovered in her research and will share during her talk . She will also be available after the talk to sell and sign copies of her new book . This event is free to all MVHA members and their guests . Suggested $ 10 donation for non-members . Light refreshments will be provided . We hope to see you there !
REGISTER ONLINE : http :// mvhistory . eventbrite . com
ROBIN CHAPMAN
Our Guest Speaker
Robin Chapman is a journalist and historian who is a native of Los Altos . After earning her Master ’ s Degree at UCLA , she worked as a television news reporter and anchor at several stations in the West , including KRON-TV in San Francisco , before moving to Washington D . C . where she covered the White House , Congress and the U . S . Supreme Court ( though she likes to add
she covered quite a few parades and fi res too !). In 2009 , she returned to her hometown to care for her parents , and in the years since has published California Apricots : The Lost Orchards of Silicon Valley , and Historic Bay Area Visionaries , both from The History Press . Her new book , The Valley of Heart ’ s Delight : True Tales from Around the Bay was published by The History Press in July 2022 . Robin writes a monthly column for the Los Altos Town Crier and has already begun preliminary work on her next book .
Sunday , February 5 , 2023 2:00 to 3:30 p . m . The Historic Adobe Building 157 Moffett Blvd ., Mtn . View 1CA