tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43666294292639982022024-02-06T20:33:33.035-08:00Local HistorySanta Monica Public Library's Local History narrative. Have a local history question? Let us know.Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-81610699263233651632015-08-12T11:45:00.001-07:002015-08-12T11:45:35.006-07:00Beach culture in Santa Monica<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Santa Monica has always been about the beach, water and fun. People want to swim, bath, eat ice cream, play, and make movies on the beach in Santa Monica.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A founder of the Santa Monica area, John P. Jones whose wealth came from gold and silver mining, wanted to become wealthier by establishing Santa Monica bay and City as a commercial center with the Long Wharf and railway service. At another point the state and Santa Monica City Council explored turning the beach and bay into a causeway of connected islands in the 1960s. The City Manager Perry Scott went to the City Council in the mid-to-late 60s two times hoping to develop the area commercially with an "Santa Monica Island" in the bay. Fortunately, none of these bids to commercialize the bay or town passed and our beach is dedicated to fun in the sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The first group of student to graduate from Santa Monica High School had their class portrait on the beach in 1886. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The beach became a mecca for health and fun seekers. Following the financial crash in 1929 that began the Depression, the City of Santa Monica elected to use Work Projects Administration (WPA) funds to employ locals to build a park at the beach south of the Santa Monica Pier. The climate attracted gymnasts and wrestlers initially. In the 1940s, weightlifters started bringing equipment to work out. This is when the area became known as "Muscle Beach." The spectacle attracted people from far and wide. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">There is debate over the origin of two-person beach volleyball. Some say Hawaii is the home. But, many believe the game originated on Santa Monica Beach in the 1930s.</span></div>
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Jeff Kaplan and Kane Tsai, both librarians at Santa Monica Public Library, designed and rolled out the first-ever pop-up Beach Library June through August 2015. The program; "At the Beach," hosts events for visitors including hoola-hooping, crafts, storytime, a chance to get out of the sun with a book and more.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Visit the Library at the Beach Saturday, August 15 at Dorothy Green Park, where Ocean Park Blvd. ends or Friday, August 28 at Annenberg Community Beach House, 415 Pacific Coast Hwy! See you on the beach-</span><br />
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<br />Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-41174006850294529292015-08-10T09:08:00.000-07:002015-08-10T09:08:36.237-07:00The Honorable Marcus O. Tucker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marcus O. Tucker, Jr. was born in Santa Monica, California on November 12, 1934. His father was a physician who came to Santa Monica from Kansas. His mother was a teacher and realtor from Georgia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Judge Tucker graduated from University High School in Los Angeles in 1952 and from USC in 1956 as an honor student. His uncle, James McClendon, an attorney in Chicago, was a tremendous inspiration. Tucker went to Howard University Law School. He was a member of the editorial staff for the <em>Howard Law School Journal.</em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Judge Tucker returned to Santa Monica where he served as the first African American deputy city attorney in the criminal division from 1963 to 1965. He was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Los Angeles Criminal Division from 1965-1967. Judge Tucker was the first African American to serve as presiding judge of the Long Beach Superior Court in 1977. From 1987 to 1994 he was the presiding judge of the Los Angeles Juvenile Courts. Judge Tucker notably made low-cost drug testing for parents available through the court and referrals to community resources. He also created Teen Courts with peer juries and close monitoring of truancy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Judge Tucker established the History of Black Lawyers in Los Angeles project. He was named a member of the National Bar Association Hall of Fame. He is survived by his daughter Angelique Stephens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Santa Monica Public Library has the honor of hosting the <strong>Marcus O. Tucker Collection </strong>which highlights the achievements of <strong>"Black Men of Courage" </strong>with a collection of biographical works.</span>Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-74923381578674125212015-04-17T13:06:00.001-07:002015-04-17T13:06:25.519-07:00The Aero Theatre's 75th Anniversary<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For $45,000, Donald Douglas purchased a parcel of land on Montana Avenue in 1939 and began development of The Aero Theatre and five stores. The theater was designed in the Streamline Moderne-style by R. M. Woolpert and originally seated 600. The theater featured extended-run and second-run films. The Aero also hosted Saturday morning shows for children. The theater closed in 2003, but reopened under the non-profit, American Cinematheque in 2005. The actual anniversary of the opening of the Aero, which is now officially known as the Max Palevsky Aero Theatre, was celebrated on January 30, 2015.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Santa Monica History Museum at 1350 7th Street is hosting a tribute exhibit about the Aero April 15 to May 27, 2015. On display are movie posters, photographs, and news stories. In addition to exhibition materials owned by the Santa Monica History Museum, American Cinematheque shared artifacts from their archives. Museum staff are well-versed in the history of this iconic landmark and happy to answer questions.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Aero is described as one of the last one screen theaters in Los Angeles. Included in the exhibit are photographs and information about some of the 36 Oscar winning actors and 12 award winning directors who have appeared at the Aero in person to attend screenings and discuss their body of work. Notable directors include Clint Eastwood and James Cameron.</span><br />
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-2204076533760372952015-02-05T16:14:00.000-08:002015-02-05T16:14:13.399-08:00Melvin Lewis - First African-American President of ASB at Samohi<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A junior classman at Santa Monica High School in 1948, Melvin (Bobo) Lewis was the distinguished President of the Summer Associated Student Body Executive Board at Santa Monica High School. According to the 1948 <strong><em>Nautilus </em></strong>the cabinet was faced with serious decisions about student funds. The question: should student funds be centralized through ASB or managed separately by each school club and organization? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Let us know if you have any information to provide about Mr. Lewis and his accomplishments at <a href="http://smpl.org/About_Us/Forms/Email_Reference_Question.aspx">Reference</a></span>Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-45847840737200754922014-12-30T11:11:00.003-08:002014-12-30T11:11:48.954-08:00Santa Monica in Rose Parades!<span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the 1947 Rose Parade, the first ever televised on KTLA, Santa Monica came in second place. The float was named "Fiesta." The parade theme for 1947 was "Holidays in Flowers."</span><br />
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-38124528782904222172014-11-10T12:11:00.004-08:002014-11-10T12:13:05.164-08:00Oldest book in the local history collection at the Library<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is not surprising that the oldest book in the Santa Monica Public Library's collection is about California.<em><strong>Three Years in California</strong></em> <em><strong>[1846-1849]</strong></em> by Walter Colton, 1797-1851 was published in 1850 by A.S. Barnes in New York.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The book chronicles Walter Colton's time in California as Alcalde of Monterey where he acted as magistrate and judge for Northern California. His first journal entry records the raising of the United States flag at Monterey and San Francisco on July 10, 1846. He held the first jury trial in California and fined gamblers $20 to cover the expense of building the first schoolhouse too. A Navy chaplain, he was sent to California by President Andrew Jackson before the the U.S. entered the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Walter Colton, along with Robert Semple, launched the first newspaper, <strong><em>The Californian</em></strong>, on August 15,1846.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #4c1130;"><strong><em>Three Years in California </em></strong>offers a unique look at the region before gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 and shortly after. Reverend Colton recorded in his journal on May 29 that gold was discovered on the American Fork [American River]. It took several days due to doubts to substantiate the claim. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The charm of the book and Colton's entries stem not from his observations of big historical events for the time in California, but humorous anecdotes about people and places.</span><br />
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<br />Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-69977070134522967692014-10-09T09:59:00.001-07:002014-10-09T09:59:28.778-07:00Thelma Terry Plaque Dedication<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Unveiling of the Thelma Terry Plaque ceremony was held at Virginia Avenue Park on Saturday, September 27, 2014 in front of the Thelma Terry Building at 2200 Virginia Avenue in Santa Monica.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thelma Terry was a remarkable woman and athlete in our community, born in 1907. She played basketball at Santa Monica High School and also in 1932 and 1933 at Santa Monica College. She used her love of sports to create recreation programs for the youth of Santa Monica. She advised 9 clubs, including ceramics, for teenagers at Memorial Park as the Recreation Director. She inspired other park facilities in the City to adopt similar programs. In the 1950s she helped 20 girls organize a drill team. They referred to themselves as "The Terryettes." Mrs. Terry passed in 1979 leaving a tremendous legacy to Santa Monica youth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stick figure puppets may have been used as early as 1000 B.C. to tell stories. The most notable sock puppet was created by Shari Lewis, "Lamb Chop," in 1960. Pinnocchio, a complicated wooden marionette, initially appeared in a serial by Carlo Collodi in 1881. Marionette's first appeared in Italy. The story was later popularized by Disney in the feature film. The Swedish Chef, my favorite Muppet, is the rare human-shaped Muppet puppet. There was the creepiest ventriloquist doll from <em>The Avengers </em>show; 'Henrietta' in "How to Succeed at ... Murder" in 1966. Señor Wences was an amazing ventriloquist who drew lips on his hand between the thumb and forefinger and named the character 'Johnny' who was a favorite on the Ed Sullivan Show.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">operated marionettes to tell stories to children, including the famous Kiki the Clown. Mrs. McShane was head of Children's Service in the 1970s. She started working for the Library in 1932 as a library page. She was inspired to tell stories using puppets after seeing the response of children at puppet shows in the 1930s at our library. She started entertaining at children's birthday parties with a friend. She checked books out from the Santa Monica Public Library about puppets and marionettes and made her own.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana;">Jesse describes himself as able to be silly and unselfconscious in his quest to lure children into reading when he is entertaining them with his many puppets. He sees this as a way for children to "Dream Big" and give them positive ideas as they grow. Jesse has many friends in his puppet stable. He says that the youngest fans love "Lamb Chop," the bunny, pig and parrot.</span></div>
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-51309006081219008592014-07-24T13:36:00.002-07:002014-07-24T13:36:37.073-07:00Santa Monica supports the War (WW II)<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">During World War II, Santa Monica hunkered down to defend its coastline from invasion on the Pacific front. Reminders and some relics exist today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A forgotten bunker was discovered under the Santa Monica Pier in 1982 and removed subsequently in 2003. The concrete bunker measured 6 feet by 6 feet and 8 feet in height. Narrow windows 2 feet wide by 3 feet tall faced north and west for sentries to look out in the Santa Monica Bay for attacks by enemies.(Santa Monica Evening Outlook, November 12-18, 2003, microfilm collection Santa Monica Public Library)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Heiress Winona Stephens purchased 50 acres from Will Rogers that she named Murphy Ranch as a place to provide refuge to Nazi sympathizers in 1933, in Rustic Canyon, a part of Topanga State Park. The primary structure built before the FBI raided the compound after the attack on Pearl Harbor, was a concrete bunker. Although derelict, the structure still stands covered in graffiti along a popular hiking route.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Long gone is the amazing camouflage that covered Douglas Aircraft Factory in Clover Field during the war years. The United States declared war on December 8, 1941, making Douglas Aircraft factory and airport a significant military location. Colonel John Ohmer was in charge of operations in the Los Angeles area and a part of his assignment included the camouflage operation that covered Douglas Aircraft and other aircraft factories in the vicinity. Edward Huntsman-Trout, noted landscape designer, was called upon to design and engineer a complete false neighborhood made of wood and burlap on top of the factory. Hollywood studios sent volunteers to help build and decorate the cover. Fake homes sprung up with fake laundry hanging from fake trees. A diversionary airplane factory was set up next door. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Close view of the camouflage designed by landscape architect Edward Huntsman-Trout during World War II to cover the Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">During the War, Santa Monica hosted thousands of military personnel on leave to recover from military combat on R & R. Many of the City's hotels and beach clubs were used for this purpose. Casa del Mar club hosted off-duty aerial combat veterans. Douglas factory workers and military men and women went to amusement parks on Ocean Park's piers and danced the night away in the Aragon Ballroom on Lick Pier. (<em>Santa Monica: A History on the Edge</em> by Paul Scott, p. 123)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The Santa Monica Public Library played a roll on the homefront too. The Fairview Branch Library Manager Nellie Dolly Sullivan began story times for preschoolers, probably one of the first of its kind on the west coast. The basement of the Ocean Park Branch Library was turned into a Young People's room where teens could meet to study and play records and games. Librarians at the Main Library would contribute to buy cartons of cigarettes for the service men and women in Santa Monica on leave. Reference librarians provided documents, maps, and updates on war campaigns to keep an anxious public informed and also provided information to military installations in the area.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: #45818e;">For a wonderful map and descriptions of locations in downtown Santa Monica to visit the next time you are out on a walk see page 18 of the <em>Summer Seascape</em> 2014! Highlights of this short tour include: Rapp Saloon which was the old City Hall; Hotel Carmel; Keller Block a landmarked building; 1433-37 4th Street designed by architect Henry Hollwedel; Central Tower Building, also a landmark; Bay Cities Guaranty Building; and Majestic-Mayfair Theater.</span> </span><a href="http://www.smgov.net/departments/CMO/seascape.aspx">Summer Seascape 2014</a><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For a more ambitious tour, try the downloadable map of landmarks available by visiting the City of Santa Monica Information Services Department (ISD) site - Map Catalog and select <strong>Historic Landmarks</strong>. <a href="http://gismap.santa-monica.org/GISMaps/pdf/landmarks-a.pdf">Historic Landmark</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Join the amazing docents at the Santa Monica Public Library for a tour offered every third Friday each month at 12:30 pm. Meet in the Lobby of the Main Library at 601 Santa Monica Blvd. Highlights of the tour include special architectural features of the building, sustainability, and the mural created by Stanton Macdonald-Wright, unveiled in 1935 when the Main Library was located at 503 Santa Monica Blvd.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mural shown above is part of an exhibt at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) which runs May 18, 2014-November 16, 2014 in the Art of the Americas Building, Level 3. The mural was designed by the artist, Edward Biberman, for display in the Venice Post Office originally. </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial;">The mural has been restored and tells the story of Abbott Kinney's vision for Venice as a destination for fun, entertainment, and a utopian resort.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial;">The Santa Monica Public Library loaned four postcards to the exhibit. Visit the exhibition to see not only the mural and postcards from SMPL, but artifacts from the Los Angeles Public Library, University of Southern California, the Huntington Library and the National Archives about Venice of America.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Careless Love' is a pink blend with stripes. The petals have deep pink flecks with white. The rose has a strong frangrance. The rose blooms in flushes throughout the season with medium-sized, semi-double to double flowers in small clusters.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This rose is a 'sport' of 'Red Radiance" a hybrid tea rose from 1916. Sports occur in roses when the plant's cells experience a genetic mistake while the plant grows, producing an entirely new cane and rose, which can be propagated by a cutting. The rose was patented in the United States on March 26, 1957 (PP 1,582) and is still available at some nursery's and online today.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The finder, Henry Conklin, was a rose grower in the San Fernando Valley in 1944 and originally started growing roses in the San Gabriel Valley. The nursery was called Conklin Rose Co. initially, then Conklin Rose Co./Great Westerm Rose. Mr. Conklin lives in McFarland, California and is currently 94 years old. His son, Henry Conklin, is the current owner of Conklin Rose Co. in Litchfield Park, Arizona.</span><br />
<br />Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-6899084621483583262014-04-21T11:41:00.000-07:002014-04-21T11:41:04.151-07:00Fun facts in Santa Monica Facts<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Santa Monica Facts</strong> is a compilation of selected trivia about Santa Monica, including residents, places and events that have been collected by librarians at the Santa Monica Public Library. Learn more about places that used to be and other amazing facts at <a href="http://digital.smpl.org/">Imagine Santa Monica</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Zenith city by the Sunset Sea"; used at the first auction of lots in SM, July 15, 1875. "Gem by the Sea"; used in late 1880s to advertise East Santa Monica. "A</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana;">In 1887 John Steere erected a two-story brick block on the northeast corner of Utah (now Broadway) and Third, with a frontage of 50 by 75 feet. The second floor contained a large hall which for many years was known as "Steere's Opera House," and which served as a theater and public meeting space.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana;">Aroostock; Lux; Luxury; Rex; Star of Scotland; Showboat; Tango; and Texas.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana;">In the summer of 1885 a few earnest women organized a W.C.T.U. in Santa Monica. Their purpose was to support a reading room and library and improve the town's moral tone. Thier headquarters from 1887 to 1961 was a two-story frame building on 3rd St. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Present name: Olympic Blvd. old name was Pennsylvania Ave.; 14th St. was </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana;">Cemetery Rd. (From Broadway to the cemetery, this street had beautiful</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">pepper trees on both sides.); Hollister Ave. was Bonty St.; Pico Blvd. was Front St. and, at one time, Fremont Ave.; Lincoln Blvd. 9south of</span> <span style="color: #0b5394;">Olympic) was </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana;">Details on the First West Coast Parachute Jump. ALthough it is well documented</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that ALbert Berry made the first parachute drop, several books report that</span> W.W. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Grant" Norton made the first parachute drop over Venice Beach in 1911. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana;">According to Bailout; the story of parachuting and skydiving by Don Dwiggins (New York: Crowell-Colllier, 1969) ALbert Berry made the first drop March 1, 1912 and "Grant" Norton made his drop on APril 28, 1912. Also, according to the Santa Monica Evening OUtlook, W.W. "Grant" Norton's drop was the first drop from an airplane ever witnessed on the Pacific Coast.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana;">The bougainvillea became the official flower of Santa Monica in 1935 following the adoption of a resolution by the borad of directors of the Chamber of Commerce upon the recommendation of Samuel G. McClure and Hugh Evans.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana;">Born in Los Angeles in 1922, Joe Gold began working out at age 12 and built a </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana;">a bodybuilder. During World Was II, Gold joined the Navy. He injured his hip when bombs rocked the ship he was on during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, in the Phillipines in 1944. Despite his injury, he became a merchant marine and sailed on commercial ships for 30 years, starting in 1948. With a business partner, Gold opened Ajax's Gym in New Orleans in 1951. He joined Mae West's Las Vegas revue, a song-and-dance skit show, that featured some of the best male physiques in the world. In 1963, Gold proposed an indoor gym to the Muscle Beach Weightlifting Club in Santa Monica, which at the time had</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;"></span>Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-60551816151747821952014-03-06T14:34:00.000-08:002014-03-06T14:34:10.171-08:00Hooray for Hollywood - in Santa Monica!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-18767042160238184622014-01-02T14:52:00.000-08:002014-01-02T14:52:23.384-08:00<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d;">Happy New Year from the Santa Monica Public Library!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Arial;">It was only eight years ago, on January 7, 2006, that the new Main Library at 601 Santa Monica Blvd. opened. The library was designed by architects <strong>Moore Ruble Yudell</strong> and features many sustainable components and was the City of Santa Monica's second major facility after the Public Safety building designed and built to significantly reduce the site's negative impact on the environment. The building is 104,000 square feet.</span><br />
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-36025627223953562812013-04-30T17:26:00.001-07:002013-04-30T17:26:06.865-07:00Pompeiian House built by Felix Peano<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Built in the style of an opera house, Italian-born sculptor and visionary Felix Peano, designed this house at 128 San Vicente Blvd. in Santa Monica. The house remained in this location from its completion in the early 1900s until 1931. Peano designed the bridges over the canals in the ill-fated Venice of America built by Abbot Kinney in 1905. He was also noted for a particular copper door style, working in undercut copper, called "door of life." Peano was born in Parma, Italy in 1864 and died in Hawthorne, California in 1946. He was a close friend of Jack London.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">An article detailing the architectural and design elements appears in Achitectural Record, vol. 29 (1909) - "The Sculptor as His Own Architect and Builder." The house was described as isolated when built, but Peano provided for all the amenities including gas, water, drainage, electricity and electric cars. The article is viewable in Google Books and includes details not only about the construction and several images, but biographical data about the home designer and builder.</span></div>
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-73367962224500510902013-04-02T14:12:00.003-07:002013-04-02T14:12:41.523-07:00First free public library founded on April 9, 1833 - Santa Monica in 1893<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Peterborough Town Library in New Hampshire is the oldest tax supported library in the world. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa Monica formed its first Library Association in 1976 for a $2.00 annual fee. The Reading Room was turned over to the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WTCU) in 1888. The WTCU turned the collection of 800 books over to the City of Santa Monica in 1890. Santa Monica's first City Librarian, Miss Elfie A. Mosse, was appointed in December that same year. Two rooms in the Bank of Santa Monica building on Oregon Avenue (now Santa Monica Blvd.) and Third Street were used for the library. Use of the materials in the reading rooms was free. Borrowing priveleges cost 25 cents a month, which would have been $75.00 in 2012. The Santa Monica Public Library was determined free to the public in March, 1893 with 1,800 volumes, including books, newspapers, and magazines.</span><br />
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-48116802607946501502013-03-18T12:42:00.000-07:002013-03-18T12:42:05.941-07:00Camera Obscura<span style="background-color: white; color: #7f6000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Santa Monica's <strong>camera obscura</strong>,originally located on the northern portion of Santa Monica's beach was built and donated by Robert F. Jones, the nephew of one of Santa Monica's early founders, Senator John P. Jones and open to the public on APril 21, 1899. The camera obscura was moved to Palisaded Park in 1902 due to weather conditions down at the beach. The instrument was last moved to a specially built room in the Seniro Recreation Center at 1450 Ocean Avenue in November 1955. </span><br />
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-12659525874885948012013-01-24T16:27:00.000-08:002013-01-24T16:27:47.917-08:00Gertrude "Gussie" Moran<div>
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-73809353634186020962012-12-26T16:35:00.000-08:002012-12-26T16:45:42.943-08:00Donated Borrower's Card from Santa Monica Public Library<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our thanks to the family of Mrs. Isabell K. Leitch who donated her library card for Santa Monica Public Library from February 1940. The card is quite fragile and paper. The card indicates that the fine per day in 1940 for an over-due book was 2 cents! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #783f04; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two cents from 1940 would be 33 cents today.</span></div>
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-32003342053660171832012-11-29T16:25:00.004-08:002012-11-29T16:25:48.453-08:00Images of Christmas past - Pacific Palisades<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Palisades Historical Image Collection</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Santa Monica Public Library is proud to host this historical image collection since 2010. Approximately 3,000 images are available to view online illustrating the history of Pacific Palisades through unique photographs, postcards and other visual records encompassing 1885-1980.</span><br />
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Santa Monica Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16380119826554343614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4366629429263998202.post-73603437948381059842012-10-09T12:31:00.003-07:002012-10-09T12:31:49.378-07:00Santa Monica City Hall trees of noteThe Santa Monica City Hall that we recognize was built in 1938-1939 by architects Donald B. Parkinson and Joseph M. Estep in the Deco Moderne style with WPA funds. Landscaping of the Civic Center included Greek Junipers on either side of the entrance and Windmill Palms in the front of the building. The roads on either side were planted with Carob Trees. At the north end of roads Mexican Fan Palms and Canary Island Dates were placed.A Tonyon (California Holly) was located at the northeast corner of the City Hall building. Near 4th Street, on the lawn, a rare Yucca (Yucca elephantipes) and Spanish Bayonet were located. Source: Trees of Santa Monica (1956) by George T. Hastings,<br />
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