Early Santa Monica
$19.99
As west as metropolitan Los Angeles’s trendy Westside gets, Santa Monica has enjoyed a colorful history as both a resort community and a bedrock hometown on the Southern California coast. As a playground and ready-made set for Hollywood, traditional hotbed of progressive politics, and amorphous fun zone for a greater century of visitors, the city of Santa Monica has remained at the forefront of the evolution of California culture. Prior to World War II, Santa Monica was a collection of distinct neighborhoods–Santa Monica Canyon and Ocean Park among them–and its pier, built in 1909 beneath the bluffs of Palisades Park, became a regional draw, especially after the nation’s largest dance emporium, La Monica Ballroom, was built on it. The vintage photographs in this tour through Santa Monica’s beginnings and its growth through the early 20th century were selected from the archives of the Santa Monica Historical Society Museum.
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Discover rare facts and information from the beginning to the end of this one-of-a-kind book that features notable and remarkable people, places, businesses, hotels, restaurants, celebrities, celebrations and luminaries that make Santa Monica “a beautiful city.”
The book includes the Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club, Santa Monica Sister City, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, YMCA, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica Pier, Heal the Bay, Museum of Art, Casa Del Mar, Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Michael’s Restaurant, Chinois on Main, astronauts Sally Ride and Randy Bresnik, first woman mayor Clo Hoover, Ysidro Reyes, Bob Gabriel, Monika White, Allen Young, Louise Jaffe, Bill Beebe, John Bohn, Wayne Harding and Mike Sullivan.
The city of Santa Monica in the post-World War II era has enjoyed a colorful history as both a resort community and as a bustling, vibrant city. Its coastal Mediterranean climate has provided an ideal atmosphere for the famous California lifestyle. Known for the 100-year-old Santa Monica Pier, as well as the Third Street Promenade, for its beautiful beaches and quaint neighborhoods, Santa Monica has been home to many famous Hollywood movie stars, including Shirley Temple, Cary Grant, Betty Grable, Clark Gable, Bette Davis, and Robert Redford. Arnold Schwarzenegger has also maintained offices here.
Santa Monica has played host to many of the nation’s most famous names, such as Gen. Jimmy Doolittle and U.S. president John F. Kennedy. The companion piece to the same author’s Images of America: Early Santa Monica, this volume’s more than 200 photographs cover the dynamic people, businesses, events, attractions, and celebrities that have shaped Santa Monica into the world-renowned city of today.
Author Louise Gabriel Founder of the Santa Monica History Museum captures “that Santa Monica feeling” in her new book Early Santa Monica with 200 special photographs. This is a companion book to her Santa Monica: 1950-2010.
Louise is a past president of a number of non-profit organizations and has given over 40,000 hours of community service. Among her numerous awards are the Conference of California Historical Societies Award of Merit.
Louise Gabriel
| Author | Louise B. Gabriel |
|---|---|
| Pages | 130 |
| ISBN | 978-1531617479 |
| Soft / Hard Back | Softback |
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