1921 (1920) (1922) (1910-1920) (1920-1930) Table of Contents
Fred E. Basten Santa Monica Bay: The First 100 Years, A pictorial history of Santa Monica, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu, Douglas-West Publishers: Los Angeles, CA, 1974, 227 pp., 1974, 1953, 1950s. 1921 See Text
Belvedere
Apartments, 1999, 1990, 1921
2328 Third Street (Third Street
Historic District) built 1921. 1999, 1990, 1992,1921
See Image and Text
Donald M. Cleland A History of the Santa Monica Schools 1876-1951, Santa Monica Unified School District, February 1952 (Copied for the Santa Monica Library, July 22, 1963). 140 pp., 1921 See Text
James W. Lunsford The Ocean and the Sunset, The Hills and the Clouds: Looking at Santa Monica, illustrated by Alice N. Lunsford, 1983, 1943, 1942, 1941,1940, 1933, 1921, 1920, 1913, 1912, 1907. See Text
Clara Erica Rydgren and two of her sons: Clarence (the younger one) and Karl Rydgren. The Lick Pier is in the background. Best we can tell, it was taken about 1921, See picture
Seldon Rodman The Artist Nobody Knows, New World Writing, The New American Library: NY, 1952. Pages 151-157, 1952, 1921, 1918, 1898 See Text
Tide studies: Looking south to the Waverly Club (formerly Breakers) 1725 Ocean Front; Jonathan Club (formerly Edgewater) the Del Mar Club and Ocean Park Pier. Shoreward markers indicate 1921 high tide line. Tide 0.3 feet, 3: 05 PM, September 23, 1938 -Maurice M. King, City Engineer (City of Santa Monica) See Image and Text
Betty Lou Young Our First Century: The Los Angeles Athletic Club 1880-1980, LAAC Press: Los Angeles, California 1979, 176pp., 1921, 1920s See Text
Documents
Fred E. Basten Santa Monica Bay: The First 100 Years, A pictorial history of Santa Monica, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu, Douglas-West Publishers: Los Angeles, CA, 1974, 227 pp., 1974, 1953, 1950s, 1921
Santa Monica Municipal Auditorium, 1974,
1953, 1950s, 1921
Dedicated October 25, 1921, 1974
"Opened with a performance of Gilbert
and Sullivan's The Mikado by the Los Angeles Opera Company,
featuring Lawrence Tibbett, 1974, 1921
Used for community programs, until, in the late 1950s, it was
remodeled for the General Electric Exhibit and Administrative Offices
as part of Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1950s.
"Destroyed by fire on July 12, 1974,
1974"
Belvedere Apartments, 1999, 1990, 1921
2328 Third Street (Third Street Historic District) built 1921. Photographed 1992 for the City of Santa Monica Historic Resources Inventory by Leslie Heumann & Associates , 1999, 1990, 1992, 1921
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Donald M. Cleland A History of the Santa Monica Schools 1876-1951, Santa Monica Unified School District, February 1952 (Copied for the Santa Monica Library, July 22, 1963). 140 pp., 1921
" . . .
"Washington School, still on the march in 1919, added four new primary rooms, the enrollment of the school having again reached the point where a large number of pupils could not be properly accommodated. The board of trustees acquired additional playground space in 1911 [1921?] . . .
" . . .
Dedicated May 30, 1921, on Memorial Day, with the U.S. Flagship Wyoming at anchor in the bay to participate in the ceremonies, the {Santa Monica High School Memorial Theater] program opened on the municipal pier, from which flowers were strewn across the waters in honor of the Navy men who had lost their lives in the war. The assemblage then proceeded to Woodlawn Cemetery, where the graves of soldiers buried there were decorated with flowers. The program at the Memorial Theatre began at ten-thirty in the morning with members of all branches of the service participating in the dedication. The dedicatory address was delivered by Frederick Wards, dean of the American stage. The unveiling of the memorial tablet closed the ceremonies. [65. Program, Dedication of the Santa Monica High School Memorial Theatre, May 30, 1921; in files of Santa Monica Board of Education.]
James W. Lunsford The Ocean and the Sunset, The Hills and the Clouds: Looking at Santa Monica, illustrated by Alice N. Lunsford, 1983, 1943, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1933, 1921, 1920, 1913, 1912, 1907
"15. Santa Monica High School, 601 Pico Boulevard. The cornerstone for the high school was laid on April 11, 1912, on what was once known as Prospect Hill; the campus has expanded over the years to its present size by incorporating the former Santa Monica College site.
"The high school contains a great many points of interest, especially the Memorial Open-Air Theater dedicated in 1921; Barnum Hall, dedicated to William F. Barnum*, who served as principal from 1913 to 1943; an imposing Athletic Hall of Fame in the Men's Gymnasium; a trophy collection; the Freedom Shrine in the Administration Building; and the Hall of Fame in the History Building. Two special items of interest in Barnum Hall's lobby are a mosaic-tile mural depicting the landing of the vikings and a four-foot-tall concrete owl that stood atop the original high school from 1913 until 1933, when an earthquake caused its removal."
Ocean Park
"54. The Baron's Castle, 2103 Third Street. A Moorish villa designed and erected in 1907 by Nicolas Baida, a Syrian-born art dealer. With its three stories topped off by a large dome and its elaborately landscaped grounds, it was known as "The Palace" in its early years. In 1920 and 1921 it served as a convalescent home for veterans of World War I. It was eventually acquired by Baron Michel Leone, a professional wrestler who built the new portions of the building and gave it the name "Baron's Castle."
Clara Erica Rydgren and two of her sons: Clarence (the younger one) and Karl Rydgren. The SM Pier is in the background. Best we can tell, it was taken about 1921.
Clara Erica Rydgren and two of her sons: Clarence (the younger one) and Karl Rydgren. The SM Pier is in the background. Best we can tell, it was taken about 1921.
Seldon Rodman The Artist Nobody Knows, New World Writing, The New American Library: NY, 1952. Pages 151-157, 1952, 1921, 1918, 1898
"The heart of
Los Angeles, contrary to popular belief, lies somewhere between San
Pedro and Main on Fifth Street, . . .
. . .in an anonymity as pervasive as that surrounding any of its
denizens, lives the most dedicated artist in America, building, as a
bee its honeycomb, one of the strangest and most abstractly beautiful
structures in the world&endash;out of junk.
"Watts . . . where Simon Radilla staked out his pie-shaped claim to immortality thirty-one years ago, lies in the no-man's-land of deteriorating bungalows that stretches interminably through the featureless flats between Pasadena, the upper-middle-class Nirvana, and Long Beach, the end of the road from Iowa which has been called a cemetery with lights.
"Crossing the tracks, the towers loom suddenly.
II
"Simon, who also calls himself Sam, wanted it that way. He wanted the towers to be seen. A hill would have been better but the hills of Los Angeles had already been spoken for. At least by these tracks the towers would be visible from the trains. But who rides in trains any more, least of all through downtown Los Angeles? And for that matter who visits the heart of Los Angeles for any purpose, or believes it to have heart? . . .
" . . . For all the obscurity in which they have grown, his will to communicate, to make their beauty available to everyone, is as strong today as it ever was. . . . His dislike for the metropolis, one of the stimulants of his tireless energy, dates from 1921 when he applied to the city fathers for a building permit and was derisively turned down. The fact that the state government in Sacramento, whither he journeyed instantly to appeal the decision, overruled Los Angeles, and that by some miracle of perception and generosity (which may be a fantasy in itself) has now promised to refund everything he has paid in the last thirty years, makes him more than ever certain he builds for time to come. Lacking a charter of recognition from the United Nations or from Washington, he might will his creation to the state, but to the city&endash;never.
"Simon was born in Italy in 1898. He immigrated to the United States nine years later, Discharged from the Army Engineers in 1918 after service in France, he resolved to begin work on his contribution to peace at once. "Why so many people want to shed blood?" he asks. "You go boxing match. It's when nose is broken and blood flow over boxer's eyes that people clap for joy. That's why, my dear friend, I not turn on this radio my niece she give me." Simon prefers to play ancient Martinelli and Caruso records on the horn-phonograph that is the only piece of furniture besides the bed in his one-room shack behind the towers."
" . . . "
Ruth St. Denis The Program Fourth Performance of the Series,
Season of Dance-Music-Poetry
Intermission
Intermission
"The Piano is the Knabe with the Ampico"
"Fitzgerald Music Company:
"I must express to you the joy that I have had in my wonderful Knabe with the Ampico. My wonder at this magical instrument-that can produce the delicate feeling of the player's fingers on the keys and can make you realize the dynamic personality of the pianist at the same time-is a wonder that never ceases. I have months and years of joy ahead of me" Yours very gratefully, Ruth St. Denis."
353 An Everyday Crowd, Ocean Park, Cal., M. Kashover Co., Los Angeles, Calif. ?7458, 1921, SLL 2005
353 An Everyday Crowd, Ocean Park, Cal.
353 An Everyday Crowd, Ocean Park, Cal., M. Kashover Co., Los Angeles, Calif. ?7458, 1921, SLL 2005
Tide studies: Looking south to the Waverly Club (formerly Breakers) 1725 Ocean Front; Jonathan Club (formerly Edgewater) the Del Mar Club and Ocean Park Pier. Shoreward markers indicate 1921 high tide line. Tide 0.3 feet, 3: 05 PM, September 23, 1938 -Maurice M. King, City Engineer (City of Santa Monica)
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Betty Lou Young Our First Century: The Los Angeles Athletic Club 1880-1980, LAAC Press: Los Angeles, California 1979, 176pp., 1921, 1920s
9. The Exuberant Twenties
" . . .
"A group of business men under the leadership of Harry Chandler formed the All Year Club in 1921 to attract a new and potentially rich crop of winter tourists to Southern California . . . Los Angeles its population . . . 576,673 in 1920 . . ."
