1931 (1930) (1932) (1920-1930) (1930-1940) Table of Contents
Bert's Stand, Santa Monica Pier, c. 1931, Alice Pourray and Karl Rydgren. Photographer unknown. Photograph from the collection of Alyssa Navapanich. See Image
John Cage A Year from Monday, Wesleyan University Press: Middletown, CN, 1967, 1930s, 1931, 1926, 1924 See 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., 1931, 1929 See Text
Tom Moran and Tom Sewell Fantasy by the Sea Peace Press: Culver City, CA, 1980 (1979) (Originally published by Beyond Baroque Foundation with a grant from the Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts), 1931, See Text
J.B. Nethercutt*, 91, Cosmetics, Car Expert, Los Angeles Times, 11 December 2004, 2004b, 1970s, 1931, 1913 See Text
J.B. Nethercutt*, 91; Owner of Merle Norman Cosmetics Los Angeles Times, 9 December 2004 p. B15, 2004b, 1931 See Text
Alice Pourray, c. 1931, Santa Monica Yacht Harbor Ocean Frontage Sign See Picture
Jeffrey Stanton Venice of America: 'Coney Island of the Pacific,' Donahue Publishing: Los Angeles, CA, 1987. 176 pp., 1931, See Text
Documents
John Cage A Year from Monday, Wesleyan University Press: Middletown, CN, 1967, 1931, 1926, 1924
p. 273 "When the depression began, I was in Europe. After a while I came back and lived with my family in the Pacific Palisades. . . .
"About a year later, the family had to give up the house in the Palisades. Mother and Dad went to an apartment in Los Angeles. I found an auto court in Santa Monica where, in exchange for doing the gardening, I got an apartment to live in and a large room back of the court over the garages, which I used as a lecture hall. I was nineteen year old and enthusiastic about modern music and painting. I went from house to house in Santa Monica explaining this to the housewives. I offered ten lectures for $2.50. I said, "I will learn each week something about the subject that I will then lecture on."
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., 1931, 1929
[While the program opened in 1929 as an extension of the high school program] . . . the junior college moved to its present campus, occupying the original Garfield building [in 1931]. A discussion of the development of the programs of these two branches of the schools is offered, and a summary made of this further phase in the refinement of a complete program of education in Santa Monica.
Tom Moran and Tom Sewell Fantasy by the Sea Peace Press: Culver City, CA, 1980 (1979) (Originally published by Beyond Baroque Foundation with a grant from the Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts), 1931
Oil
"By the end of 1931 there were 163 oil-producing wells clustered around the edges of the Grand Canal . . . "
J.B. Nethercutt,* 91, Owner of Merle Norman Cosmetics Los Angeles Times, 9 December 2004 p. B15, 2004b, 1931
"J.B. Nethecutt*, owner of one of the nation's leading cosmetic houses, died on December 6, 2004 in Santa Monica. He was 91.
"Born in South Bend, Indiana, on October 11, 1913, J.B. moved to Santa Monica in 1923 to live with his aunt, Merle Nethercutt Norman*, after his mother Florence G. Titus, passed away unexpectedly and his father, Carl Corwin Nethercutt, was relocated for business.
"In 1931, Merle-with husband Andrew Norman* and nephew J.B. as partners-founded her namesake cosmetic company. On September 3, 1933, J.B. married high school sweetheart Dorothy Sykes*, who was the company's second full-time employee. Together, the Normans and the Nethercutts built Merle Norman Cosmetics into a top manufacturer and distributor of skin care and cosmetic products, with franchises throughout the U.S. and Canada."
J.B. Nethercutt,* 91, Cosmetics, Car Expert, Los Angeles Times, 11 December 2004, 2004b, 1970s, 1931, 1913
" . . .
"Jack Boison Nethercutt * was born in South Bend, Ind., on Oct. 11, 1913. He moved to Southern California when he was 9, after his mother's death, to live with his aunt, Merle Nethercutt Norman. After graduating from Santa Monica High School, he studied chemistry at California Institute of Technology.
"Working out of a house in Santa Monica, Nethercutt's aunt had started a small business producing cosmetics for sale locally in 1931. Nethercutt dropped out of college and joined the venture, establishing Merle Norman Cosmetics."
Alice Pourray, c. 1931, Santa Monica Yacht Harbor Ocean Frontage Sign
Alice Pourray, c. 1931, Santa Monica Yacht Harbor Ocean Frontage Sign. Photographer unknown. Photograph from the collection of Alyssa Navapanich.
Jeffrey Stanton Venice of America: 'Coney Island of the Pacific,' Donahue Publishing: Los Angeles, CA, 1987. 176 pp., 1931,
"With spending money becoming scarce and money for new attractions non-existent, amusement men resorted to promotions and celebrations to lure paying customers to Venice and Ocean Park. The schedule for 1931 included the St. Patrick's Day parade, Easter Fashion Pageant, Pacific Memorial Day services, Fiesta Week in June, Independence Day with fireworks, Annual Bathing Revue, Mermaid Mardi Gras in August, Labor Day celebration, Halloween Carnival, Armistice Day celebration, 1st Annual Turkey Trot, two weeks long Christmas Fiesta and the 24th annual New Year's Eve Frolic.
"Amusement interests were fortunate that summer as the crowds at the beach were larger than in the previous two years and water temperatures hovered between a record 76 and 78 degrees Fahrenheit, only a degree or two colder than the waters off Hawaii. Hammerhead sharks were sighted in the bay for the first time. World wide weather was bizarre that summer; extreme heat and drought in North America with record rain throughout Europe. Inland Los Angeles temperatures hovered around the 100 degree mark throughout the summer and residents headed for the beach to escape the heat. Sunday's July 26th crowd that packed the narrow beach solid from Del Rey to the Ocean Park Pier was estimated at 350,000 people. Five hundred people took a late evening swim by moon light near the pier. the only discomfort was the swarms of mosquitoes that plagued Venice throughout the summer."