1940-1950 BASTEN 1974

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., 1950s, 1941,

    On page 178 a photo shot from off the end of the Santa Monica Pier showing surfers, dated 1941, and showing the Monica Hotel (formerly the Breakers Club), the Kabat-Kaiser Institute (formerly the Edgewater Club-demolished in the '50s), and the then Del Mar Club (now Synanon).

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