Jenny Pirie, Peter Kastner and Jeff Mudrick A Short History of Ocean Park, Ocean Park Community Organization, 1982, (With a 1983 update.) 15 pp. 1983, 1982, 1940s, 1926,
" . . . And the Second World War accelerated this change.
"The war resulted in an unprecedented demand for airplanes from the Douglas Aircraft plant in Santa Monica, as well as increased production at all the support businesses in the area that served Douglas. Wartime workers flocked to the west side, and Ocean Park took in its share. Since there was little or no building during the war, existing housing had to take the strain. From being the "Unsurpassed All-Year Playground of the West" (as a 1926 advertisement described the town), Ocean Park was becoming an "all-year" home for working people and their families."