Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182 pp., 1940s
"During the forties, volleyball superseded surfing as the top State Beach sport and a whole new hierarcy fought for the honors . . . The sport of beach volleyball had its beginnings in the 1920s on a public court near Santa Monica pier and on courts at the various beach clubs. In the 1930s, two of the best public court players, Manny Saenz and Bernie Holtzman, supplemented their sparse earnings b playing the various club teams for small wagers . . . They both moved on to the court at State Beach, where competition was more intense . . .
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"204-219 Chautauqua . . . a five-acre meadow between Chautauqua and Corona del Mar is significant In the early 1900s it was owned by Robert Gillis and accommodated several shacks, one used by his daughter, Adelaide's, mandolin teacher, . . .
"In 1932 the property was purchased by Will Rogers and held by the Rogers family until 1945, when it was acquired by John Entenza, publisher of Arts and Architecture magazine, for his Case Study Program. The plan featured houses of modern design, often steel-framed and utilizing low-cost elements in their construction. Today . . . four of these landmark structures, built from 1946-49, still occupy the original site. . . .
" . . . The Eames house, designed by Charles Eames and his wife, Ray, is the best preserved in its natural setting and is notable for interior elements designed by Charles and Ray Eames. Both the Eames house and the nearby Entenza are on the list of Los Angeles Cultural Heritage landmarks."
"477 Upper Mesa . . . Architect Thornton Abell purchased a portion of the Kyte garden in 1937 and in 1942 built a small house on the property. Its first tenant was artist Richard Haines and his wife, Nona. who were on their way to Alaska to fulfill a contract for a mural when World War II intervened and the couple were stranded. . . . After seven years [1949] the couple moved to Amalfi . . ."