Monica Highland Greetings from Southern California, Graphic Arts Center Publishing, Portland, OR, 1988, 111 pp.
[Front Dust Cover pictures F-161 A Carload of Bathing Beauties, Santa Monica, Cal., Unknown Publisher, MH; 4069 Santa Monica, Cal. Santa Monica Bathing Scene, MH; 1883- A Carload of Mammoth Navel Oranges From S.P. 79265, Copyright 1909, Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco; MH]
Penny Dreams:
N.R. "Nat" Sherman, owner of the Western Publishing and Novelty Company, said in 1969, before 1940 "the reproduction wasn't really worth talking about, it wasn't good. From 1940 to 1950, the linen finish gave you your best card. After that came Kodachrome and everything changed." . . . "During World War II, paper rationing did not apply to the postcard industry . . .'
By The Glad Sea Waves:
Bathing in the Surf Ocean Park, Cal., (12532) c. 1910, MH
". . .
"From the very beginning, the middle-class on vacation in Southern California flocked by the hundreds of thousands to Santa Monica, Ocean Park, and Venice. Convenient public transportation-Red Cars which had lines throughout the county-converged at this hospitable shore. Every twenty minutes those cars disgorged their eager cargo of sun-and-sea worshippers who dispersed across the sand in a happy frenzy. Here, packed in tighter than the proverbial sardines, people huddled under umbrellas of every stripe; they flung themselves with abandon into the shallow, inviting surf. They walked hand in hand along the cliff tops of Santa Monica . . .
"Santa Monica, Ocean Park, and Venice had everything. The Bristol Pier and the Concrete Pier are gone now, but part of the Pleasure Pier still stands, with one of the loveliest carousels in the world . . . you might dine in style at the Bristol Cafe or the Nat Goodwin . . . The thrifty might rent a cabana for the day, taking the Red Car home, sunburned, sand-flecked, but happy; the well-off might stay at the Miramar or the Sovereign Hotel.
"Down in Venice there was dancing, the miniature railway, and that last word in redundancy, the indoor pool at the Ocean Park Bath House . . .
3020-Happy Youngsters on the Beach, c. 1910, MH
Yachting on the Pacific, M. Rieder, Publ. Los Angeles, Cal., 8025 Made in Germany c. 1905, MH
317:-Beach Road and Entrance to Topanga Canyon, near Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1920, MH
S.M. 41 Palatial Home and Malibu Shoreline, Roosevelt Highway, Near Santa Monica, California, 1A-H482 c. 1920, MH
S.M. 8 Along the Palisades, Santa Monica, California. c. 1920, MH
Overlooking the Ocean From the Palisades, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1910, MH
S.M.2 Santa Monica Canyon, Santa Monica, California., c. 1910, MH
SM-37-Beach Homes of the Stars along the Palisades, Santa Monica, California, (1B-H2165), c. 1940, MH
Cafe Nat Goodwin, Santa Monica, Cal., Entrance, c. 1925, MH
The Bristol Cafe, Santa Monica, Cal., c. 1910, MH
SM-15. Pleasure Pier, Santa Monica, California, (117438) c. 1925, MH
6804. Bristol Pier, Santa Monica, California, c. 1910, MH
Famous Camera Obscura, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1910, MH
SM-16-Daily Scene on the Beach at Santa Monica, California (Photo by "Dick" Whitington) (1B-H2163), c. 1945, MH
Miramar Hotel & Bungalows-Santa Monica, California, c. 1940, MH
803-Beach and Roller Coaster, Ocean Park, California., c. 1910, MH
2409-Broad Walk between Venice and Ocean Park, California, c. 1910, MH
The "Bath Beautiful" Ocean Park Bath House Ocean Park, California, "Some people drink filtered water. We bathe in it." c. 1920, MH
2882-Ocean Front, Looking South, Ocean Park, California, c.1910, MH
F-22 Beach Scene, Venice, California, c. 1925, MH
The Real L.A.
303:-Marion Davies and Her Colonial Beach Home, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1920, MH
819-Beach Home of Cary Grant, Santa Monica California, (1B-H1017) c. 1945, MH
Paradise
The Palisades, Santa Monica, California, F 156, c. 1910, MH
- Publishers: 1988, 1909,
Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco, 1988, 1909
1883- A Carload of Mammoth Navel Oranges From . . . S.P. 79265, Copyright 1909; MH
M. Rieder, Publ. Los Angeles, Cal., Made in Germany, 1988,
- Yachting on the Pacific, 8025; MH
Unknown Publisher: 1988
- Bathing in the Surf Ocean Park, Cal., (12532) c. 1910; MH
[A circle of polished seashells surrounding bathers in surf.]
Overlooking the Ocean From the Palisades, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1910, MH
The Palisades, Santa Monica, California, F 156, c. 1910, MH
S.M.2 Santa Monica Canyon, Santa Monica, California., c. 1910, MH
The Bristol Cafe, Santa Monica, Cal., c. 1910, MH
Famous Camera Obscura, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1910, MH
F-161 A Carload of Bathing Beauties, Santa Monica, Cal., c. 1925; MH
- [They appear to be on the California Incline.]
3020-Happy Youngsters on the Beach, c. 1910, MH
4069 Santa Monica, Cal. Santa Monica Bathing Scene; MH
- {Just south of Santa Monica's Municiple Pier.}
6804. Bristol Pier, Santa Monica, California, c. 1910, MH
803-Beach and Roller Coaster, Ocean Park, California., c. 1910, MH
4029-Broad Walk between Venice and Ocean Park, California, c. 1910, MH
2882-Ocean Front, Looking South, Ocean Park, California, c.1910
317:-Beach Road and Entrance to Topanga Canyon, near Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1920, MH
S.M. 8 Along the Palisades, Santa Monica, California. c. 1920, MH
The "Bath Beautiful" Ocean Park Bath House Ocean Park, California, "Some people drink filtered water. We bathe in it." c. 1920, MH
303:-Marion Davies and Her Colonial Beach Home, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1920, MH
Cafe Nat Goodwin, Santa Monica, Cal., Entrance, c. 1925, MH
SM-15. Pleasure Pier, Santa Monica, California, (117438) c. 1925, MH
S.M. 41 Palatial Home and Malibu Shoreline, Roosevelt Highway, Near Santa Monica, California, (1A-H482), c. 1920, MH
F-22 Beach Scene, Venice, California, c. 1925, MH
SM-16-Daily Scene on the Beach at Santa Monica, California (Photo by "Dick" Whitington) (1B-H2163), c. 1945, MH
SM-37-Beach Homes of the Stars along the Palisades, Santa Monica, California, c. 1940 (1B-H2165), MH
Miramar Hotel & ? Bungalows-Santa Monica, California, c. 1940, MH
819-Beach Home of Cary Grant, Santa Monica California, (1B-H1017) c. 1945
Western Publishing and Novelty Co., 1988, 1969