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Oahu, Hawaii, 2006, 1953, 1950

Claude Oakland, 1985, 1950s

  • Eichler architect, 1985, 1950s

Oakland Art Gallery, 2001, 1973, 1927

Oakland Athletic League, 2006, 1949, 1948

  • High School Gymnastics Competition, 2006, 1949, 1948

Oakland, California, 2006, 1990, 1979, 1970s, 1948, 1920, 1905

The Oakland Tribune, 1977

  • Joe Knowland, owner, 1977

Los Angeles Police Chief Oaks, 1977, 1923

Oak, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

  • Coast Live Oak, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944
  • Quercus agrifolia, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

Silk Oak, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

  • Grevillea robusta, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

Oakwood, 1999, 1905  

Oakwood Av., 1999, 1916

  • Gate for the Venice Race Course, 1999, 1916

Oakwood Gallery, 2665 Main, Santa Monica, CA, 1982

  • Sandra Janson,* Gallery Dealer,, 1982

The Oasis Palms Motel, 1996, 1963

  • Mosley's fictional safe haven, on Lincoln Blvd., in Santa Monica, 1996, 1963

O'Bannon-Henderson News Co., Cigarettes and Tobacco; News Agency, Pacific Electric Station @ Trolleyway, O.P., 2003, 1912

Obituaries, Eulogies, Memorials, Notices, Afterthoughts, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2008a, 2004, 2002, 1988, 1984, 1946, 1935, 1912

  • Alphonzo Bell Jr. [1915-2004]
  • Myrna Oliver Alphonzo Bell Jr., 89: GOP Congressman Often Won Bipartisan Support, Los Angeles Times, 27 April 2004

Ray Eames [1915-1988]

  • Ray Eames, 73; Member of Noted Design Team, Los Angeles Times Obituary, November, 1988

Ken Genser [ -2010], 2010

  • Judy Abdo Ken Genser, January 10, 2010
  • Santa Monica City Councilor Richard Bloom, Ken Genser Tribute, 2009
  • Judge David Finkel Ken Genser 10 January 2010
  • Larry N. George, Ken Genser, 2010
  • Ruth Y. Goldway, Ken Genser 2010
  • Frank Gruber A Serious Man, The LookOut, January 11, 2010
  • Kevin Herrera Mayor Genser dead at 59, Daily Press,January 11, 2010
  • Patricia Hoffman, Ken Genser, 2010,
  • Sheila Kuehl, Ken Genser January 10, 2010
  • Beth Leder-Pack Ken Genser Communitas Award 2009, 2010, 2009
  • Terence Lyons The Truly Unforgettable Ken Genser, Santa Monica Mirror, vol. 11, no. 32, (photos by Margaret Molloy) January 14-20, 2010. pp. 1, 38.
  • Kevin McKeown, Ken Genser 2010
  • Geraldine Moyle, Tribute and Eulogy, Ken Genser, 2010, 2009
  • Kurt Petersen, Ken Genser, 2010
  • Ernie Powell, Ken Genser, 2010
  • Vivian Rothstein Ken Genser 2010
  • www.smgov.net: City Mourns Ken Genser, January 9, 2010
  • Sonya Fox Sultan Ken Genser 2010
  • Denny Zane Ken Genser 2010

Christopher Knight Walter Hopps [1932-2005] Curator Brought Fame to Postwar L.A. Artists, Los Angeles Times, 22/3/05, pp. A1, A19,2005

Ned C . Howe [1930-2008]

  • Ned C Howe* [1930-2008] Obituary, 2008, 1930
  • 3281 30th St SW, Grandville, MI 49418, 2008

Richard E. Howe [1926-2009], 2010, 2009

Mark Kac [1914-1984]

  • Lee Dembart Pioneer Mathematician Mark Kac Dies, Los Angeles Times, Oct., 1984
  • Ralph A. Raimi  Mark Kac, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, 11 November 1984

Mary Kay Kamath, 2009

  • Connie Jenkins, Mary Kay Kamath, 2009

Homer Lea* [1886-1912]

  • Gen. Homer Lea Dead: Noted Man Passes Away at Home Here, Nov. 2, 1912, The Outlook, Nov. 1912

Baron Leone* [1909-1988]

  • Tony Scott Baron Michele Leone *[b. June 8, 1909 d. November 26, 1988]

Parke Meek [ -2010],2010, 2008

Cecil R. Miller,* 2002

  • James C. Miller, Ph.D. Obituary for Cecil R. Miller,* A.B., B.D., M.A., Ph.D. (1912-2002), 2002, 1965-1957, 1952-1950 On-line Search

Anna Elizabeth 'Nancy' Nimitz* [1920-2004], 2004

  • Anna Elizabeth 'Nancy' Nimitz, 84; Rand Economist, Researcher, 1 March 2004 Los Angeles Times, B11, 1952

Marilyn J. Reece [1927-2004], 2004

  • Dennis McLellan Marilyn J. Reece, 77; State's First Licensed Female Civil Engineer Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2004

Ruth Rossman [1914-2004], 2004

  • Myra Oliver Ruth Rossman, 90; Watercolorist Helped Found Venice Art Walk, Los Angeles Times, 5 August 2004, [1914-2004], 1998, 1997, 1990, 1979, 1975, 1974,

J.D. Schuyler [1848 -1912], 1912

  • Stephen E. Kieffer, C.E. Grunsky, and J. B. Lippincott, The memoir of James Dix Schuyler, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, v. 76 (1913), p. 2243-2245.

Beth Sunshine [1948-2008], 2008, 2008a, 1948

Irene Wolt [1946-2009], 2009

  • Chui Tsang, President, Santa Monica City College, Irene Wolt [1946-2009], 2009

Docia Zavitkovsky, 2010

  • Ruth Y. Goldway, Docia Zavitkovsky 2010
  • Docia Zavitkovsky, The Seattle Times, January 10 to January 11, 2010  

Jack O'Brien, 1979, 1913

  • Boxing professional, 1979, 1913

Perry O'Brien, 1952

  • Track and field, 1952
  • Santa Monica Graduate, 1952

William S. O'Brien [1826-1878], 1943, 1875, 1870s, 1869,

  • Along with Fair, Flood and Mackay, the Firm, 1943, 1869
  • They join the Virginia Water Company which brings into Virginia City water from the Sierras, 1942, 1869
  • Discovers the major Comstock Lode in the Con. Virginia, 1943, 1874, 1869
  • Our rich men the Inter-Ocean has not named. . . . Twenty or thirty million each is but a moderate estimate of their wealth. San FranciscoChronicle, Jan., 1875, 1943
  • The Con. Virginia bonanza created a longer list [of millionaires] including William S. O'Brien, 1943, 1870s

O'Brien's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 2004

  • 2941 Main St., 2004

Observatories, 2004, 1998, 1935, 1890s

  • Big Bear Solar Observatory, 2004, 1998
  • Griffith Observatory, 2004, 1998, 1960
  • South View of the Domes of the Solar Telescope, Planetarium Theatre and Twin Refracting Telescope of the Griffith Observatiory, Los Angeles, California Post Card, L.81 Western Publ. and Nov. Co., 259 S. Los Angeles St., L.A., Calif. Frank J. Thomas, Color Photography; Curteichcolor 3-D Natural Color Reproductions, JT, 1960

Mount Etna, 1935. 1892

Mount Hamilton, 1935,

Mount Palomar, 2004, 1998

Mount Wilson, 2004, 1998, 1916

Mt. Wilson, 1935, 1892, 1889

  • In 1889 Harvard established a branch observatory on the top of a peak near Mt. Wilson, 1935, 1889.

Pike's Peak, 1935, 1892

South American Harvard Branch Observatory, 1935, 1889

Rev. James A. O'Callaghan [ - ], Bio., p. 456, 1908a

Occidental College, 2008, 1935, 1912, 1887

  • Est. 1887
  • is purposedly and intentionally a smaller college . . .
  • devoted to high scholarship.
  • It has a beautiful campus in the foot-hills near Eagle Rock President, Dr. Remsen Du Bois Bird, 1935
  • Attended by, Graduates:
  • Homer Lea, 1993, 1912
  • Barak Obama,
  • Fred Thomason, Athlete, Minister, Western Movie Star, 1935

 Faculty:

  • President, Dr. Remsen Du Bois Bird, 1935
  • Robert Gottlieb,
  • Derek Schearer

Occupations, 1908a

  • (See Work)
  • Cabinet Making, 1908a

The Ocean (s), 2005a, 1983, 1976, 1974, 1970s, 1960s, 1950, 1950s, 1908, 1908a, 1886, 1875, Assorted Postcards

  • (See Fishing; The Weather; Kelp)
  • Between Ocean Park Boulevard and the southern boundary of Santa Monica, the ocean is the western boundary of the Ocean Park Redevelopment District, The eastern boundary is Neilson Way, 1974, 1970s, 1960s, 1950, 1950s,
  • The Pacific Ocean, 2005a, 1983, 1976, 1974, 1875, Assorted Postcards

Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004a, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1990, 1983, 1981, 1980, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1956, 1948, 1944, 1940sa, 1939, 1937, 1930, 1929, 1922, 1913, 1912, 1910s, 1919-1909, 1908a, 1900, 1900s, 1896, 1894, 1892, 1891, 1889, 1888, 1884, 1875, Assorted Post Cards

  • J.W. Scott, builder of the Arcadia Hotel, donated funds for the original planting of eucalyptus along Ocean Ave., 1980
  • Film Location, 2004a, 2003
  • The Long Line ran from Los Angeles along Sunset, down Ocean Av. to Ocean Park and Venice, 1896
  • Street Car Service, 1974, 1900s
  • Santa Monica Road Race Leg with grandstands and judges stand near Montana Av., 1999, 1919-1909
  • A leg of the Santa Monica Road Races from the south side of San Vicente to Nevada, Av. 1974, 1910s
  • F.H. and Rhoda May Rindges purchase property on Ocean Ave., and build a house, 1974, 1908a, 1891
  • And Marguerita, Mayflower Cottage, 1999, 1884
  • Kinney Residence, 1999, 1884

Ocean Av. Bleachers, Santa Monica Road Races, 1980, 1912

Ocean Av. and Washington, Kyte House built around 1900 moved in 1976 to 2624 Main St., restored and made into a private restaurant on Heritage Square, 1997, 1983, 1913

1000 Ocean Av., Roy Jones House, 1980, 1977, 1900

1007 Ocean Av., original address of First Roy Jones House, relocated to Santa Monica City-owned 2612 Main St., in 1977, 2003, 1983, 1979, 1977, 1894 (1990 Landmark Guide and Lunsford, 1983 relocates the house to 2620 Main St.)

And the block Nevada Avenue (Wilshire Boulevard), Second Street and California Avenue had been reserved for a hotel by Sen. Jones according to Storrs (1974). Instead Jones in April [1888] the contract was let for "Miramar," at a cost stated by Ingersoll to have been "between $30,000 and $40,000," 1974, 1888

Jones Residence, Moreton Bay Fig

Miramar Hotel,

  • Bought by the Fujita Corp.,

And Nevada, one of the corners of the Santa Monica Road Race, 1974, 1912

One of the boundaries of the Santa Monica City Central Business Districts, along with Wilshire Boulevard, Lincoln Boulevard and Colorado Avenue, 1974, 1948, 1937, 1929, 1922

1501 Ocean Ave., i Cugini, 2001

1541 Ocean Ave., Ivy at the Shore, 2001

And Utah (now Broadway), 1974, 1875

  • First Santa Monica Lot sold to E.R. Zamoyski for $500, 1974, 1875

And Railroad Av., Santa Monica Hotel, 1980, 1900, 1898

And Railroad Avenue, (now Colorado Ave), The Santa Monica Hotel, 1974, 1889, 1875

1602 Ocean Av., The Lobster (1923), 2001

  • Allyson Thurber*, 2001

And Colorado, The Fish Restaurant, 1990, 1939

And Colorado, Sunset Inn, 2005, 1975, 1930

Mexican Fan Palms, RAND Corporation, 1976

1657 Ocean Av., Chez Jay, 2001, 1999, 1997

1667 Ocean Av., Ocean Lodge, 1999, 1996

1670 Ocean Ave., Belle Bleu Inn by the Sea, 1999, 1996

1700 Ocean Ave., Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, 2001, 1999, 1996

  • (between Colorado Ave. & Pico Blvd.)
  • Lavande, Chef Alain Giraud, 1999, 1996
  • Pritikin Fitness Center, 1999, 1996

1700 Ocean Ave, Servis & Taylor, Jewelry 2005

Eastern border of "The Village Housing Project," 2008, 2007

1725 Ocean Avenue, 2008, 2007

  • [Area West of 1700 Main Street, South of new Olympic Drive & East of Ocean Avenue & North of 1776 Main Street], Santa Monica Village LLC , 2008, 2007

1746 Ocean Ave., Kensington Auto Hotel, 1940s

And Pico, Louis T. Busch Co. (Phone: 24430), 1974. 1926

1810 Ocean Av., Capo, Chef-owner Bruce Marder*, 2001

1819 Ocean Ave. (at Pico), Royal Inn of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, California, Assorted Post Cards

1906 Ocean Av., Cha Cha Chicken, 2001, 1999, 1997

2107 Ocean Av., Ocean House, Beth Feinstein (-2007), Theresa Weisberg,* 2007

2219 Ocean Ave., Cottage, owned by the University of Illinois Foundation which has requested demolition, 2007

  • Landmarked, 2008

2221 Ocean Ave #203, Set Apart, 2005

Ocean Avenue Streetcar Line, 1980, 1898

  • South along the present Neilson Way and Pacific Street to Venice, Playa del Rey and more distant South Bay communities, 1980, 1898

Ocean fishing, 2005, 1997, 1975, 1890s

  • (See Fishing)

Ocean Front Market, 1973, 1971

  • Ocean Front Walk, Venice, 1973, 1971
  • Venice Fine Arts Squad, (Terry Schoonhaven), Venice Beach Under Snow, 1973, 1971

Ocean Front Promenade, 2003, 1974, 1950s, 1912, 1907

  • (North of Navy Ave., Ocean Front Walk became Ocean Front Promenade)
  • Nr Ashland, O.P., Brooks Theater, Motion Pictures, 2003, 1912
  •  And Ashland, Burton Grocery Co., Groceries, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • & Pier, Brady-McLeod Drug Co., Drug Store, O.F., O.P., 2003, 1907
  • & Pier, Fraser, Jones & Gage, Real Estate, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • And Pier, Goldvogal Brothers, Groceries, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • And Pier, Ocean Park Improvement Co., Real Estate, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • And Pier Ave., City Water Co., O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Near Pier Avenue, where private property was leased by the Los Angeles Turf Club and CBS to develop Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1950s
  • 43 O.F. Promenade, J.E. Gaffney, Delicatessen, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • J.F. Gaffney, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 43 O.F. Promenade. O.P., 2003, 1907

95 O.F. Promenade, M.J. Firsich, Groceries, O.P., 2003, 1907

97 O.F. Promenade, Marks, The Sea Shell Man, Sea Shells & Curios, O.P., 2003, 1907

105 O.F. Promenade, Elanor Seiser, Hairdresser, O.P., 2003, 1907

123 O.F. Promenade, Sunset Dining Parlors, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, O.P., 2003, 1907

125 O.F. Promenade, E.D. Grandmason, Jewelers, Optician, O.P., 2003, 1907

131 O.F. Promenade, Fanjoy Foto Co., Kodaks & Supplies, Photographs, O.P., 2003, 1907

131 O.F. Promenade, Bishop & Dewy, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, O.P., 2003, 1907

193 O.F. Promenade, Dr. Hulbert Fuller, Physician, O.P., 2003, 1907

193 O.F. Promenade, Dr. W.M. Kendall, Physician, O.P., 2003, 1907

211 O.F. Promenade, Ocean Park Catering Co., CO.P., 2003, 1907

219 O.F. Promenade, Dr. W.W. Dumm, Osteopath, O.P., 2003, 1907

239 O.F Promenade, Mrs. Anna Waite, Real Estate, 2003, 1907

255 O.F. Promenade, Dr. W.R. Mail, Dentist, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Front Restaurant, 2004, 2001

  • 1901 Ocean Front Walk, Casa Del Mar Hotel by the Sea, 2004
  • Executive Chef Collin Crannell,* 2004

Ocean Front Walk, Way, Santa Monica, Ocean Park, Venice, 2004, 2003, 1999, 1990, 1987, 1980, 1979, 1977, 1976, 1974, 1943, 1940s, 1940sa, 1938, 1930s, 1923, 1920s, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1910s, p. 511, 1908a, 1907

  • 1501 O.F. Walk, John Krithare, Confectionery, 2003, 1912
  • 1501 O.F. Walk, Oriental Art Association, Japanese Goods, 2003, 1912
  • 1910 twenty foot wide esplanade built to the Bristol Pier, which was already connected all the way to Venice, 1990, 1910
  • O.F. Walk, Paris Lunch Room, 2003, 1912
  • 1615 Ocean Front, at the Santa Monica Pier, just below and south east of Pier on the Ocean Front, Big Deans Oceanfront Café, 2004
  • The Purser Apartments, 1990, 1940s
  • 1725 Ocean Front Walk, The Waverly Club, 1938
  • Formerly The Breakers Club at 1725 The Promenade, 1938
  • Jonathon Club, formerly the Edgewater, 1938

1725 Ocean Front, Santa Monica, California, Chase Hotel, 1940sa

1901 Ocean Front Walk, Casa Del Mar Hotel by the Sea, 2004

  • The Del Mar Club, 1938

1901 Ocean Front Walk, Ocean Front Restaurant, Casa Del Mar Hotel by the Sea, 2004, 2001

Looking south toward Fraser's Pier, 1910, 1980

Cor. Ocean Front and Marine, Miller's for Drugs, Ocean Park, Cal., 1920s

Phone: 61298 Service: Quality: Accuracy: Price

2703 O.F. Walk, O.P., Mrs. Jennie Madison, Dressmaker, O.P., 2003, 1912

2801 O.F. Walk, Mrs. Bertha Coulon, Grocers, O.P., 2003, 1912

2803 O.F. Walk, Italian Lunch Parlor, O.P., 2003, 1912

2806 O.F. Walk, O.P., Herman Alder, Confectionery, 2003, 1912

2811 O.F. Walk, F.W. Ross, Restaurant, O.P., 2003, 1912

2813 O.F. Walk, M.J. Hook, Grocers, O.P., 2003, 1912

2906 O.F. Walk, O.P., L.M Maney, Billiards & Pool,, O.P., 2003, 1912

2922 O.F. Walk, O.P., William A. Kampmann, Confectionery, 2003, 1912

2925 O.F. Walk, O.G. Avery, Photographer, 2003, 1912

2926 Ocean Front, Mrs. Florence Forrest,* Ocean Park, 1920s

  • "Expert Psycho-Analyst Consult Mrs. Forrest* Herself at her Studio"

2932-1/2 O.F. Walk, O.P., George Wright, Boot Black, 2003, 1912

2933 Ocean Front, Day's Grill, Ocean Park, 1920s

  • Dragon Gorge Scenic Railroad, developed by the L.A. Thompson Co., parallel to Ocean Front Walk, immediately to the south of Fraser's Million-Dollar Pier, 1987, 1911
  • The building, several blocks long, also contained the 'Grotto Cafe', a revolving restaurant, and the 'Auto Maze', 1987, 1911
  • The Neptune Theater, an early nickelodeon, and the Merryland Penny Arcade opened on Ocean Front Walk across from the Scenic Railroad, 1987, 1911
  •  The Loof family built a carousel in the Hippodrome building on the site of the old Toboggan Railway betweem the Dragon Gorge and the Casino. It was a 50 foot diameter pit machine with horses four abreast, 1987, 1911

2933 O.F. Walk, O.P., Magee & Fogg, Confectionery, 2003, 1912

2933 O.F. Walk, O.P., J.H. Reed, Confectionery, 2003, 1912

2933-35 Ocean Front, Diamond Cafe, Ocean Park, 1923

2935 O.F. Walk, O.P., Sam Rosenthal, Grocers, 2003, 1912

2937 O.F. Walk, O.P., The Polly, Confectionery, 2003, 1912

2940 O.F. Walk, C.A, Stevens, Restaurant, O.P., 2003, 1912

2944 O.F. Walk, Frank Henwick, Barber, 2003, 1912

2946 Ocean Front Promenade, Casino Gardens Dance Pavilion, 1930 Ocean Park, ca. 1930-Adelbert Bartlett (Carolyn Bartlett Farnham) 1930 & Pier, S. Daub, Barber, O.P., 2003, 1907

http://www.smpl.org/archive/0932/IMG0028.JPG

Pacific Ocean Park, 1980, 1974

Pacific Ocean Park Amusement Pier, 1980, 1974

& Pier, S. Daub, Barber, O.P., 2003, 1907

3003 O.F. Walk, O.P., M.C. Clark, Barber, 2003, 1912

3007 O.F. Walk, O.P., Michael Kelley, Confectionery, 2003, 1912

3007 O.F. Walk, O.P., United Dental Co., Dentist, O.P., 2003, 1912

3015 O.F. Walk, O.P., E.O. Follett, Confectionery, 2003, 1912

3017 O.F. Walk, O.P., Alexander Brothers, Picture Postals, O.P., 2003, 1912

3017 O.F. Walk, O.P., C.A. Fanjoy, Photographer, 2003, 1912

3018 Ocean Front, Fraser Building, 1923

3018 Ocean Front, The Candy Kitchen, Fraser Building, 1923

3021 O.F. Walk, O.P., Leon Aron, Cigars & Tobacco, 2003, 1912

Venice, 1979, 1930s

& Pier Ave., Albert Buelow, Cigars & Tobacco, 2003, 1912

And Pier Casino Buffet, O.P., Saloon, 2003, 1912

4 O.F. Walk, H.F, Rile, Photographer, O.P., 2003, 1912

8 O.F. Walk, R.D. Beckon, Men's Furnishings; Shoemaker, Repair, O.P., 2003, 1912

10 O.F. Walk, Raymond Gaar, Cigars & Tobacco, 2003, 1912

10 O.F. Walk, James Macallo, Confectionery, 2003, 1912

10 O.F. Walk, G.F. Stamps, Billiards & Pool, O.P., 2003, 1912

127 O.F. Walk, Neal's Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, O.P., 2003, 1907

201 O.F. Walk, O.P., Fanjoy Photo Co., O.P., 2003, 1912

201 O.F. Walk, G.A. Boudinot, Ice Cream Dealer, 2003, 1912

205 O.F. Walk, E.B. Arnold, Dentist, 205 O.F. Walk, 2003, 1912

No. 207-207 1/2 Ocean Front, Ocean Park, California, p. 511, 1908a Jesse, Marcus, Marian and W.S. Kendall Family Home and Medical offices, p. 511, 1908a

217 O.F. Walk, George Von Wedelstaedt, Physician, 2003, 1912

207 O.F. Walk, Oscar Anderson, Physicians, 2003, 1912

207 O.F. Walk, W.M. Kendall, Physician, 2003, 1912

& Marine, L.L. Meisenheimer, Dentist, 2003, 1912

& Marine, Haskell Drug Co., 2003, 1912

& Marine, Decatur Cafe, 2003, 1912

Between Marine & Navy, Hotel Decator, O.P., 2003, 1912

305 O.F. Walk, Hotel Ripples, 2003, 1912

323 Ocean Front Walk (Between Rose and Dudley), Venice, The Venice Bistro, 2004

And Navy, H.C. Burmister, Groceries, Wine, Liquor, O.P., 2003, 1907

And Navy Street, The Crystal Plunge, 1974, 1910s

& Navy, Ocean Park Bath House, 2003, 1912, 1907

And Navy, Lick Pier: Aragon Ballroom, The Cheetah, 1979 , 1960s, 1943

Opposite Bath House, Darais & Daphnes, Restaurant,, 2003, 1912

Opp. Bath House, Isadore Silver, Restaurant, 2003, 1912

Cor. Kinney, A.F. Bascom, Restaurant, 2003, 1912

& Kinney St., The Casino, Restaurant, O.P., 2003, 1912

& Kinney, O.P., Ye Sweet Shop, Confectionery, 2003, 1912

And Rose Ave., 1999

  • Film location, 1999

Ocean Front at Dudley, Hotel Cadillac, Venice, California, Phone 63165, 1980, 1920

  • B.F. & M.S. Green*, Props.; B.F. Green*, Mgr, 1980, 1920
  • [Six stories] "Unobstructed View of the Pacific and [ ] Wonderful Sunsets" 1980, 1920

And Dudley, Ocean Park Mayor Dana Burks, O.P. 1907

And Dudley Ave., murals, 1999

And Dudley, Ocean Park Mayor Dana Burks, O.P. 1907

& Horizon, Labels Cafe, 2003, 1912

& Horizon, Novelty Foto Studio, 2003, 1912

King George Hotel, 1980, 1920s

Roof Garden Cafe, 1980, 1920s

701 O.F. Walk, Floyd Nutting, Physician, 2003, 1912

& Lorelei Ave., J.N. Makin, Restaurant, 2003, 1912

& Paloma, Copper Kettle, 2003, 1912

& Zephyr, Cafe de Paris, 2003, 1912

& Zephyr Ave., Merryland Amusement Co., 2003, 1912

Near Zephyr, J.C. Allen, Boot Black, 2003, 1912

& Windward, Hotel St. Marks, 2003, 1912

& Windward, Byron Palmer, Physician, 2003, 1912

& Windward, Venice Drug Store, 2003, 1912

Opposite Venice Bath House, Chef's Lunch Room, 2003, 1912

Ocean Front, Ocean Park, 1980, 1920s

And Windward, L.M. Garrett, Cigars and Tobacco, Windward & O.F. Walk, Venice, 2003, 1907

And Windward, E.H. Macgibbon, Contractor Building, Venice, 2003, 1907

And Windward, Dr. W.S. Sands, Physician, Venice, 2003, 1907

And Windward, Venice Drug Co., Drug Stores, 2003, 1907

& Zephyr, Penny Arcade, Kodaks & Supplies, Sea Shells and Curios, Venice, 2003, 1907

Ocean House, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004, 1983, 1981

  • 2107 Ocean Av., 2010, 2007, 1983, 1981
  • (See Renaissance Ocean House; )
  • Retirement Apartments, Hotel, 2007, 2006
  • Beth Feinstein* [ -2007], 2007
  • Theresa (Herbst) Weisberg* [1910- ], 2007, 2006, 2004

 Senior Citizen, Assisted Living, Board and Care Facility, 2007, 1983, 1981

Jo Todd,* Spoken word/vocals, Saturday February 3, 2007 3:30 pm, 2007

Ocean Inn, 1984, 1919

  • "Watering Hole," 1984, 1919

Ocean Inn Cafe, Venice Pier, 2003, 1912

Ocean Lodge, 1667 Ocean Av. 1999, 1996

Oceanography, 1974, 1891

  • Oceanographic Survey, 1974, 1891
  • Southern Pacific Railroad, 1974, 1891
  • West of Santa Monica Canyon, 1974, 1891

Ocean Palms Hotel, 1990, 1940s

Ocean Park (s), 1923, 1904

  • Alice B. Emerson Betty Gordon at Ocean Park, Or School Chums on the Boardwalk, Cupples & Leon Company, Publishers: New York, 1923, 206 pp., 1923

Ocean Park, Cal. (1885-)(1895-)(1904-1907)(1904-1911), 2010, 2009, 2008, 2008a, 2007, 2006, 2006a, 2005, 2005a, 2005b, 2004, 2004a, 2003,2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1994, 1993, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1987, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1977, 1976, 1974, 1972, 1970s, 1967, 1965, 1963, 1961, 1960s, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1950s, 1949, 1947, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1940s, 1938, c.1935, 1933, 1930, 1930s, 1927, 1926, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1921, 1920, 1920s, 1917, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1910s, 1908, pp. 168, 170, 173, 197, 244, 245, 248, 254, 257, 259, 273, 292, 318, 327, 491, 492, 494, 1908a, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1903, 1902, 1901, 1900, 1900s, 1899, 1898, 1896, 1895, 1893, 1892, 1891, 1890, 1890s, 1889, 1885, 1884, 1880s, 1875-1830, Assorted Postcards, Forward

  • For people, the story begins with the indigenous peoples, some of whom were involved in harvesting abalone shell banks, used as a kind of currency across North America, 1908a,
  • In compensation of their lands confiscated by the San Gabriel Mission, the Talamantes and Machados were awarded La Ballona Rancho, 1908a
  • This land was farmed and grazed and settled by the Machado families who sold or leased off parts of land from 1850 on, serving as County Supervisors, and forming the basis of the large school district on the West Side of Los Angeles County, 1908a
  • On land originally part of La Ballona Grant, p. 494, 1908a
  • The Machado Families, 1998, 1979, 1908, 1908a, 1906, 1870s, 1865, 1839, 1831,
  • As part compensation for the compensation of their lands confiscated by the San Gabriel Mission, the Talamantes and Machados were awarded La Ballona Rancho, 1908a
  • This land was farmed and grazed and settled by the Machado families who sold or leased off parts of land from 1850 on, serving as County Supervisors, and forming the basis of the large school district on the West Side of Los Angeles County, 1908a
  • Early in the seventies an Englishman, Col. Hutchinson, loaned money to the Machados, taking mortgages upon various pieces of land as security. One of these was a narrow strip of beach frontage extending from Strand street to the southern limits of La Ballona grant.
  • The Machados sold 800 acres to Mrs. Lucas, 1908a, 1873
  • Mrs. Lucas and her sons sold various parts of their acreage over time to the Vawters, and some of their land was donated to the City of Santa Monica, 1908a

The Lucas Tract, 1974, 1952, 1908a, 1902, 1890s, 1884, 1875

  • In 1875 when Santa Monica was platted and sold, the southern boundary of the town to be was the Lucas tract, itself a subdivision of La Ballona Rancho, or Land Grant.
  • There were further divisions here of the pier, the railroad, and subdivided tracts along the beach. And eventually much of the Lucas Tract became South Santa Monica, Ocean Park, Oceanpark, and a post office, in addition to the one in Santa Monica proper, 1908a

Early in the seventies an Englishman, Col. Hutchinson, loaned money to the Machados, taking mortgages upon various pieces of land as security. One of these was a narrow strip of beach frontage extending from Strand street to the southern limits of La Ballona grant, 1908a

The Machados sold 800 acres to Mrs. Lucas, 1908a, 1873

Mrs. Lucas and her sons sold various parts of their acreage over time to the Vawters, and some of their land was donated to the City of Santa Monica, 1908a

In 1875 when Santa Monica was platted and sold, the southern boundary of the town to be was the Lucas tract, itself a subdivision of La Ballona Rancho, or Land Grant. There were further divisions here of the pier, the railroad, and subdivided tracts along the beach. And eventually much of the Lucas Tract became South Santa Monica, Ocean Park, Oceanpark, and a post office, in addition to the one in Santa Monica proper. There were subdivisions built around train access from the north and the south, but there is a sense that much of South Santa Monica remained open, or in larger estates. It was thought prudent to locate the Santa Monica Y.M.C.A. here, very near Kinney's country club. Development was surprisingly successful, and when they reached an impasse with and the border of Santa Monica, they developed a new tract south which was incorporated as Ocean Park in 1904, and it was the boom of all land developments at that time.

After the successful real estate development, people began to travel to Ocean Park to see attractions like the Santa Fe Pavilion, the Ostrich Farm and the Flower Gardens much like they had earlier come to the Y.M.C.A. assembly. Some of the new business development was built over the Santa Monica Sewage Outlet at Pier Avenue, and after the storms had destroyed its effectieness, Ocean Park decided to incorporate and develop alternative disposal systems.

Meanwhile the Santa Monica School System which ran from La Ballona to the San Fernando Valley had received the support of taxpayers, concerned parents, women's groups and religious organizations. The School System went from County Supervision to the control of the Santa Monica City School Board, developing its own base of support, in a populist and progressive ground swell, which led to strong prohibitionist movements, progressive and ambitious school curricula, and an active regard for the potential postive effects of educational interventions both for resolving issues of class, race and intelligence. Business was able to recognize educations role in local sales, and homes, while maintaining regressive restrictions on housing and land sales, job opportunities and acceptance into the ruling elites for the many different people who live in this community.

Schools occupy a great deal of the consciousness of organized groups in Santa Monica and Ocean Park, receiving almost unparalleled support in raising bonds and support funds for the schools, and the school campuses have occupied a good deal of Ocean Park real estate, perhaps real estate considered less valuable and even damaged by the actual conditions of raising and civilizing children.

The southern portion of the city began to impute the city leaders from the north with unprogressiveness. As early as 1900, Ocean Park had had its own water system, post office, amusement pier, race track, and golf course. The fact that Ocean Park had developed its own business section and had its own school, churches, and civic organizations made the southsiders somewhat independent. Ocean Park, moreover, had become popular with summer visitors, a fact which some of the more conservative Santa Monica residents were inclined to minimize by referring to its amusement pier as "cheap and gaudy," and averred that it attracted "undesirable elements." The phenomenal growth of Ocean Park, they said, belonged in the "mushroom" category. [50. Pearl op. cit., p. 89.], 1952, 1900

The new Ocean Park offered to build a new sewage disposal plant but Santa Monica wouldn't buy into the idea. Ocean Park and Venice of America were all to some extent abused by Santa Monica which eventually felt as though it had to make amends, or pay heed to the grievences or services which it had failed to provide, 1908a

Eventually Ocean Park and Venice of America became Venice and obtained its own post office, leaving Ocean Park and Santa Monica in Santa Monica. Venice became a harbor after Santa Monica was declared a harbor, and neither became a real harbor for very long. 1908a

(See Lucas Tract [1873- ]; Ocean Park District; Oceanpark; Ocean Spray; South Santa Monica; Santa Monica; Santa Monica School District; South Side School; Front Street; Los Angeles County; Lucas Tract; Santa Fe Tract); Vawter Tract; Venice)

(Out of its fogs, a rancho, sold off, estates, and development. An incorporated city which dissolved into other cities and became a neighborhood, and remained a post office address, a fire barn. . . ,

Nancy A. Lucas* [ -1881], pp. 244, 248, 1908a

  • Nancy Lucas* died of strychnine poisoning in 1881, 1908a

Her mansion and some land was sold to Mary Green who married Dan Mooney . . .

The site was the former location of the Mooney Mansion, for many years regarded as a "haunted house" because Mrs. Mary A. Jauch's first husband was shot to death in the Mooney Mansion in 1884 and the murderer was never found. Mary may have been the heir to the Lucas estate, the remains of which were left to the city of Santa Monica in 1934. She took up with Colonel Hotchkiss, a Southern Pacific Railroad lawyer. Another husband died of strychnine poisoning . . .

Mooney Mansion, p. 244, 1908a

A.B. Hotchkiss,* p. 245, 1908a

F.H. Rindge: A founder of the Santa Monica branch of the YMCA which was located in Ocean Park, 1974

A. Kinney*, 1908a, pp. 170, 173, 197, 248, 257, 259, 273, 327,

 [bearing in mind the story, so far, that Abbot Kinney planted eucalyptus in Pacific Palisades after 1884 at what would become the National Forest Service plantation, as well as the land develpment which would be sold to Collis B. Huntington and used for Southern Pacific Railroad's Port of Los Angeles Development Scheme which raised questions about morality of locating the Y.M.C.A. near a sea port, and sold eucalyptus plantings to the cities of Santa Monica and Pasadena among others, and it is thought that the Vawters planted the trees which marked the Santa Fe Railroad station at Hill and Main, as an ocean park. The Y was located to the South of Santa Monica and in some accounts it sells Kinney his land which he will develop into Ocean Park and Venice by the Sea . . . . the timing seems tight in Moran and Sewell's 1979 account . . .

The Vawters bought 100 acres of the Lucas Tract for $40 per acre in 1884, in the midst of the 1880s depression, 1884

Kinney and Ryan purchased land south of Santa Monica, which in 1885 would become known as part of Ocean Park, 1979, 1885, 1884

  • Improvements included a pier, golf course, horse-racing track, boardwalk and other resort amenities on the northernmost edge of their holdings, 1979, 1885, 1884

Santa Fe Tract,

  • Block F, Lots 12 and 13, South Side School, 1890s

Mrs. Drane*, 1952, 1908, 1889

  • On the south side of Santa Monica, 1952, 1908, 1889
  • Baptist Sunday School Host, 1952, 1889

Baptist Sunday School, 1952, 1908, 1892, 1890, 1889

  • Baptist Sunday School at Mrs. Drane's, 1952, 1889;
  • At The Southside School, (1890-1908), 1952

One-room, whitewashed building (The Southside School) on the peak of the hill at Ashland and Fourth Streets, 1952, 1890

Ostrich Farm, Santa Monica, 1908a, p. 246

"South of the Arroyo," 1952, 1900, 1898

The South Side School [1890-1903-1980], 1997, 1952, 1913, 1901, 1899, 1895, 1893, 1892, 1891, 1890, 1890s

  • South Side School [1890-1903], 1952, 1903, 1890
  • Ashland and Fourth St., Ocean Park, South Santa Monica, 1952, 1890, 1890s
  • Lots 12 and 13, BLock F, Santa Fe Tract, 1952, 1895, 1892, 1890
  • The first school in south (South of Front Street) Santa Monica, 1952, 1890
  • Ocean Park, (1890-1980), 1997, 1913, 1890
  • Miss Hamlin*, Beulah Archer*'s teacher, 1997, 1913

Washington School, Alternative School, etc.

Washington Elementary [1903-1980], 1980, 1952, 1908, 1903, 1900s

One-room, whitewashed building (The Southside School) on the peak of the hill at Ashland and Fourth Streets, 1952, 1890

The South Side School: Large one-room frame school building, with bell-tower, located on Santa Fe Tract Lots 12 and 13; the old building, the "annex" was moved to the back of the lot, 1952, 1895

During the 1890s the Santa Monica School District increased by over 150 pupils, more than 100 of which lived in Ocean Park or South Santa Monica, 1952, 1890s

The walking and fishing pier built by Francis G. Ryan and Abbot Kinney, 1890s

The Baptist Church, 1952, 1890s

  • Used for Santa Monica School District South Side School sixth, seventh and eigth grade classses, 1952, 1895, 1890s

Anon. Ocean Park and Venice Timeline (1890-1909), Web Document, 2005b, 1909, 1908, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1903, 1902, 1899, 1898, 1895, 1893, 1892, 1891

Southsideders petitioned the Board of Trustees for a new school beginning in 1892, 1952

"Santa Monica Tract," 2005b, 1998, 1893

  • The 25 x 100 foot lots were priced at $100 and featured piped water, 2005b, 1998, 1893

The Vawter* Family Property adjacent to the Kinney and Ryan property and contained a eucalyptus grove, from which the name, Ocean Park, is said to have come, 2005b, 1895

Named Ocean Park in 1895, 1998

Just South of Hill St., 500 ft. Pier, 2005b, 1895

Ocean Park Improvement Co., 1987, 1974, 1904, 1900s, 1895

Francis Ryan and Abbot Kinney purchased the land south of Strand in 1892, a strip of the Rancho Ballona, 1990, 1892

Ocean Park Improvement Co., 1987, 1974, 1904, 1900s, 1895

  • Francis Ryan and Abbot Kinney purchased the land south of Santa Monica in 1895, 1987, 1984
  • They developed a seaside resort with a golf course, tennis courts, country clubhouse, boardwalk and a fishing pier, at the foot of Pier Av., 1987, 1890s
  • They gave land to Santa Fe Railroad for a pavilion and land to the YMCA hoping that the construction of an auditorium and pavilion would attract conventions and assemblies to Ocean Park, 1987, 1890s

The South Side School: Large one-room frame school building, with bell-tower, located on Santa Fe Tract Lots 12 and 13; the old building, the "annex" was moved to the back of the lot, 1952, 1895

As the school age population of Ocean Park increased by over 100 children, the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades were sent to the Baptist Church and the trustees rented the Santa Fe Pavilion for use of the second and third graders, 1952, 1895, 1890s

The Baptist Church, 1952, 1895, 1890s

  • Used for Santa Monica School District South Side School sixth, seventh and eigth grade classses, 1952, 1895, 1890s

The Santa Fe Pavilion, 1952, 1895, 1890s

  • Rented by the Santa Monica School District Board of Trustees for the second and third grade classes at the South Side School, 1952, 1895, 1890s

Popular dancing destination along the Pacific Electric Railway from downtown Los Angeles along Sunset Blvd., down Ocean Av. to Ocean Park and Venice, 1896

The Ocean Park Auditorium (YMCA?) burned in 1897.

"South of the Arroyo," 1952, 1900, 1898

150 cottages by Spring 1898, 1998

Arcadia Hotel, p. 168, 1908a,

Francis Ryan died in 1899

Ryan dies, leaving his share of the property to his wife, who marries Dudley, and they sell their share to Fraser, Gage and Jones, who also don't get along with Kinney, so they split their land holdings, Kinney choosing the southern end, away from Santa Monica. All of these, except for maybe Ryan, speculators are Masons.

Mrs. Francis Ryan, widow of Francis Ryan, married Thomas H. Dudley.

T.H. Dudley,* pp. 253, 257, 1908a

Black Community near Bay and Fourth St., 2005, 1900s

Main Street, 1980, 1970s, 1901

  • Looking north from Pier Avenue, 1901.

Metropole Hotel, 1980, 1901  

The Ocean Park Bank, 1974, 1902

In 1902, a Bond Issue was set for a new school at Ashland and Fourth; on the original lots and two lots sold to the district by Trustee Vawter for $610 per lot, 1952, 1902

The 1890 school was moved to the Ocean Park Catholic Church at Third and Marine Ave., 1952, 1902

Passed a bond issue and built a new school on the old site and two lots sold to the District by Trustee Vawter for $610 per lot or for two lots, which his famiy had purchased for $40/acre in 1884, 1952, 1902, 1884, 1880s

In 1902, Bond Issue was set for a new school at Ashland and Fourth; on the original lots and two lots sold to the district by Trustee Vawter for $610 per lot, 1952, 1902

For $15,000, Eight room school house on four lots, opened November 1902, with the 1895 School House used as a community meeting room, before it was moved off the site to Seventeenth St., 1952, 1902, 1910s

Washington Elementary [1903-1980], 1980, 1952, 1908, 1903, 1900s

In 1902 Dudley sold his and his wife, the former Mrs. Francis Ryan's share of the Kinney and Ryan partnership to Alexander Fraser, George Merritt Jones and Henry R. Gage, 1987, 1904, 1902

8408. A Residence Street, Ocean Park, Cal., Detroit Photographic Co., Publishers, SLL 2005

The new 1902 partnership (Kinney,* Fraser,* Gage* and G.M. Jones*), 1998, 1902

  • Planned to install a sewer system for Ocean Park, 1998, 1902
  • Extend the beach walkway to the extreme end of their tract, 1998, 1902
  • Develop the residential tract immediately south of Rose Avenue, 1998, 1902
  • Constructed a large bathhouse, 1998, 1902
  • Built a Casino which included a restaurant and a vaudeville theater, near the Pier St. Pier, 2005b, 1998, 1903, 1902

They did not agree to support Kinney's rival trolley company, 1998, 1902

A casino, containing a restaurant and a vaudville theater, was built beside the Ocean Park Pier in 1903 to replace the burned auditorium, 1987

Ocean Park Y.M.C.A. Company, 1908a, 1904, 1890s

  • F.H. Rindge was one of the founders of the company which started the town of Ocean Park, 1908a, 1904, 1890s

Kinney and supporters petitioned to incorporate a new 6th class city, Ocean Park in unincorporated Los Angeles County territory south of Marine St., 1998, 1903

The partnership between Kinney and Fraser, Gage, and Jones was dissolved in January, 1904

They decided to split the property with a coin toss, 1987.

Abbot Kinney, A.R. Fraser et al. developed and incorporated in 1904 Ocean Park around 1987, 1974, 1904, 1901, 1900s, 1895

Ocean Park was incorporated as a City in February 1904

Incorporated, 1908a, p. 318

 The partnership between Kinney and Fraser, Gage, and Jones was dissolved in January, 1904

Ocean Park Incorporated 1904, 1974

Incorporated as the result of an election February 12, 1904. The vote was 52 for, 2 against.

Father Patrick Hawe,* 1908a, pp. 292

Ocean Park was part of a South Santa Monica Development but was also a sixth class city in itself which included Venice-of-America, and for whatever reasons Venice voted to separate itself from Ocean Park in 1911 but Ocean Park remained itself for much longer than that, 1999, 1911, 1904

Fraser, Gage and Jones political forces controlled the City Ocean Park from 1904 to 1908, when Kinney forces took over, 1979, 1908, 1904

O.A, Kirkelie [1867- ], Undertaking, 1908, 1908a, 1905, 1867

The Northeast corner of South Santa Monica, which lay along the arroyo, the Southern Pacific railroad and largely agricultural areas and larger estates to the south had a diverse potential student population, and became one of the testing grounds of progressive education.

The Garfield School (1906-), 1952, 1949, 1933, 1929, 1922, 1921, 1910s, 1906ff, 1906, 1900s

  • Michigan and Seventh [1906-1933], 1952, 1933, 1906, 1900s
  • Eight-room, two-story, brick building, 1952, 1906
  • Grades 1-8, 1952, 1906
  • Garfield with its mixed pupil (melting pot)(wide age range) population, 1952,
  • "Spanish Hills" on the south, 1952,
  • "Spanish Hills" on the south of the Garfield Elementary School at Seventh and Michigan. Personal interview with Sadie Jenkins, May 8, 1951; Santa Monica, California.], 1952
  • the Chinese farm children on the north and east, 1952,
  • The Chinese farm children on the north and east, side by side with a settlement of Negro families, at the site of the Garfield Elementary School, Seventh and Michigan, 1952, 1951
  • Negro families on the north and east, 1952,
  • Scattering of Italians, Japanese, and Russians, 1952, 1951, 1906, 1900s
  • Melting Pot Area around Seventh and Michigan, around the Garfield Elementary School, 1952, 1906, 1900s
  • Mixed pupil population, 1952, 1906, 1900s

Pier Avenue developed at the southwest corner of South Santa Monica, as much part of Ocean Park as it was of Santa Monica.

Pier Av., 1980, 1905.

  • Casino, 1980, 1905
  • Casino Restaurant, 1980, 1905
  • (It's not clear whether one included the other or they were separate) 1980, 1905
  • Cooky's ? Grill Room, 1980, 1905
  • Capacity 100, 1980, 1905

Dales Bros. Groceries, 1980, 1905

Japanese Tea Gardens and Art Curio Rooms, 1980, 1905

  • Entrance on the Pier, 1980, 1905

Manuel-Lopez, Habana Cigar 5c. 1980. 1905

The First National Bank of Ocean Park, 1974, 1905

Both the Ocean Park Plunge and Venice of America opened in 1905

  • indoor heated salt- water plunge on July 4th.

Jeffrey Stanton* Founding of Ocean Park, Web Document, April 6, 1998

 Ocean Park Auditorium, 2005b, 1906

  • 6000 seat auditorium next to the Ocean Park Pier, 2005b, 1906
  • Included a roller skating rink, 2005b, 1906

Ocean Park City Office at the Venice Lagoon, 1906

The Ocean Park Pier, 2005b, 1998, 1907, 1906

  • Owned by several of the Ocean Park Trustees, 2005b, 1998, 1907

In 1907 the city of Ocean Park included 'Venice of America,' 1987

Bath House at Ocean Park, Cal., No. 5173. Publ. by Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal. (Made in Germany.) Postmarked Ocean Park, Sep 27 9:30AM CAL. 1907

For something of a 1907 Ocean Park and Bay Cities Town Directory see Ocean Park Directory below and 1907 elsewhen.

Kinney* loses the dis-incorporation election on September 30th. Venice of America remains part of Ocean Park, 2005b, 1907

The Ocean Park Trustees, 2005b, 1998, 1907

Until 1907, had an agreement with Santa Monica to dispose of Santa Monica's untreated sewage, 1990, 1907

Ocean Park, Disincorporated in 1907, 1974

Ocean Park decided to dis-incorporate in 1907, 1983

Charles Warren Brown*, annexed the unincorporated Ocean Park to Santa Monica, Commemorative Plaque, 2003, 1997, 1908

Aaron Edinger dies in Ocean Park, February, 1908, at the age of fifty-nine years. The widow still survives. 1908a

Frisco Bakery, Pier Ave., Ocean Park, Mr. Erickson, 1908

Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Cody, p. 492, 1908a

  • 1220 Lake St., O.P., p. 492, 1908a

Lake St., O.P., p. 492, 1908a

  • 1220 Lake St., Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Cody, O.P., p. 492, 1908a

The Ocean Park Amusement District, 1974, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s, 1900s

  • When the Pacific Electric Railway ran trains every three minutes in the summer and winter the District prospered, 1974, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s, 1900s
  • When automobiles became widely available, the Ocean Park Amusement District declined, 1974, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s, 1900s

Cottages around the Ocean Park Amusement Area, 1974, 1912, 1910s, 1900s

  • Built before Fraser's Million Dollar Pier, 1974, 1910, 1910s

The Breakers Cafe, 1980, 1910

  • Immediately to the north of the Starland Theater on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier, 1980, 1910

Ocean Park Roller Coaster, 1910

Auditorium and Bath House from Horse Shoe Pier, Ocean Park, 1910

Ocean Park Bath House, 2005, 1980. 1910

  • Ocean Park Bath House/Ocean Park, Cal., California Postcard Co., Los Angeles, Cal., 23887, SLL 2005

Ocean Park Bathhouse, 1980, 1910

  • Mosque-like, 1980, 1910
  • Casino Cafe, 1980, 1910

Fraser's Million Dollar Pier, Ocean Park, Ca, [1910- ], 2002, 1990, 1987, 1980, 1974, 1924, 1915, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1906

  • Built in 1910; Burnt in 1912; Rebuilt in 1913; Burnt in 1915; Rebuilt in 1916; Burnt in 1924

Prospect Hill, 1952, 1912, 1911

Santa Monica High School, 1952, 1912, 1911, 1910

Santa Monica High School (SAMOHI) [1911- ], 1952, 1938, 1933, 1930s, 1912, 1911, 1898

  • Ocean Park residents soon discovered that the new high school, lying as it does midway between the two settlements, served their children equally well. As time went on and old antagonisms were replaced with friendly understanding and tolerance, Ocean Park people took as much pride in the hilltop high school as did residents of North Santa Monica, 1952, 1910s
  • Santa Monica High School Memorial Theater, 1952, 1921, 1919

Frisco Bakery, Pier Ave., Ocean Park, Mr. Erickson, 1908

Cottages around the Ocean Park Amusement Area, 1974, 1912, 1910s, 1900s

  • Built before Fraser's Million Dollar Pier, 1974, 1910, 1910s
  • Some Burned in the Fraser Million Dollar Pier Fire, 1974, 1912
  • Some were razed in the Ocean Park Redevelopment District, 1974, 1960s, 1950, 1950s

Ocean Park, California, annually attracts to its beaches thousands of dwellers in interior California, who find here every joy and diversion of a modern seaside Paradise. Unknown Publisher, 1915, 1912?, SLL 2005

Ocean Park Burns Daily Tribune Independent Progressive Thursday Morning September 5, 1912 , Vol. II, No. 64, 20 pages.

Associated Telephone Headquarters, 155 Marine, 1980

John Adams Junior High School [1914-1936], 1952, 1950s, 1946, 1939, 1938, 1936, 1933, 1928, 1922, 1914, 1913

  • Sixth and Ocean Park Blvd,

Some Cottages burned in the Fraser Million Dollar Pier Fire, 1974, 1912

  • After the fire, Passed a bond issue to build a new auditorium, bandstand and auto park, 1920, 1987

Ocean Park float in the parade of La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1915, USC Special Collections  

  • http://digarc.usc.edu/search/controller/view/chs-m11052.html?x=1226440051233
  •  Ocean Park float in the parade of La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1915
  •  Description: Photograph of the Ocean Park float in the parade of La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1915. Four people in bathings suits (all women?) sit, lay or stand on the back of the flower-bedecked float. Their bathing suits and the float itself bear the name "Ocean Park." The driver of the float is dressed in white. Two cars are parked at the curb. Residential buildings are visible behind. Legible posted bills read: "Morosco's Burbank Theatre, The Burbank Stock Co., [. . .] May". . .

Pickering declared and paid one percent dividend on a monthly basis, 1987, 1920

423-The Auditorium, Ocean Park, Cal. 14501 Post Card, M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Cal., JT, undated, Assorted Post Cards

Inkwell Beach, 2005, 1950s, 1940s, 1935, 1927, 1926, 1924, 1922, 1920s

Crystal Beach, 2005, 1975, 1920s

  • the movie stars, 2005, 1975, 1920s

Egyptian Ballroom, 1980, 1920s

  • Ocean Park, 1980, 1920s

Santa Monica High School Memorial Theater, 1952, 1921, 1919

John Muir Elementary, 1952, 1924, 1923, 1920s

  • The John Muir School [1923- ], 1952, 1923, 1920s
  • Ocean Park Blvd. and Lincoln, 721 Ocean Park Blvd., 1952, 1922

For some reasons they decide to change the name from Ocean Park to Venice, and then after Kinney forces gain control, they do, but they eventually go broke and decide to annex to Los Angeles rather than Santa Monica, 1925

  • Annexed by Santa Monica, 1974

The beach where Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from, 1977, 1926

King George Hotel, 1980s, 1920s

  • Ocean Front, Ocean Park, 1980s, 1920s
  • Roof Garden Cafe, 1980s, 1920s

353 An Everyday Crowd, Ocean Park, Cal., M. Kashover Co., Los Angeles, Calif. ?7458, 1921, SLL 2005

Miss Ocean Park, 1999

Ocean Park Daily Band Concerts, 2005a

Pleasure Pier, 2005a

Surf and Breakers, Ocean Park (C.T. & Co.), 2005a

427:-Surf Bathing, Ocean Park, Calif. M.Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Cal., JT 2005a

357:-On the Beach, Ocean Park, Calif., M. Kashover Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 36163, SLL 2005

Crowds on the Beach between Ocean Park and Santa Monica, 2005a

Looking towards Ocean Park from Beach Clubs, Santa Monica, California, 2005a

Daily Scene on the Beach at Santa Monica, California (Photo by "Dick" Whittington), 2005a

John Adams Junior High School, 2005, 1975, 1929

 Santa Monica Junior College [1929-1951], 1952

  • Prospect Hill [1929-1951]
  • Accordingly, rooms on the second floor of the high school [on Prospect Hill] were assigned to the junior college and it opened with a registration of 152 students, 1952, 1929
  • Additional students in February raised the total registration for the year to 228, 1952, 1930
  • And the rapid growth of the student body within the first two years of the junior college's existence clearly indicated the need for additional classrooms. [66. Martin, op. cit., p. 18.], 1952

The Grand Hotel, 1980, 1930

The old Garfield Elementary School site, conveniently located just north of the high school between Sixth and Seventh Streets on the east and west and Olympic Boulevard and Michigan Avenue north and south, became available in 1930, 1952

The building was remodeled for junior college use, and equipped with the necessary science laboratories and demonstration rooms. [67. Pearl,op. cit., p. 115.], 1952

Santa Monica Junior College offered two types of curricula: one to prepare students for entrance into a university upon their graduation from junior college; the other, of a semi-professional nature, to satisfy the needs of students wishing to complete a year or two of schooling beyond the high school level before seeking employment. [69. Ralph H. Bush Santa Monica Junior College Annual Report, 1930; in files of the Santa Monica Board of Education, p. 2.], 1952

When the rebuilding and remodeling of the Garfield plant was completed, the new junior college campus contained sixteen sturdy bungalows housing laboratories, art and music departments, administrative and faculty offices, a field house, men's and women's lounge rooms, an auditorium, and a total of twenty-four classrooms. As the college continued to grow, additional bungalows were added to provide needed classrooms, 1952

Entrepreneurs of individual amusement leases in the Ocean Park Amusement District turned to gambling, usually labelled as bingo, keeno, or the like, 1974, 1930s

The Depression, 1979, 1930s,

The Long Beach Earthquake, 1952, 1933

After the 1933 earthquake, the brick building had to be abandoned and tent-frame bungalows were built on its foundation and around the edges. Although the temporary quarters of the junior college were somewhat inadequate for the best program, "There existed a close association between the students and the faculty that might otherwise have been lost in a larger, finer building." [70. Personal interview with President Elmer C. Sandmeyer, Santa Monica City College, May 22, 1951; Santa Monica, California.], 1952

 The Santa Monica City Schools Maintenance Departments Yards, 1952, 1950s, 1933

  • Sixth and Ocean Park Blvd., 1952, 1930s, 1920s

The Garfield School (1906-), 1952, 1949, 1933, 1929, 1922, 1921, 1910s, 1906ff, 1906, 1900s

  • After the earthquake, Garfield moves to 1811 16th St., from Michigan and Seventh (1933-), 1952, 1933

Merle Norman's* Garage and her cosmetics business, 2003, 1935

The present Washington School Building was constructed in 1935 as a cooperative project of the Works Progress Administration and of the Santa Monica Board of Education. The building is mainly one-story construction of the Monterey type of architecture. There are two buildings, one housing the kindergarten and primary grades, and the other accommodating the upper grades, 1952, 1935

The Santa Monica schools secured maximum benefits from the funds provided by the Works Progress Administration. John Adams Junior High School [at the Sixteenth and Pearl St. location, outside of Ocean Park], the [Santa Monica School District maintenance yards, locating at the 5th and Ocean Park Blvd. location in Ocean Park], the Washington School, and the Garfield School were provided with new plants, Garfield School too locating outside of Ocean Park to 1811 Sixteenth St. John Muir Elementary school was made quake-resistant by the removal of the second story and the strengthening of the lower floor, with additional classrooms being provided to replace those that had been removed. Each of the buildings was modernized and brought up to state standards . . . All buildings were completely rehabilitated and made earthquake resistant. Structural reinforcement, walls filled with concrete by the Gunite process, and modernization adapted these plants to more modern school use,1952, 1930s

Film Location, 2004a, 2001

The Beach between Ocean Park and Venice, 2005a

Lunsford Points of Interest, 1983, 1924, 1920, 1893

  • Merle Norman's* Garage and her cosmetics business, 2003, 1935
  • Third Street Neighborhood Historic District, 2003, 1990, 1875-1930

Subsequent to 1933, the enrollment at the junior college climbed to new heights, and additional bungalows crowded in the small campus. Thus, in 1940, the Board of Education purchased a new 20-acre site a mile and a half to the east of the existing school in anticipation of developing a new junior college campus. Preliminary plans were already under consideration when the entry of the United States into World War II brought the possibility of a new college abruptly to a halt. [71. Milo Perry Johnson A Study of the Planning Methods and Techniques for Building New Junior Colleges, unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles, 1950, p. 16.], 1952

By 1944, it had become evident that additional buildings and equipment were needed to meet the needs of increased enrollments brought about by the upsurge of population during the war. But to the Board of Education it was equally clear that the building needs of the district would have to be met by some means other than current tax funds, 1952, 1944

Accordingly, the Board requested Percy R. Davis, Superintendent of Schools from 1932 to 1948, and his staff to estimate the needs of the elementary and junior high schools, the high school, and the junior college. [72. Johnson, op. cit., p. 17.] Results of this survey revealed the necessity of raising $3,500,000 for the various schools, and a proposed bond issue in that amount was placed before the voters of the Santa Monica School District. The bond issue carried, and $1,283,000 was earmarked for the purpose of building a new city college. At that time it was proposed that half the bungalows, which were still in use at the old campus, be moved to the new site and remodeled. The other half of the needed buildings were to be of new, one-story, frame-and-stucco construction to conform to the architectural style of the remodeled bungalows. [73. Ibid., p. 18.], 1952

During the reconstruction period, following the earthquake of 1933, the high school campus acquired three new buildings: an auditorium, the boys' gymnasium, and a wing for the art department. The five other main buildings were reconstructed to meet earthquake standards set up for school buildings. All of the buildings were structurally braced to withstand shocks greater than those occurring in 1933 at the quake's center, the Long Beach area. The high gabled roofs were replaced with modern shockproof, deck-type roofing. By removing much of the dangerous "gingerbread" and reinforcing all of the bearing walls with steel then coating the outside with stucco, these buildings took on an appearance of modern architecture. [66. Beach Cities Labor Journal, Santa Monica Schools Edition, Oct. 1937, p. 2.], 1952, 1933, 1930s

Four generations of Mayor Ken Genser's family have lived in Santa Monica.

In 1943, his parents, both immigrants, were married in his grandmother's apartment in Ocean Park.

As a boy, his father worked on the old Ocean Park Pier.

His grandfather was the contractor who built the Aero Theatre for Douglas's employees on Montana Avenue.

Genser's father was the first doorman at the Aero Thearer.

Ken Genser is Harriet Beck's brother, 2010

Harriet Beck, Ken Genser's sister, lives in Ocean Park, 2010

Ken Genser's Grandparents lived in Ocean Park, his parents grew up and married in Ocean Park, and he spent time as a child playing on the beaches of Ocean Park. He then lived in Sea Castle until it went into receivership in the 1980s, 2010

The entire group of buildings, including the newly added auditorium, gymnasium, and art wing, brought about the real completion of the high school campus. The dream of years had been realized in the new auditorium that was opened in September, 1938. Since that time, it has served as a most adequate facility for all of the high school functions and has been the only auditorium of its size and appointment for all large civic affairs, 1952, 1938, 1930s

Santa Monica's Municipal Auditorium at Pier Av. housed The battery of the 3rd Battalion, 144th Field Artillery, 1990, 1940s

Fox Rosemary Theater with Joan Crawford and Neil Hamilton on the marquee, 2002, 1942

The Mission, 2002, 1942

Rest and Recreation for the World War II workers and soldiers, 1979, 1943

Zoot Suit Riots, outside the Aragon Ballroom, 1979, 1943

The Plaza, Ocean Park, 2002

"O'Sheeny Park," 1991, 1950s

In 1950 the Santa Monica City Council began consideration of redevelopment of parts of Ocean Park, 1974, 1950

A section of Santa Monica parts of which had lots ranging from 11 to 25 feet in width, and from about 90 to 105 feet in depth, difficult for substantial development without consolidating several such properties, (Assembling of lots usually encounters difficulties), 1974, 1950

Street widths in Ocean Park were inadequate, 1974, 1950

Ocean Park Pier, Assorted Postcards

The Washington School still serves the Ocean Park area and provides for kindergarten and grades one to six. The building, then an eight-room structure, was destroyed by fire in 1908, but was rebuilt as a twelve-room school. This, in turn, was seriously damaged during the earthquake of 1933, so that again, in 1934, it was rebuilt with a new four-room primary unit and modern upper grade rooms. It continues as a fourteen-room unit today. p. 55, 1952,

Currently [1952], Washington School has an average enrollment of nearly 420 children from kindergarten to grade six. There is a faculty of fifteen including a full-time principal and remedial teacher. The school is to have a new cafeteria-auditorium building from the bond funds voted in 1950. This addition should complete the facilities of the school, and as there is limited space available, the growth of the school is restricted to its present site. [51. From Personal Interview with Sadie Jenkens (secretary to the Superintendent of Schools since 1921), May 2, 1951; Santa Monica.] pp. 48-52, 1952

Santa Monica, California Holiday crowd enjoying sun and surf along the beach from Santa Monica Municipal Pier to Ocean Park. Photo Color by Geo. E. Watson, P4501 "Plastichrome" R by Colourpicture, Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A. Distributed by Mitock & Sons, 13561 1/2 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Calif., KR, Assorted Postcards s,

Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1956, 1950s

  • The Ocean Park Pier, 1974, 1950s, 1930, 1930s
  • Formerly the Fraser Pier and the Lick Pier, 1974
  • Became part of Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1950s

The Los Angeles Turf Club and CBS leased the Ocean Park Pier, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, and private property along Ocean Front Promenade to develop Pacific Ocean Park, including parking lots, traffic mitigation and the resort itself, a resort designed to compete with Disneyland and Marineland, both resorts having been designed to compete with the Venice/Ocean Park/Santa Monica Amusement Zones. Shortly after opening, the development was let to another operator who soon went into receivership, leaving to the courts to sort out "the complicated financial structure" of the development, 1974, 1960s, 1950s

In 1959 P.O.P. was closed for a remodel and then in 1960 it was sold for $10 million to John Morehead, 1987, 1960

And he sold the property to Irving Kay for $7.5 million (who leased the pier back to Amusement Purchase Inc., headed by Jack Roberts, for$2.5 million) and kept somehow the northern half of the property in the Ocean Park Redevelopment Scheme and built the Santa Monica Shores, 1987, 1966, 1965

  • P.O.P. closed in 1967, and its assets were auctioned off and it was allowed to burn down before it was torn up and out of these ashes came skate-boarding, 2003, 1987, 1967

Was Kay a partner with Del Webb when they built Santa Monica Shores?, 1960s

Some of the structures which escaped ruin, 1974, 1960s

  • The Aragon Ballroom
  • Jack's At The Beach
  • The General Telephone Co. Bldg., Marine Ave., 1974, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s,
  • The Santa Monica City Council ordered demolition within its jurisdiction, 1974,

The whole pier and adjacent structures were in ruins, 1974

  • aside from a small area which was leveled by the owner [Lick Family?]. 1974, 1960s, 1950s
  • From time to time large parts of the pier had been falling into the ocean as timbers decayed, 1974
  • three major and many minor fires have contributed, 1974, 1960s, 1950s

Ocean Park Redevelopment District, 1974, 1970s, 1960s, 1950, 1950s

  • From Neilson Way to the Beach, and from Ocean Park Boulevard to the southern border of Santa Monica City, 1974, 1970s, 1960s, 1950, 1950s
  • Some apartment buildings were moved to nearby City owned land to be run by a private non-profit as housing for the displaced indigent senior population, 1974, 1960, 1950, 1950s
  • Everything was eventually razed or moved except for the General Telephone Co. Bldg., 1974,
  • 9-hole Golf Course, 1981
  • Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1960s, 1950s

Cottages around the Ocean Park Amusement Area, 1974, 1912, 1910s, 1900s

  • Built before Fraser's Million Dollar Pier, 1974, 1910, 1910s
  • Some were razed in the Ocean Park Redevelopment District, 1974, 1960s, 1950, 1950s

The Aragon Ballroom on the Lick Pier, 1979, 1951

The Venice West Cafe, Dudley Ave., 1979, 1950s

Venice and Ocean Park Artists from the 1960s include Peter Alexander, Billy Al Bengston, Ron Cooper, John Altoon, Dewain Valentine, Chuck Arnoldi, Laddie Dill*, Ann McCoy, Tom Wudl, and Tony Berlant, 1987, 1960s

Santa Monica Shores, 1974, 1960s

Pacific Ocean Park, 1965

Pacific Ocean Park, 1980, 1974

  • Pacific Ocean Park Amusement Pier, 1980, 1974

Jack's At The Beach, 1965

Ocean Park in the Sixties, 1987, 1960s

  • "Then sort of a slum", 2003, 1967
  • Alternative Lifestyles Neighborhood, 1983, 1970s

Low rents, 1990, 1972, 1970s

"osmotic mise-en-scene," 1998

Some residents, community, theater and music activists,

  • Dale Eunson* [ - ], 2008, 1980s, 1970s
  • Mitch Greenhill*, 2008, 1980s, 1970s
  • Peter Kors*, 2008, 1980s, 1970s
  • Marlene Rasnick [ -2001]*, 2008, 2001, 1980s, 1970s

Sam Francis* had a studio in Venice (Ocean Park) in addition to his Santa Monica Canyon home and studio, 1997, 1994

Carnations, Ostrich Farms, and Condos: The Secret History of Ocean Park, City TV Documentary, 1994, 2008a

  • Shown September 6, 2 p.m. at the Ocean Park Branch of the Santa Monica Library, 2008, 1994

Geraldine Moyle, PhD, 2010,

  • Activist, Educator, Resident, UCLA, 2010, 2009 
  • Ocean Park (OP) resident for 36 years, 2010, 2009

Nathaniel (Ned) Sloane,*2010, 2009, 2008

  • Ceramicist, Photographer, 2008,
  • http://nedsloane.smugmug.com/Other
  • Ocean Park Beaches, 1980s, 1970s
  • POP Demolition, 1970s, 1960s
  • Santa Monica Beaches, 2008, 1987, 1965,
  • Older Venice-1965-1987
  • Newer Venice-1987-Present

Santa Monica City Council and Mayor Ken Genser just died [2010], having served the City of Santa Monica for over 25 years in appointed and elected positions. His sister, Harriet Beck still lives in Ocean Park. Their grandparents lived in Ocean Park, his parents grew up and married in Ocean Park, and Ken spent time as a child playing on the beaches of Ocean Park. After college, he lived in Sea Castle until it went into receivership in the 1980s, 2010

Four generations of Genser's family have lived in Santa Monica. His grandfather was the contractor who built the Aero Theatre on Montana Avenue. As a boy, his father worked on the old Ocean Park Pier. Genser's father was the first doorman in Douglas's Aero Theater. In 1943, his parents, both immigrants, were married in his grandmother's apartment in Ocean Park, 2010

Walkability Index, 94%, 2007

  • http://www.walkscore.com/get-score.php?street=2421+3rd+Street%2C+Santa+Monica%2C+CA%0D%0A&go=Go

World Cafe 2820 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90405 Post Card (213)-Postcard National Postcard Advertising, KR, Postcards Adrift

Ocean Park Fire Station # 2, 2003

Ocean Park, CA 2010

Amy Leipziger Ocean Park: A Photographic Essay, Amy Leipziger; Blurb: New York (Margaret Garcia, Observation), 2008, 36 pp.

Ocean Park, 1980, 1963

  • Poem by William Pillin, 1980, 1963

The Ocean Park Amusement District, 2005, 1974, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s, 1900s

  • Bars
  • Beach Clubs
  • Beaches
  • Beach Hotels
  • Cafes
  • When the Pacific Electric Railway ran trains every three minutes in the summer and winter the District prospered, 1974, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s, 1910s
  • When automobiles became widely available, the Ocean Park Amusement District declined, 1974, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s, 1900s
  • Entrepreneurs of individual amusement leases turned to gambling, usually labelled as bingo, keeno, or the like, 1974, 1930s
  • Kinney and Frances Pier
  • Fraser's Million Dollar Pier
  • Horseshoe Pier
  • Lick Pier
  • North Beach
  • Ocean Front Promenade
  • Ocean Front Walk
  • The Ocean Park Pier, 2005, 1974, 1950s, 1930, 1930s, 1920
  • Formerly the Fraser Pier and the Lick Pier, 1974
  • Became part of Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1950s
  • A Gambling casino was set up on the Ocean Park pier, 1974, 1930s, 1920s,
  • Mr. and Mrs. Erminio Gambieri* operated an electric tram line between the Santa Monica Municipal Pier and the Ocean Park Pier, along the Promenade, 1974, 1920

Pacific Ocean Park, 2005b, 1974, 1956, 1950s

  • In 1959 P.O.P. was closed for a remodel and then in 1960 it was sold for $10 million to John Morehead, 1987, 1960
  • And he sold the property to Irving Kay for $7.5 million (who leased the pier back to Amusement Purchase Inc., headed by Jack Roberts, for$2.5 million) and kept somehow the northern half of the property in the Ocean Park Redevelopment Scheme and built the Santa Monica Shores, 1987, 1966, 1965
  • P.O.P. closed in 1967, and its assets were auctioned off and it was allowed to burn down before it was torn up and out of it came skate-boarding, 2003, 1987, 1967

Pier/Marine Avenue, 1974, 1905, 1899, 1895

  • "Art," Exhibitions, curios, souvenirs, plaster casts
  • Auditoriums, Concerts, Conventions, convocations, mass meetings
  • Ballrooms,
  • Bathhouses
  • Gambling
  • Games
  • Movies,
  • Music
  • Pier(s), 1974, 1905, 1899, 1895
  • Photographs
  • Restaurants
  • Rides
  • Shopping
  • Theater
  • Vaudeville

Rail

Restaurants

Roads

  • Ocean Front Promenade
  • Ocean Front Walk
  • Ocean Park Boardwalk, 1974, 1900
  • The Promenade,
  • Spedway

The Santa Monica Pier

Venice in America

Water Taxis

Ocean Park Amusement Pier, 2005

400 Ocean Park Amusement Pier Ocean Park, California "The Playground of the West." Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles, SLL 2005

The Ocean Park Arena, 1979

  • Boxing Venue, 1979

Ocean Park Art Shop, 1920s

  • 114 Pier Av., Ocean Park, Calif. 1920s
  • Jane E. Duncan*; Formerly at 151 Pier Av., 1920s
  • "Everything for the Baby, Specializing in Hand-made Articles, and Stamped Goods of All Kinds." 1920s

Ocean Park Association, 2010, 2008, 2008a, 2007, 2006, 2005b

  • http://opa-sm.org
  • Campaigning for campaign spending reforms in Santa Monica, 2007
  • Co-sponsored the 2007 Fourth of July Parade on Main Street, from City Hall to Marine Ave., Jerold Harris,* Principal, Roosevelt Elementary, Grand Marshall, Other participants included Judy Abdo*, and the Santa Monica Democratic Club 9:30 a.m. July 4, 2007
  • Co-sponsor Second Annual Main St. Fouth of July Parade, 2008, 2008a
  • Web Site, Link to Parade Pictures, 2008a

Ocean Park Auditorium, The Santa Monica Auditorium, 2005b, 1987, 1974, 1906, 1904, 1901, 1897

  • Ocean Park Improvement Co., 1987, 1974, 1904, 1900s, 1895
  • Francis Ryan and Abbot Kinney purchased the land south of Santa Monica in 1895, 1987, 1984
  • They developed a seaside resort with a golf course, tennis courts, country clubhouse, boardwalk and a fishing pier, at the foot of Pier Av., 1987, 1890s
  • They gave land to Santa Fe Railroad for a pavilion and land to the YMCA hoping that the construction of an auditorium and pavilion would attract conventions and assemblies to Ocean Park, 1987, 1890s

6000 seat auditorium next to the Ocean Park Pier, 2005b, 1906

Included a roller skating rink, 2005b, 1906

 Auditorium opens, 1987, 1904

Roller Skating Rink, 1987, 1904

The Los Angeles Turf Club and CBS leased the Ocean Park Pier, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, and private property along Ocean Front Promenade to develop Pacific Ocean Park, including parking lots, traffic mitigation and the resort itself, a resort designed to compete with Disneyland and Marineland, both resorts having been designed to compete with the Venice/Ocean Park/Santa Monica Amusement Zones. Shortly after opening, the development was let to another operator who soon went into receivership, leaving to the courts to sort out "the complicated financial structure" of the development, 1974, 1960s, 1950s

O.P. Auditorium, J.D. Lee, Barber, 2003, 1912

Ocean Park Bandstand at the Pier, 1987, 1905

The Ocean Park Bank, 2003, 1974, 1912, 1908, 1907, 1902

  • Pier & Trolleyway, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Thomas H. Dudley,* President, 1974, 1908
  • Percy J. Dudley,* Cashier, 1974, 1908

Ocean Park Bath House, 2005, 2003, 2002, 1988, 1987, 1983, 1980, 1974, 1920, 1915, 1912, 1910, 1908, 1907, 1906, 1905

  • Navy & O.F. Walk, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • The Bath House, Ocean Park, Cal. 1906, Venice Postcard Co., 21 Washington St., Venice, CA, 90291, SLL 2005
  • Bath House at Ocean Park, Cal., No. 5173. Publ. by Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal. (Made in Germany.) Postmarked Ocean Park, Sep 27 9:30AM CAL. 1907
  • Mosque-like, 1980, 1910
  • Casino Cafe, 1980, 1910
  • Heated, lavish indoor plunge, Mooresque fantasy 1987, 1974, 1905
  •  Built by A. R. Fraser, Jones and Gage, who earlier was a partner with Abbot Kinney in the Ocean Park Improvement Co., 1987, 1974, 1905
  • Beach and Ocean Park Bathhouse built by A.R. Fraser in 1905, 1910. http://www.smpl.org/archive/0932/IMG0099.JPG
  • Ocean Park Bath House/Ocean Park, Cal., California Postcard Co., Los Angeles, Cal., 23887, SLL 2005
  • G.P. Collier, Carriage and Wagon Maker, 2003, 1912

Ocean Park Bazaar, Notions, 169 Ashland, O.P., 2003, 1912

Ocean Park Beaches, 2005, 2005a, 2002, 1999, 1994, 1991, 1983, 1980, 1976,1971, 1958, 1956, 1954, 1952, 1949, 1948, 1930s, 1926, 1924, 1920s, 1912, 1908, 1907. 1906. 1904,

  • Ben Word sold 340 acres of beach property, 2002, 1887
  • Ocean Park, California, annually attracts to its beaches thousands of dwellers in interior California, who find here every joy and diversion of a modern seaside Paradise. Unknown Publisher, 1915, 1912?, SLL 2005
  • Bay Street Break,
  • At the foot of the Bay Street Hill
  • Santa Monica High Surf Team Home Break,

Beach Clubs,

Crystal Beach, 1991, 1983, 1952, 1949, 1924,

  • Foot of Hollister, 1983
  • Foot of Strand, 1924
  • Site of the Crystal Pier, made of oak, aka the Hollister Pier, the Bristol Pier, the Nat Goodwin Pier, and the Nat Goodwin Cafe, 1983
  • "Movie Beach," Crystal Pier, Santa Monica, Ca., 2002, 1926

The Inkwell, 2002, 1930

Life Guard Station 3, south of the Lick Pier, 2005

Muscle Beach,

  • Santa Monica (1930s-1958), 1999, 1994, 1958, 1954, 1952, 1949, 1948, 1830s

Ocean Park, Calfornia, 2005a, 2002, 1908

  • Daily Scene on the Beach at Santa Monica, California (Photo by "Dick" Whittington), 2005a

Private Beaches, 1974, 1949, 1948, 1937, 1929, 1922

Santa Monica, California, 2005, 2002

Venice, California, 2005a, 2002

  • Bathing Beach at Venice, 2005a

Ocean Park Boardwalk, 1974, 1900

Ocean Park Bookstore, 2003, 1907

  • Musical Instruments, News Dealers, 171 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Boulevard, Ocean Park, Santa Monica, 2008, 2005, 2004a, 2003, 1990, 1985, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1977, 1976, 1974, 1966, 1956,1952, 1950s, 1949, 1948, 1944, 1937, 1933, 1929, 1923, 1922, 1920s 1912

  • (Central Av.), 1980, 1926
  • Approximately 3,250 linear feet long, this stretch of Ocean Park Blvd., from Lincoln Blvd., Route X to Neilson Way, cuts directly through the Ocean Park neighborhood and serves as an important gateway to the Pacific Ocean and Santa Monica's beaches, 2008
  • Just south, at 2612 Main, California Heritage Museum
  • Ocean Park Blvd., Between Lincoln Blvd. and Neilson Way, 2008
  • And Main Street, California Heritage Museum, Heritage Square, 2008
  • The Ocean Park Blvd. "Green Streets" project seeks to address community concerns related to the scale, character, health and safety, and pedestrian orientation of the portion of the Boulevard between Lincoln Blvd. and Neilson Way. The Ocean Park Blvd. "Green Streets" website, an online resource for information related to the streetscape and sustainable design project that was initiated in March 2008 at the request of the Santa Monica community.
  • The northern boundary of the Ocean Park Redevelopment District, 1974, 1970s, 1960s, 1950, 1950s, 1949
  • Designated Santa Monica Commercial Strip, 1974, 1949, 1948, 1937, 1929, 1922
  • Border of Central Beach-Wadsworth Hollister Tract, 1983
  • Foot of Ocean Park Blvd., Beach Park No. 1, 1983, The Promenade and the beach; 1.2 acre, combining parking, picnic tables and barbeques, 1983
  • And Barnard Way, Santa Monica Shores Golf Course, nine-hole, par-three golf course sited on undeveloped portions of the Ocean Park Redevelopment Project, 1983
  • 10 Ocean Park Blvd #16, J Design, Photography 2005
  • (Ocean to Lincoln), New Zealand Christmas Tree; Windmill Palm, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944
  • And Neilson Way, 2008
  • And Main St. in March 1977, 1980
  • Roy Jones House became the Heritage Square Museum, 1980

And Main Street, California Heritage Museum, Heritage Square, 2008

And Main Street, Heritage Square, Bust of Sen. J.P. Jones, 2008, 1912

And Main, Jane Golden* mural, Early Ocean Park Scene, 1983, 1978, 1976, sponsored by Citywide Murals, 1983, 1976

And Main, 2003, 1999, 1996, 1956

  • Gas Station, 2003, 1956
  • Olivia's Soul Food Restaurant, 2003, 1956
  • Farmer's Market, 1999, 1996 (Sunday 9am to noon.), 1999, 1996

And Third, house in 1923 at the northwest corner of moved to 237 Hill St. The building was used for many years as the parsonage for the church next door, 1983

And Fourth St., 2008

Ocean Park Blvd. at the Fourth St. Overpass, Welkin 1999  

  • Photo by Rick Laudati*, 1999

And Fifth St., northeast corner, Los Amigos Park, was the original site of John Adams Junior High (1913-1933), abandoned after the Long Beach Earthquake, and then an army recreational site, and a Navy training site, and was leased to Santa Monica City in 1949 as a park. A community theater, The Morgan, was housed in a former Army recreational hall until it burned in 1966, 1983, 1966, 1933, 1913

  • Now the site of John Muir Elementary and the Washington Alternative School, 2007, 2006

515 Ocean Park Blvd., John Adams Junior High, 1933, 1928, 1913

And Fifth St., 2008

  • John Muir Elementary School, 2008
  • Santa Monica Alternative Schoolhouse (SMASH), 2008

And Sixth St., John Adams Junior High School, 1952, 1933, 1914

And Sixth St., Santa Monica City School District Maintence Yards [1933- ], 1952, 1950s, 1933

And Sixth, Traffic Signal, 1983, 1982

And Sixth St., 2008

601 Ocean Park Blvd., New Visual Research, Photography 2005

721 Ocean Park Boulevard, John Muir Elementary, Established in 1922 and rebuilt in 1934 following the 1933 earthquake, the school was originally a two-story building, 1983, 1934, 1933, 1922

Now the site of Olympic High School, 2007, 2006

724 Ocean Park Blvd., Taylor* Architecture, 2005

And Lincoln (Northwest Corner), Jane Golden mural, fronting two sides of the John Muir Auditorium, 1983, 1976

And Lincoln Boulevards, The John Muir School, 1952, 1923, 1920s

And Lincoln, Car Wash, 1985

Watermark, Installation, Fiber Art by Michele Hamrick, 1987

  • Ocean Park Branch Library, 2601 Main Street, 1987

 And Lincoln Blvd., 2008

  • Olympic High School, 2008

Between Ocean Park Blvd., 2008, 1999, 2005

  • & Rose Ave., 2008. 1999
  • Chinois on Main, 2709 Main St., Santa Monica, 2008, 1999

 Ocean Park Blvd. Green Streets website, 2008

  • (See Related Web sites) 
  • Downloadable boards and diagrams (presented at the March 3rd workshop)
  • A message board where one can read comments posted by community members.  Send us an email and we will post your comments!
  • The project timeline and funding strategy
  • Announcements about upcoming workshops and events, 2008

Ocean Park Boulevard Children's Center, 1983

  • 2626 Sixth Street, 1983
  • A public preschool and child-care center operated by the Santa Monica- Malibu Unified School District in one corner of Los Amigos Park, 1983

The Ocean Park Blvd. Project, 2008

  • A model of a sustainable street for all of Southern California. 
  • Community Workshop: "Ocean Park Blvd., Improvements, Enhancements from Lincoln Blvd. west to Neilson Way." Santa Monica Alternative Schoolhouse (SMASH), 2525 5th St., Santa Monica, 90405 Monday, March 3, 6:30-9:00 p.m. RSVP peter.james@smgov.net Free parking at SMASH, John Muir Elementary and on 5th or 6th Sts. Bus Line #8 stops directly in front of SMASH; Bus Line #8 stops at Lincoln Blvd. and Ocean Park Blvd,; Bus Line #4 stops at Fourth and Ocean Park Blvd, 2008
  • Ocean Park Boulevard "Green Streets" workshop, which will take place on April 23rd at the John Muir/SMASH cafeteria at 6:30PM-9, 2008

Ocean Park Bowling Alley, 2003, 1912, 1907

  • 174 Pier, 2003, 1907
  • 144 Pier, 2003, 1912

Ocean Park Branch Library, 2008

  • (See Ocean Park Library)
  • 2601 Main St. (310) 392-3804
  • www.smpl.org, 2008

Ocean Park, Cal., 1908

Ocean Park, Cal., 1906

  • Showing Casino and Ferris Wheel, 1906

Ocean Park, Cal. (1904-1907) (1904-1911), 1987, 1979, 1961, 1912, 1909, 1908a, 1907, 1905, 1904

  • (Where are the transactions of its incorporated business?)
  • Ocean Park, 1908a, Incorporation, p. 318; census, p. 318; election, p. 319; Improvement Co., p. 319; Growth, 321; sewage, p. 321; licenses, p. 322; values, p. 323; bonds, p. 324; postoffice, 324; City Hall, p. 325
  • Census, 1908a, p. 318  
  • Incorporated as the result of an election February 12, 1904. The vote was 52 for, 2 against.
  • Incorporated as a "sixth class city" on February 15th, 1904, 1979, 1908a, p. 318
  • Included Kinney's development, Venice . . . 1979, 1904
  •  Beaches, 1961, 1904
  • [Folder 21.1] Schuyler, J. D. Report on the proposed disposal of Santa Monica sewage by septic tank and irrigation, and the protection of the beach at Ocean Park from sewage pollution. 1904. 1 v. (ca. 25 leaves), bound: maps.
  • Beach Pollution, 1904

Arthur S. Bent, 1905

J.D. Schuyler Articles of agreement between the City of Ocean Park, California, and Arthur S. Bent. 1905. 12 leaves, bound.

Olmsted-Poulson Company. 1905

Folder 21.3] J.D. Schuyler Articles of agreement between the City of Ocean Park, California, and Olmsted-Poulson Company. 1905. 10 leaves, bound.

[Folder 21.6] Notice to contractors: proposals for the erection of a sewage pumping plant and pump house at the Ocean Park septic tank, and wood stave discharge pipe from tank to sewage farm. [1905].

Articles of agreement between the City of Ocean Park and the National Wood Pipe Company for the construction of a wood stave pipe to be laid from the septic tank to the sewage farm. [1905].

[Folder 21.8] Articles of agreement between the City of Ocean Park and W. S. Rabineau for the erection of a sewage pumping plant. 1905. 6 leaves,

Ocean Park Sewer System, 1905

  • Septic Tank, 1905
  • Sewage Farm, 1905
  • Sewage Mains, 1905
  • Sewage Pump House, 1905
  • National Wood Pipe CompanySewage Discharge Pipe, wooden, from Pump House to Sewage Farm, 1905
  • [Folder 21.8] Articles of agreement between the City of Ocean Park and W. S. Rabineau for the erection of a sewage pumping plant. 1905
  • J.D. Schuyler, 1909, 1905
  • Trustees, 1905

election, 1908a, p. 319;

an elected five-member Board of Trustees, 1979, 1904

an elected city clerk, 1979, 1904

an elected recorder, 1979, 1904

an elected treasurer, 1979, 1904

elected school board members, 1979, 1904

  • Ocean Park City School District, 1908, p. 510, 1908a, 1904
  • Ocean Park School Board, 1908, p. 510, 1908a

Ocean Park School Board, Trustees, 1908, 1908a, 1904

  • President and Clerk, John G. French, 1908, 1908a, 1904
  • W.M. Kendall, M.D. [1869- ], 1908, p. 510, 1908a

Ocean Park Improvement Co., 1987, 1980, 1974, p. 319, 1908a, 1905, 1904, 1900s, 1895

Bath House at Ocean Park, Cal., No. 5173. Publ. by Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal. (Made in Germany.), 1907

Growth, 1908a, 321;

sewage, p. 321;

licences, p. 322;

values, p. 323;

bonds, p. 324;

postoffice, 324;

City Hall, p. 325

Ocean Park, 1908, p. 510, 1908a

  • Ocean Front Walk, Ocean Park, p. 511, 1908a
  • Jesse, Marcus, Marian and W.S. Kendall Family Home and Medical offices No. 207-207 1/2 Ocean Front, Ocean Park, California, p. 511, 1908a

Ocean Park, Disincorporated in 1907, 1974

Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Cody, p. 492, 1908a

  • 1220 Lake St., O.P., p. 492, 1908a

Lake St., O.P., p. 492, 1908a

  • 1220 Lake St., Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Cody, O.P., p. 492, 1908a

Aaron Edinger dies in Ocean Park, February, 1908, at the age of fifty-nine years. The widow still survives.

The Ladies' Club of Ocean Park, May 20, 1909

voted to change the name to Venice in 1911, 1979

Ocean Park and the Fraser Pire burn in September, 1913

General Homer Lea dies in Ocean Park in late 1912.

Ocean Park Casino, 1998, 1974, 1902, 1901, 1891

  • A restaurant and tennis club on June 23, 1891, 1998
  •  "the place for tennis and tea", 1974, 1902

Ocean Park Casino at the Pier, 1987, 1905, 1903

Ocean Park Catering Co., 211 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

The Ocean Park Catholic Church, 1952, 1902

  • Third and Marine, 1952, 1902
  • Purchased the original South Side School and moved it to Third and Marine, to become a caretaker's cottage, 1952, 1902

Ocean Park Children's Beauty Contest, 1999

Ocean Park Celebrations, Festivals, Parades, 2009, 2008, 2007, 1999, 1997, 1987, 1982, 1972, 1930, 1925, 1920s

  • Ocean Park Celebration of the Arts, 1982
  • Ocean Park Children's Beauty Contest, 1999
  • Annual Children's Floral Parade, 1987, 1920
  • Ten day opening festival for the 1925 Ocean Park Pier, 1987, 1925
  • Mardi Gras, Fourth of July, 1926, 1987
  • Ending with a Fireworks reenactment of Ocean Park on Fire, 1987

Male Beauty Parade, 1987, 1920s

Ocean Park Kiddie Parade, 1997, 1930

El Primero Band Review, with 5,000 students marching from 40 top bands, October 1972

Santa Monica Fourth of July Parade, Main St., 2009, 2008, 2007

Santa Monica Gymfest in September, on the beach just south of the Santa Monica Pier, featuring a free show on the crossbar, trampoline, swinging rings, and gymwheels, 1972

Scottish Highland Games in June at SMCCC, 1972

Ocean Park, Ocean Park Businesses, Entries in "City Directory," 2003, 1907, Postcards Adrift

  •  Founder, Developer, Abbot Kinney, 20 Park Ave., Venice, 1907, 1891, 2003
  • H.C. Akin, Cigars & Tobacco, Wines & Liquors, Main & Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Allen Photograph Co., Photographs, Windward Pier, Venice, 2003, 1907
  • O. Anderson, Cigars and Tobacco, Horseshoe Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • The Angler, Captain Donahue, Fish and Game, Marine & Speedway, O.P. 2003, 1907
  • Armacast Nurseries, Florists and Nurseries, 3rd & Marine, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Auditorium Book Store, 4 Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Auditorium Book Store, 4 Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Rising-Dunscomb Co., Florists, Nurseries, 10 Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

Bank of Venice, Windward & Trolleyway, Venice, 2003, 1907

A. Belli, Ice Cream Manufacturers, 910 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

H.A. Bennett, Groceries, Main & Ashland, O.P., 2003, 1907

C.W. Benton-Rafael & Electric, Feed and Fuel, 2003, 1907

Big Pier Store, Groceries, 184 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Bishop & Dewy, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 131 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Bon Ton Restaurant, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 173 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Bowling Alley Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Windward Ave., Venice, 2003, 1907

Brady-McLeod Drug Co., Drug Store, O.F. Promenade & Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

L.E. Brandt, Insurance, Real Estate, 29 Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

Brice & Son, Groceries, 803 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

 L.R. Brooks, Clothing, Dry Goods, Gents Furnishing, 132 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Dana Burks, 1907

  • Ocean Park Mayor, Ocean Front & Dudley, O.P. 1907

H.C. Burmister, Groceries, Wines, Liquors, Navy & O.F. Walk, O.P., 2003, 1907

Burton Grocery Co., Groceries, Ashland & Ocean Front Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

F.J. Cantara, Contractor Building, 29 Mildred, Venice, 2003, 1907

B.E. Carter, Cigars & Tobacco, News Dealers, Surf St. Depot, O.P., 2003, 1907

Carter & Burchard, Contractor Building, Main & Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

The Casino, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Wines & Liquors, Horseshoe Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Citizens State Bank, Windward & Trolleyway, Venice, 2003, 1907

City Water Co., Pier Ave. & O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Clapp Brothers, Drug Store, 139 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

 Mrs. D. Colby, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 30 Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

Commercial Bank, 154 Pier Ave., O.P. 2003, 1907

J.C. Conklin, Notary Public, 162 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

A. Conte, Groceries, Trolleyway, Venice, 2003, 1907

 A. Conterno, Groceries, 1115 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

George W. Cook, Barber, 3 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

T.V. Cooney, 2003, 1907

  • Plumbing & Gas Fitting, Lorelei & Trolleyway, Venice, 2003, 1907
  • Plumbing & Gas Fitting, 5 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Crescent Bay Cleaners, Cleaners, Dyes, 174 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

The Daily Journal, Newspaper, 7 Marine, O.P., 2003, 1907

S. Daub, Barber, O.F. Walk & Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

De Creamer & Co., Contractor Building, Painting & Paper Hanging, Lorelei & Trolleyway, Sign Painting, 2003, 1907

Dements' Second Hand Store, Furniture Dealer, 1108-1112 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Devore & Pettis Co., Cornice Works, Furniture Dealer, 135-137 Pier Ave., 2003, 1907

E.C. Dunnavant, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Windward Pier, Venice, 2003, 1907

Ehler Braun Co., Contractor Building, Neptune & Trolleyway, 2003, 1907

Fanjoy Foto Co., Kodaks & Supplies, Photographs, 131 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

M.J. Firsich, Groceries, 95 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

First National Bank, Fraser Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

Fraser, Jones & Gage, Real Estate, Pier & O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Fraser Bldg., 2003, 1923, 1907

  • 3018 Ocean Front, Fraser Building, 1923
  • First National Bank, Fraser Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

Frasinelli Fruit Co., Cigar and Tobacco; Confections, Fruits, Etc., Windward Pier, Venice, 2003, 1907

Free Lance, Newspaper, 1231 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Free Lance Office, Printers, 1231 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Frisco Bakery, A.W. Ericson, 167 Pier, O.P. 2003, 1907

Dr. Hulbert Fuller, Physician, 193 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

J.E. Gaffney, Delicatessen, 43 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

J.F. Gaffney, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 43 O.F. Promenade. O.P., 2003, 1907

 L.M. Garrett, Cigars and Tobacco, Windward & O.F. Walk, Venice, 2003, 1907

E.F. Gaylord, Bicycles and Repair, 1236 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Gem Ice Cream Parlor, News Dealers, 175 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Goldvogal Brothers, Groceries, Pier & O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

 E.D. Grandmason, Jewelers, Optician, 125 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Guaranty Realty Co., Real Estate, Windward & Trolleyway,Venice, 2003, 1907

Guffin Sign Co., Painting & Paper Hanging, Sign Painting, 7 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Dr. W.B. Hambleton, Dentist, Imperial Bldg., O.P. 2003, 1907

S.L. Hardman, Painting & Paper Hanging, 7 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Frank Hemick, Barber, Trolleyway, Venice, 2003, 1907

Hilderbrand & Armbruster, Groceries, 161 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Charles J. Hildesheim & Co., Insurance, Real Estate, 142 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

H.O. Restaurant, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 165 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Horseshoe Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

  • O. Anderson, Cigars and Tobacco, Horseshoe Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • The Casino, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Wines & Liquors, Horseshoe Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Hotel Berlin, Windward Ave., Venice, 2003, 1907

 S.E. Huff, Confections, Fruits, Etc., Speedway & Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

Harry A. Hull, Billiards and Bowling Alleys, Cigars and Tobacco, 28 Windward Ave., Venice, 2003, 1907

 Iberson Grocery, Groceries, 141 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Imperial Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

  • Dr. W.H. Kiger, Physician, Imperial Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Dr. L.A. Laver, Dentist, Imperial Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

Imperial Ice Co., Dairy; Distilled Water; Ice Cream Manufacturers, 940 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Imperial Market, Meat Market, Main & Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Journal Publishing Co., Printers, 7 Marine, O.P., 2003, 1907

M. Kelly, Confections, Fruits, Etc., 176 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

 Dr. W.M. Kendall, Physician, 193 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Dr. W.H. Kiger, Physician, Imperial Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

 Kiggins & Conklin Co., Insurance, 156 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

 O.A. Kirkelie, Undertaker, 1121 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Koster & Stinton, 2003, Shoe Store, 1131 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

 B.W. Kramer, Barber, 1103 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Lake Bath House, East end of Windward Ave., Venice, 2003, 1907

Dr. L.A. Laver, Dentist, Imperial Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

John W. Lincoln, Real Estate, Trolleyway near Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

London Dye Works, Tailors, 183 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

L.D. Loomis, Real Estate, Trolleyway near Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

J.J. Lower, Barber, 15 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

H.C. Lytle & Co., Real Estate, Trolleyway near Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

E.H. Macgibbon, Contractor Building, Windward & O.F. Walk, Venice, 2003, 1907  

Dr. W.R. Mail, Dentist, 255 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Main Street Dye Works, 1075 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

A. Malstrom, Boot and Shoe Maker, 1150 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Marks, The Sea Shell Man, Sea Shells & Curios, 97 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Masonic Temple Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

  • Main St., Grant Smith, Tailor, O.P., 2003, 1907

H.C. Mayer, Hardware Dealer, 18 Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

McDonald & Co., Electrical Contractors, Trolleyway, Venice, 2003, 1907

 McPherson Home Bakery, Speedway & Raymond, O.P., 2003, 1907

Merchant of Venice Curio Store, Sea Shells & Curios, 30 Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

Metropole Bar, Wines & Liquors, Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Metropole Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 145 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

 Metropole Pool Room, Pier Ave., O.P. 2003, 1907

Monarch Transfer & Storage Co., 10 Pier Ave., O.P. 2003, 1907

Monte Carlo Restaurant, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Pier & Trolleyway, O.P., 2003, 1907

A.M. Montgomery, Clothing, Dry Goods, Gents Furnishings, 140 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Montgomery & Mullin, Lumber, Main & Navy, O.P., 2003, 1907

M. Nathan, Gents Furnishings, 12 Windward. Venice, 2003, 1907

Neal's Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 127 O.F. Walk, O.P., 2003, 1907

Norsworthy & Paulin Co., Furniture Dealer, 157 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Novelty Repair & Electrical Works, Electrical Contractor, 1040 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Bank, Pier & Trolleyway, O.P., 2003, 1907

O.P. Bath House, Navy & O.F., O.P., 2003, 1907

  • Bath House at Ocean Park, Cal., No. 5173. Publ. by Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, Cal. (Made in Germany.) Postmarked Ocean Park, Sep 27 9:30AM CAL. 1907

Ocean Park Bookstore, Musical Instruments, News Dealers, 171 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Bowling Alley, 174 Pier, 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Catering Co., 211 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Creamery, Dairy, 11 Vernon, O.P., 2003, 1907

 Ocean Park Fair, Five & Ten Cent Stores, 1226 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Floral Co., Florals and Nurseries, 6th & Rose, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Furniture Co., Furniture Dealer, 155 Pier, O.P. 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Garage, 1119 Main St., O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Hardware Co., Hardware Dealer, 143 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Improvement Co., Real Estate, Pier & Ocean Front Promenade, P.O., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Milling & Manufacturing Co., Furniture Manufacturer, Office Furniture, Rose & Main, 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Realty & Mining Stock Co., Real Estate, Pier & Trolleyway, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Steam Laundry, Laundry, 1068 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

 Ocean Park & Venice Express & Messenger Co., Express Service, 188 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Mrs. E.W. Overman, Tailors, 179 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Overman Novelty Store, Hardware Dealer, 179 Pier, 0.P., 2003, 1907

Pacific Produce Co., Meat Market, 181 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Pacific Realty Co., Real Estate, 163 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Palace Livery & Transfer, Livery Stables, Transfer, 1254 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

 Panccina Co., Groceries, Casino Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

Dr. W.H. Parker, Physician, Hotel Palms, O.P., 2003, 1907

Penny Arcade, Kodaks & Supplies, Sea Shells and Curios, Zephyr & Ocean Front Walk, Venice, 2003, 1907

People's Grocery, Feed and Fuel, 1015 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

  • Florists, Nurseries,10 Auditorium Bldg. , O.P., 2003, 1907

Peoples Realty Co., Real Estate, 160 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

H.C, Peterson, Sea Shells & Curios, Horseshoe Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907 

Pittinger Brothers, Barbers, 144 1/2 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

W.H. Potter, Upholstering & Repairing, 939 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ralston Distilled Water Co., Distilled Water, 1012 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Reed & Young, Groceries, 2 Zephyr Ave., Venice, 2003, 1907

Rising-Dunscomb Co., Florists, Nurseries, 10 Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

Miss Maud Risk, Milliner, 160 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Robbins Realty Co., Real Estate, 144 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

H.W. Rogers, Plumbing & Gas Fitting, 163 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

St. Marks Buffet, Wines & Liquors, Windward Ave., Venice, 2003, 1907

St. Marks Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

Dr. W.S. Sands, Physician, Windward & Ocean Front Walk, Venice, 2003, 1907

Sanitary Laundry Agency, Laundry, 175 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

H. Scott, Sewing Machines, 179 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Elanor Seiser, Hairdresser, 105 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Shirey & Cross, Real Estate, 185 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Shoe Hospital, O.F., O.P., 2003, 1907

Thomas Simons, Billiards & Bowling Alleys, 16 Pier, O.P. 2003, 1907

H. Skeeles, Printers, 6 Pavilion, Venice, 2003, 1907

Miss E.J. Slauson, Real Estate, 41 Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

William Smalley, Painting & Paper Hanging, 410 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Grant Smith, Tailor, Masonic Temple Bldg., Main St., O.P., 2003, 1907

J.H. Sohn, Optician, 156 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

J.H. Sohn, Jewelers, 158 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Sunset Dining Parlors, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 123 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Surf Bath House, Ocean Front, Venice, 2003, 1907

Surf St., 2003, 1907

Surf St. Depot, O.P., 2003, 1907

  • B.E. Carter, Cigars & Tobacco, News Dealers, Surf St. Depot, O.P., 2003, 1907

Swan Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Center & Speedway, Venice, 2003, 1907

Venetian Lunch Room, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 10 Pavilion, Venice, 2003, 1907

Venice of America, 2005b, 1907, 1905, 1904

Venice Amusement Company, Windward Ave., 2003, 1907

Venice Book & Stationary Co., Trolleyway, Venice, 2003, 1907

Venice Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 22 Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

Venice Drug Co., Windward & O.F. Walk, 2003, 1907

Venice Fish Market, W.H. Fair, Windward Pier, Venice, 2003, 1907

Venice Gateway Tract, Real Estate, 37 Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

Venice Grocery Co., Groceries, Windward Ave., Venice, 2003, 1907

Venice Meat Market, Meat Market, 14-16 Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

Walker & Holland, Real Estate, 66 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Washington Market, Meat Market, 1003 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

N. Weiner, Tailors, 8 Pavilion, Venice, 2003, 1907

Wells Fargo Express Co., Express Service, 166 1/2 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Western Union Telegraph Co., 156 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

F.C. Whaley, Blacksmith, Rose Ave., 2003, 1907

J.W. White, Physician, 24 Westminster, O.P., 2003, 1907

White Star Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

  • White Star Pier Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, White Star Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

White Star Pier Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, White Star Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

 C.A, Wilson, Boot and Shoe maker, 1205 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

E.A. Wilson, & Co., Electrical Contractors, Electrical Supplies, 164 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

R.H. Wilson, Jewelers, 142 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Windward Hotel, Windward Ave., Venice, 2003, 1907

Windward Pier, 2003, 1907

Lee H. Young, Groceries, Main & Hill, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park (Venice) City Trustees, 1912, 2003

  • Edward Gerety, 2003, 1912
  • Ocean Park (Venice) City Trustees, 1912, 2003
  • Residence, Short Line & Compton Blvd., 2003, 1912

C.W. Hollbrook, 2003, 1912

  • Ocean Park (Venice) City Trustees, 1912, 2003
  • Residence, 1436 Cabrillo Canal, 2003, 1912

H.S. Lorentz, 2003, 1912

  • Ocean Park (Venice) City Trustees, 1912, 2003
  • Residence, 248 Horizon, 2003, 1912

Ocean Park City Hall, 2005b, 1907

  • "Tokio Palace," Eastern Edge of Ocean Park, 2005b, 1907
  • G. M. Jones, Marine St. Businessman, Boss Rule, 1987, 1907
  • Five-man Board of Trustees, 2005b, 1987, 1907
  • Mayor Burke*, 1987, 1907

Law Enforcement, 1987, 1907

Police Department, 1987, 1907

  • Marshall G.G. Watt*, 1987, 1907

Street Superintendent, 1987, 1907

  • George Culver*, 1987, 1907

Ocean Park Civic Services, 1987, 1907

  • Police Protection, 1987, 1907,
  • Fire Protection, 1987, 1907
  • Garbage Collection, 1987, 1907

Awarded building contract for a City Hall on a ten acre parcel, purchased by the Ocean Park Board of Trustees with funds from a bond issue passed by the citizens, 1987, 1907

Awarded construction permits, 1987, 1907

Licensed tent city, 1987, 1907

Rescinded Kinney's liquor licenses, 2005b, 1907

Permitted liquor licenses, 1987, 1907

Mayor Burke,* 2005b, 1907

Banned Sunday dancing in Kinney's Venice of America Dance Hall , 2005b, 1987, 1907

Dynamite concrete foundations, 1987, 1899

Ocean Park Community Center, 2010, 1983

Ocean Park Community Gardens, 1983

  • Main and Hollister, 1983
  • Community owned garden plots, 1983

Ocean Park Communtiy Organization (OPCO), 2010, 2001, 1983, 1982, 1980s, 1979

  • 237 Hill St., 1982
  •  Members, Officers, Organization, Organizers, 1982
  • Harriet Beck, 1982
  • Marianne Boretz,* Co-chair, OPCO Steering Committee, Board, 1982
  • Sara Faulds, 1982
  • Kay Foley, 1982
  • Ken Genser, 2009, 1980s, 1970s
  • Roger Genser, 1982
  • Helen Kennedy, 1982
  • Geraldine Moyle, PhD, Activist, Educator, Resident, UCLA, 2010
  • Mallory Pearce, 1982
  • Ernie Powell, 2010, 1980s
  • Kelyn Roberts,* 1982
  • Salli Sachse, 1982

Organizers, 1983

  • Judy Abdo,* 1983
  • Allen David Heskin,* 1983, 1982
  • U.C.L.A. Associate Professor, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 1983
  • O.P.C.O. Community Development Corporation Consultant, 1982-1983, 1983

Peter Kastner,* 1983

Jeff Mudrick,* 1983

Jenny Pirie,* 1983

Michael Tarbet,* 1983

Karen Westmont,* 1983

237 Hill Street.

  • The organization was located in a building orginally moved to this location in 1923 from the present vacant lot at the northwest corner of Third and Ocean Park (now developed); the building was used for many years as the parsonage for the church next door, 1983

First Ocean Park Congress, 1983, 1982, 1979

  • December 8, 1979, 1983, 1982
  • Elected an Ocean Park Resident Steering Committee, and hired a small staff of organizers, 1983, 1982, 1979

Second Ocean Park Congress, 1983, 1982, 1980

  • November 15, 1980, 1983, 1982
  • Project: Crime Stop, free locks, 1983, 1982, 1981

Third Ocean Park Congress, 1983, 1982, 1981

  • Called for the establishment of a Community Development Corporation (CDC) to meet development needs such as affordable housing and service-oriented businesses, 1983, 1982, 1981
  • OPCO Renter's Rights Committee worked on stronger eviction protection provisions in the Santa Monica Rent Control Law, 1983, 1982
  • Traffic Abatement, 1983, 1982
  • Narrowing Fourth St., 1983, 1982
  • OPCO First Annual Arts Festival, 1983, 1982
  • OPCO Neighborhood Film Series, 1983, 1982
  • Tenant Security and Building Maintenance, 1983, 1982

Fourth Ocean Park Congress, 1983, 1982

  • November, 1982, 1983
  • Issues: Housing; crime; the arts; telephone rates and service; traffic and safety, 1983, 1982
  • Organizing the Neighborhood, 1983, 1982

Ocean Park Community Organization (OPCO), 2001

  • Rick Laudati, Chair; John Coluccio,* Joe Pipersky,* Laurel Roennau,* Bill Sunbald* and Fred Whitlock,* Board of Directors, 2001
  • Community Congress, annual community meeting, 2001
  • OPCO's Design Standard Review  Committee, 2001
  • Chair Mario Fonda Bonardi,* 2001

Ocean Park Association, 2010,

OPCO Programs, 1982

  • Celebration of the Arts Ocean Park-Santa Monica Program June 4 and 5, 1982
  • Members, Officers, Organization, Organizers, 1982
  • Marianne Boretz,* Co-chair, OPCO Steering Committee, Board, 1982
  • Sara Faulds, 1982
  • Roger Genser, 1982
  • Kelyn Roberts,* 1982
  • Salli Sachse, 1982
  • Ruth Weisberg,* Acting Chair, OP Art Committee, OPCO, 1982

Ocean Park Arts Festival Coordinating Committee, 1982

  •  Maureen Crystal, 1982
  • Ocean Park Arts Festival Coordinating Committee, 1982
  • Kathy Davies, 1982
  • Sara Faulds, 1982
  • Roger Genser, 1982
  • Browne Goodwin, 1982
  • Helen Kennedy, 1982
  • Judy Leventhal, 1982
  • Michael Tarbet, 1982
  • Diane Tartar, 1982
  • Mary Trudeau, 1982
  • Pam Tuchman, 1982
  • Salli Sachse, 1982
  • Marga Vijvoet, 1982
  • Ruth Weisberg, 1982
  • Katya Williamson, 1982

Ocean Park History Collage, 1982

Ocean Park Irregulars, 1982

  • Performer, Musician, Street Scene, 1982

Ocean Park Jazz Quintet, 1982

The Ocean Park Perspective, 1982

  • Contributed to The Celebration of the Arts, Ocean Park, 1982

Mindy Odegard, 1982

  • Contributed to The Celebration of the Arts, Ocean Park, 1982

Kathi O'Donahue,* 1982

  • Stage Manager, OPcat Cabaret, 1982

The Old Venice Noodle Company, 2654 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 1982

Susan Olsen, 1982

  • Exhibiting Artist, Celebration of the Arts, Ocean Park, 1982

Ozone Park, 1980s

Ocean Park Counterculture Enclaves, 2003, 1991, 1986, 1970s, 1960s

Ocean Park Creamery, 11 Vernon, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Dawn 1981

Ocean Park History Collage, 1982

Early Ocean Park Scene, 1976

  • Jane Golden mural at Main and Ocean Park Blvd., 1983, 1976

Ocean Park Development Company, 2005b, 1904

  • Kinney and Fraser, Gage, and Jones, 2005b, 1904

Ocean Park District, 1908a, 1898, p. 252; 1899, p. 253; 1900, p. 254; 1901, p. 255; 1902. p. 257; 1903, 259

  • Ocean Park, 1908a, 227, 236, 249, 250, 252, 317,
  • Ocean Park, 1908a, Incorporation, p. 318; census, p. 318; election, 319; Improvement Co., p. 319; Growth, , 321; sewage, p. 321; licences, p. 322; values, p. 323; bonds, p. 324; postoffice, 324; City Hall, p. 325

Ocean Park Electoral Network (OPEN), 2010, 1983, 1981

  • Geraldine Moyle, PhD, 2010, 2009, 1980s
  • Kelyn Roberts, PhD, 2010, 1980s
  •  Member of the SMRR coalition in 1981, 1983

Ocean Park Fair, 2003, 1907

  • Five & Ten Cent Stores, 1226 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Farmer's Market, 2009, 2005

Ocean Park Fauna, 2010, 2008, 2007, 1994, 1961, 1920, 1908a

  • (See Agriculture; Animals; Fish)
  • Abalone, 1908a
  • Aquariums, 2008, 1961,
  • Butterflies
  • Ocean Park Fauna: Caterpillar, One Photograph, August 5, 2007 by Laura Darlington*, 2007
  • Cats
  • Cattle
  • Dairies
  • Dogs, Dog Parks
  • Trained dolphins, POP 1994, 1961
  • Grunion, 2007
  • Horses, Pony Rides,
  • Menageries,
  • Ostrich Farms, 1908a
  • Brown Pelicans, 2010
  • Poultry, 1920
  • Sheep, 1908a, 1970s, 1860s

Ocean Park Fauna: Caterpillar, August 5, 2007, Photo by Laura Darlington*

Ocean Park Fire Companies, Houses Service, Stations, 2008, 1974, 1908a, 1907, 1902, 1900

  • Volunteer Bucket Brigades, 1908a, 1889, 1880s, 1876, 1875
  • (See Santa Monica Fire . . . )

Santa Monica Volunteers

  • A two-wheel car and a hook and ladder wagon were added to the equipment, 1908a, 1890
  • The two carts with 2,000 feet of hose made it a very heavy task for the firemen to pull the apparatus to a fire, especially when they had to plough through a mile or two of sand or dust to reach South Santa Monica, 1908a, 1890
  • Yet for [p. 279] ten years the firemen were obliged to meet these conditions, added to which was often, perhaps usually, an inadequate supply of water, or a pressure too weak to be effectual, 1908a, 1890s
  • Except for contributions and donations, the firemen were uncompensated, 1908a, 1903, 1889

Volunteer Fire Co., 1908a, 1900

  • Was organized in Ocean Park February 3rd, 1900, with an enrollment of eighteen members, its officers being A.N. Archer, president; Wm. H. Menzies, foreman; C.J. Marvin, assistant foreman; J.H. Hassinger, secretary and treasurer; E, Rudisill, second assistant foreman,1908a
  • The Santa Monica city trustees turned over to this company the old four-wheeled cart and 600 feet of hose, and furnished lumber to put up a small building which was erected on private property by voluntary labor and subscription, 1908a, 1907, 1906
  • This company was increased to thirty members and did efficient service many times, although much hampered by lack of water pressure,1908a, 1907, 1906
  • Ocean Park Fire House and Hose Cart, 1974, 1902
  • The present fire house (1908) is fully equipped, 1908a, 1907, 1906

Santa Monica City Fire Department, 1908a, 1907, 1906

  • Sand Ave. and Lake St., modern fire station, 1908a, 1907

Santa Monica Fire Engine Co. No. 2, Hollister Av., 90405, 2008

  • (See Santa Monica Fire Department Photos, 2008 )
  • Ocean Park Fire Station # 2, 2003

Ocean Park Fire Station, 2003

  • Ocean Park Fire Station # 2, 2003
  • 222 Hollister Ave., O.P., 2003
  • Re-opening and Dedication, 31 January 2003
  • Open House, 1 February 2003
  • (Photos: Mary Leipziger, 2003)

Ocean Park Fire House Restaurant, 2008, 1980

  • Corner of Rose Av. and Main St., 1980

Ocean Park Flora, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2005b, 1981, 1980, 1976, 1956, 1954, 1944

  • (See Agriculture, Horticulture, Native plants, Trees)
  • Wild Anise, Non-native, invasive, 2421 Third St., 2005, 2005b
  • Ocean Park Flora: Cacti: Epiphytes 2421 Third St., Photograph, May 12, 2007 by Mary Leipziger*, 2007
  • Epiphytes, Two Photos by Mary Leipziger, 2008
  • DSC7159 Epiphytes April 15, 2008 (Photo, Mary Leipziger), 2008
  • DSC7170 Epiphytes 2 April 16, 2008 (Photo, Mary Leipziger), 2008

Kelp

Ocean Park Palm and New Zealand Tea Tree, 2004

  • Photograph by Mary Leipziger, 2004

Ocean Park Trees, 2008, 1981, 1980, 1976, 1956, 1954, 1944

  •  (See Flora, Trees, 2005, 1980, 1976, 1954, 1944)
  • Eucalyptus
  • New Zealand Tea Tree, 2004
  • Olive trees, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944
  • Palm, 2004

Ocean Park Floral Co., 2003, 1999, 1907

  • Florals and Nursery, 6th & Rose, O.P., 2003, 1907
  •  Owned and operated by the Vawter family, 1999

Ocean Park Fourth of July Main Street Parade, 2009, 2007

  • Co-sponsored by the Ocean Park Association, 2007

Ocean Park Furniture Co., 2003, 1920s, 1907

  • Furniture Dealer, 155 Pier, O.P. 2003, 1907 
  • 2939 Main Street, Ocean Park, 1920s
  • Phone: 61626; Buy Furniture Where Your $ Talks, 1920s

Ocean Park Garage, 2003, 1907

  • 1119 Main St., O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Automotive Garage, 2003, 1907
  • Bicycles and Repair, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park golf links and race track, 1998, 1898

Ocean Park Guided Tour of Googie:

  • Bowl, 234 Pico at Third, Santa Monica, 1985
  • Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Main at Pico, Santa Monica, 1985
  • Norm's, Lincoln and Broadway, 2004
  • Penguin, Lincoln at Olympic, Santa Monica, 1959, Armét and Davis, 1985, 1959
  • Car wash, Ocean Park at Lincoln, 1985
  • Bonus Car Wash, Lincoln at Ashland?, 2004

Ocean Park Hardware Co., 2003, 1907

  • Hardware Dealer, 143 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Heights, 1979, 1924

  • [now Mar Vista], near the Venice High School, 1979, 1924

Ocean Park Improvement Co., 2003, 1987, 1980, 1974, 1907, 1905, 1904, 1900s, 1895

  • Kinney et al.'s Realty Co., 1980, 1905
  • Beach Lots, 1980
  • Francis Ryan and Abbot Kinney purchased the land south of Santa Monica in 1895, 1987
  • They developed a seaside resort with a golf course, tennis courts, country clubhouse, boardwalk and a fishing pier, 1987, 1890s
  • They gave land to Santa Fe Railroad for a pavilion and land to the YMCA hoping that the construction of an auditorium and pavilion would attract conventions and assemblies to Ocean Park.
  • Ryan died in 1899 and his widow remarried Thomas H. Dudley. In 1902 Dudley sold out to Alexander Fraser, George Merritt Jones and Henry R. Gage, 1987, 1904, 1902
  • Abbot Kinney, A.R. Fraser et al. developed and incorporated in 1904 Ocean Park around 1987, 1974, 1904, 1901, 1900s, 1895
  • They decided to split the property with a coin toss, 1987.
  • Real Estate, Pier & Ocean Front Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Irregulars, 1982

  • Performer, Musician, Street Scene, 1982

Ocean Park Jazz Quintet, 1982

 Ocean Park Kiddie Parade Contest, 1997, 1930

  • Won by a Santa Monica Canyon float, a model of an 1830 carreta, built by Ysidro Reyes II, and ridden by Perfecto Marquez, Rosemary and Vincent Romero, 1997, 1930

Ocean Park Laundry, 2661 Main, O.P., 2003, 1912

Ocean Park Library, 2008, 2005, 2003, 1999, 1990, 1985, 1983, 1977, 1917-1918, 1908a, 1908

  • Clapp Brothers Drug Store, 1908a, 1908
  • Pier Ave., 1908a, 1908
  • Santa Monica Public Library branch, 1908a, 1908

Ocean Park Branch Library, 2008, 1983, 1917

  • 2601 Main St. (310) 392-3804;

www.smpl.org, 2008

2601 Main St., 2008, 1983, 1917

Architects: Kegley & Gerity, 2003, 1917

Architect: Frank Kegley, 1983, 1917

A Carnegie Library built with a $12,500 Carnegie Grant, 1983, 1917

Opened 4 February 1918

Designated a Santa Monica Landmark in 1977

Remodel and expansion in 1985

Laudati Photo of the Library, 1999

2001 Photograph shown in 1917

Ocean Park Light II, 2006

  • Ted Ball* paintings, 2006

Ocean Park Lumber Co., Lake & Elana Ave., O.P., 2003, 1912

Ocean Park Market, Meat Market, 2719 Main, O.P., 2003, 1912

Ocean Park Methodist-Episcopal Church, 2003, 1990, 1983, 1923, 1899

  • At Hill and Lake St.'s in 1899.
  • Church built a new brick building, 1923, leaving or moving the old building to 2621 Second St., where it became a meeting hall, "Patriotic Hall"
  • This meeting hall was purchased by the Stephen Jackson Women's Relief Corps No. 124 of the Grand Army of the Republic Auxiliary and used as a meeting hall until 1971, when it was sold and it became a private residence. It was designated a Landmark in 1977.

Ocean Park Milling & Manufacturing Co., 2003, 1907

  • Furniture Manufacturer, Office Furniture, Rose & Main, 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Municipal Auditorium, 2002, 1925

  • (See Ocean Park Auditorium)
  • Ocean Park, Cal. 2002, 1925

Ocean Park Municipal League, 1990, 1932

  • Opposed the Breakwater, 1990, 1933

The Ocean Park paintings, 1997, 1988, 1966

  • Richard Diebenkorn series of paintings, 1997, 1988, 1966

Ocean Park Palm and New Zealand Tea Tree, 2004

  • Photograph by Mary Leipziger, 2004

Ocean Park Parades, Marches, Memorial Walks, 2008, 2007

  • (See Celebrations, Parades, Religious Demonstrations)
  • Ocean Park Fourth of July Main Street Parade, 2008, 2007

Ocean Park Parks, 2008, 1999, 1983, 1976

  • Beaches
  • Fringes along Ocean Park Blvd.
  • Mary Hotchkiss Park
  • Islands on Fourth Street
  • Joslyn Park, 2008, 1999
  • Much of it is a dog park, 2008

Los Amigos Park (now John Muir and SMASH); tennis courts

Mary Hotchkiss Park

Pacific Park, 2008, 1983

  • Main and Pacific, 1983
  • A half-acre public park also known as " The Green", 1983
  • A dog park, 2008

Southside Park, 1983

  • Included area on the other side of Bay St., 1983
  • Renamed Crescent Bay Park, 1983

Ozone Park, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

The Ocean Park Perspective, 1982

  • Contributed to The Celebration of the Arts, Ocean Park, 1982

Ocean Park/Fraser's Million Dollar Pier [1910-1912; -1915; -1924]

Ocean Park/Horseshoe Pier, 2003, 1907

Ocean Park/Lick Pier, 1999

Ocean Park's Pickering Pier, 1987, 1920

Ocean Park Pier, 2005, 2005b, 2002, 1998, 1997, 1990, 1987, 1979, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1950s, 1949, 1940s, 1938, 1930, 1930s, 1929, 1926, 1924, 1922, 1920, 1920s, 1907, 1906, 1903, 1898

  • Ocean Park Amusement Pier, 2005
  • 400 Ocean Park Amusement Pier Ocean Park, California "The Playground of the West." Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles, SLL 2005
  • Rides included Toonerville; The Whip, 2005
  • Developed by Kinney and Ryan, 1990, 1898
  • Santa Monica Library Archive Photo #D16, 1938
  • Ocean Park Pier opened August 28, 1898, ca. 1898
  • Used as the sewer outflow for Santa Monica until 1907
  • Arcades, 1974
  • Dome Theater, 2002, 1974, 1926, 1922
  • Egyptian Ballroom, 1974, 1926
  • First rides were temporary and for children, a Ferris Wheel and a tented carousel, 1987, before 1903
  • Funhouses, 1974
  • Ingersoll's Toboggan Railroad, 1987, 1903
  • Ocean Park Pier smashed by winter storms, 1905
  • Owned by several of the Ocean Park Trustees, 2005b, 1998, 1907
  • The Loof Family, 1987, 1911
  • Built a carousel (a fifty foot diameter pit machine with horses four abreast) in the Hippodrome building on the site of the old Tobaggan Railway between the Dragon Gorge and the Casino, 1987, 1911

Pickering doubles the size of the Ocean Park Pier, 1990, 1920

Ocean Park Pier burns, 1924

The 1924 Ocean Park Pier Fire, 2005, 1975,

Rebuilt by the Venice Investment Company, the Egyptian Ballroom opens June 27, 1925, 1987

Official opening of the Ocean Park Pier 29 August 1925, 1987

Toonerville, 1987, 1925

The new fun house on the 1925 Ocean Park Pier, 1987, 1925

The Dome Theatre, the Rosemary Theater, 1979, 1926

Chutes, 1987, 1929

C.L. Langley's Shoot the Shoots Ride, 1987, 1929

Casino Gardens, 1987, 1943

  • Features swing music with Benny Goodman and Harry James, 1987, 1943

A Gambling casino was set up on the Ocean Park pier, 1974, 1930s, 1920s,  

Ocean Park Pier Advertisement, (Absolutely Fireproof) 1974, 1926

Ocean Park Plunge, 1974, 1926

Chute-the-Chute Ride added, 1990, 1929

Shooting Gallery, 1997, 1930s

Double Ferris Wheel and Strat-o-liner completed in 1946

Formerly the Fraser Pier and the Lick Pier, 1974

Became part of Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1950s

Expanded and remodeled in the late 1950s into Pacific Ocean Park, 1987, 1974, 1956

  • Los Angeles Turf Club, 1987, 1956
  • Along with CBS, leased the Ocean Park Pier and developed P.O.P., 1987, 1956

Sand sluiced eight miles northward from Hyperion Sewage Plant to provide a uniform 500 foot beach to Ocean Park Pier, 1987, 1950

Ocean Park Pier, 1978

  • Jane Golden Mural, 1978
  • Ocean Park Blvd. and Main St., 1978

Ocean Park Pleasure Pier, 1974, 1901

  • 1,250 ft. into the Ocean, 1974, 1901

The Ocean Park Plunge, 2005b, 1998, 1987, 1974, 1905,

  • Indoor heated salt- water plunge on July 4th., 1905

Ocean Park Post Office, 1974, 1923, 1908a, 1901

  • (See Santa Monica, Ocean Park and Venice Post Offices)

Ocean Park Poultry Co., 1923

  • 210 Hill St., Ocean Park, 1923

Ocean Park Projects, 1983, 1982, 1978

  • Church in Ocean Park Board of Directors, 1983, 1982, 1978
  • Communitas, First Project of Ocean Park Projects, 1983, 1982, 1978
  • Making It Safe, a special project, 1983, 1982, 1978
  • Project: Crime Stop, 1983, 1982, 1981

Ocean Park Race Track, 1998, 1974, 1901, 1898

  • Ocean Park race track and golf links, 1998, 1898
  • 40 acre development near the Casino Country Club, located toward the southern border, 1998, 1898

Ocean Park Realty Corporation, 1987, 1929

  • E.P. King,* General Manager, 1987, 1929

Ocean Park Realty & Mining Stock Co., 2003, 1907

  • Real Estate, Pier & Trolleyway, O.P., 2003, 1907

The Ocean Park Redevelopment District, Project, 1986, 1983, 1978, 1974, 1970s, 1964, 1960, 1960s, 1950, 1950s

  • In 1950 the Santa Monica City Council began consideration of redevelopment of parts of Ocean Park, 1974, 1950
  • A section of Santa Monica parts of which had lots ranging from 11 to 25 feet in width, and from about 90 to 105 feet in depth, difficult for substantial development without consolidating several such properties, (Assembling of lots usually encounters difficulties), 1974, 1950
  • Street widths in Ocean Park were inadequate, 1974, 1950
  • Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1956, 1950s
  • The Ocean Park Pier, 1974, 1950s, 1930, 1930s
  • Formerly the Fraser Pier and the Lick Pier, 1974
  • Became part of Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1950s

The Los Angeles Turf Club and CBS leased the Ocean Park Pier, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, and private property along Ocean Front Promenade to develop Pacific Ocean Park, including parking lots, traffic mitigation and the resort itself, a resort designed to compete with Disneyland and Marineland, both resorts having been designed to compete with the Venice/Ocean Park/Santa Monica Amusement Zones. Shortly after opening, the development was let to another operator who soon went into receivership, leaving to the courts to sort out "the complicated financial structure" of the development,1974, 1960s, 1950s

Some of the structures which escaped ruin, 1974, 1960s

  • The Aragon Ballroom
  • Jack's At The Beach
  • The General Telephone Co. Bldg., Marine Ave., 1974, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s, 1940s,
  • The Santa Monica City Council ordered demolition within its jurisdiction, 1974,

The whole pier and adjacent structures were in ruins, 1974

  • aside from a small area which was leveled by the owner [Lick Family?]. 1974, 1960s, 1950s
  • From time to time large parts of the pier had been falling into the ocean as timbers decayed, 1974
  • three major and many minor fires have contributed, 1974, 1960s, 1950s

Ocean Park Redevelopment District, 1974, 1970s, 1960s, 1950, 1950s

  • From Neilson Way to the Beach, and from Ocean Park Boulevard to the southern border of Santa Monica City, 1974, 1970s, 1960s, 1950, 1950s
  • Some apartment buildings were moved to nearby City owned land to be run by a private non-profit as housing for the displaced indigent senior population, 1974, 1960, 1950, 1950s
  • Everything was eventually razed or moved except for the General Telephone Co. Bldg., 1974,
  • 9-hole Golf Course, 1981
  • Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1960s, 1950s

Cottages around the Ocean Park Amusement Area, 1974, 1912, 1910s, 1900s

  • Built before Fraser's Million Dollar Pier, 1974, 1910, 1910s
  • Some were razed in the Ocean Park Redevelopment District, 1974, 1960s, 1950, 1950s

36-acres bordered by Neilson Way, Barnard Way, Marine St. and Ocean Park Blvd., 1983 1,957

In 1960, 1,500 people and 100 commercial establishments were moved, 1983,

Victor Barnaba* Pier Avenue looking north towards Santa Monica Pier, Metropole Hotel in foreground (Ocean Park Redevelopment Project), 1964

Santa Monica Shores, 1983

  • 2700 Neilson Way, 1983
  • Twin seventeen-story apartment buildings built in 1964 by the Del Webb (owned by the Chandlers) Corporation; architects were Welton Beckett and Associates.

Santa Monica Shores Golf Course, Barnard and Ocean Park Blvd., nine-hole, par-three golf course sited on undeveloped portions of the Ocean Park Redevelopment Project, 1983

Neilson Villas, 1983

  • 100-unit senior residential development as part of the Ocean Park Redevelopment Project.

Santa Monica Sea Colony, 1983, 1978

  • 2910 Neilson Way, 144 townhouses and condominiums, built by Lincoln Properties in 1978, as part of the Ocean Park Redevelopment Project, 1983, 1978

Marine Street Telephone Exchange, 1983, 1926

  • Neilson and Barnard Way, The only building not demolished, or unmoved in the Ocean Park Redevelopment area it was redecorated. It was built in 1926 for the Associated Telephone Company which became part of General Telephone Company, 1983, 1926.

Ocean Park Restaurants, Cafes, Lunch Rooms, Stands, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2005, 2004a, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1999, 1996, 1995, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1987, 1985, 1983, 1980, 1979, 1975, 1974 ,1973, 1959, 1950s, 1940s, 1934, 1930s, 1923, 1920, 1920s, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1908, 1907, 1905, 1901, 1898, Associated Post Cards

  • J.W. Abbott, Restaurant, 131 Pier Ave,, 2003, 1912
  • Al's Kitchen, 1990, 1973, 1950s
  • Al Bond* and his partner Jeane Crowne,* 1990, 1950s
  • Larry Barber,* 1990, 1973
  • Al's Kitchen's cook, 1990, 1973
  • Head of "Friends of the Pier," 1990, 1973

Amici Mare, 2001, 1999

  • 2424 Main St., 2001, 1999

Amuse Café, 2004a

  • 796 Main St., Venice, 2004a
  • Chef-owners Brooke Williamson and Nick Roberts, 2004a

Arcadia Hotel Dining Room, 1990, 1980, 1898

  • To the west of the new Santa Monica Hotel, 1898, 1980

Axe, 2001

  • 1009 Abbot Kinney Blvd., 2001

A.F. Bascom, Restaurant, cor Kinney & O.F. Walk, O.P., 2003, 1912

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, 2004a, 1995

  • 2441 Main St., 1995
  • 2435 Main St., Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2004a

Bennett's Seafood Grotto, 1990, 1928

  • On the La Monica Pier, 1990, 1928

Big Bowl Express, Chinese Wok & Grill, 2004

  • 1916 Lincoln Blvd., 2004

Big Deans Oceanfront Café, 2004

  • 1615 Ocean Front, at the Santa Monica Pier, just below and south east of Pier on the Ocean Front, 2004

Bishop & Dewy, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 131 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Bishop & Dewy, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 131 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

B'low Deck Cafe, 1990, 1930s

Bon Ton Restaurant, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 173 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Bon Ton Restaurant, 173 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Border Grill, 2001, 1999, 1997

  • 1445 Fourth St., Susan Feniger* and Mary Sue Milliken*, 2001, 1999, 1997

Bowling Alley Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Windward Ave., Venice, 2003, 1907

Bowling Alley Cafe, Windward Ave., Venice, 2003, 1907

Brandy's, 2654 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405, 1982

 Bravo Pizzeria, 2009, 2004, 2004a

  • 2400 Main, 2004
  • The Lepore Family*, owners, 2004a

The Breakers Cafe, 2003, 1980, 1912 , 1910

  • Immediately to the north of the Starland Theater on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier, 1980, 1910
  • Fraser Pier, 2003, 1912

Breakers Restaurant, 1987, 1912

Brickhouse, 2004

  • 826 Hampton Ave., 2004

Cafe de Paris, Zephyr & O.F. Walk, 2003, 1912

Cafe St. Marks, 8 Windward, 2003, 1912

Capo, 2001

  • 1810 Ocean Av., Chef-owner Bruce Marder,* 2001

Casablanca, 2001, 1999

  • 220 Lincoln Blvd., Venice, 2001, 1999

Casino Cafe, 1980, 1910

  • Located next to the Ocean Park Bathhouse, 1980, 1910

The Casino, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Horseshoe Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

The Casino, Restaurant, O.F. & Kinney St., O.P., 2003, 1912

Casino Restaurant, 1980, 1905, 1898, 1893

  • (It's not clear whether the restaurant included the cafe or they were separate) 1980, 1905
  • Pier Av., 1980, 1905
  • Third St., Ocean Park, 1905, 1893; Pier Av., 1898

Cha Cha Chicken, 2001, 1999, 1997

  • 1906 Ocean Av., 2001, 1999, 1997

Etta Chambers, Restaurant, 122 Pier Ave., 2003, 1912

Chaya Venice, 2004a, 2004, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996

  • 110 Navy St., 2004, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996
  • Shigefumi Tachibe*, 2004a
  • Executive Chef, Chaya Venice, 2004a

Chef's Lunch Room, O.F. Walk opposite Venice Bath House, 2003, 1912

Chesapeake Cafe, Fraser Pier, 2003, 1912

Chez Jay, 2001, 1999, 1997,

  • 1657 Ocean Av., 2001, 1999, 1997

Chinois on Main (1983- ), 2008, 2004, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1991, 1983

  • 2709 Main St. (bet. Ocean Park Blvd. & Rose Ave.), Santa Monica, 2004, 2001, 1999, 1996, 1983
  • Owner Wolfgang Puck*, 2001, 1999, 1996
  • Chef Makoto Tanaka*, 1999, 1996
  • Kazuto Matsusaka*, 2004
  • Inaugural Chef at Puck's Chinois on Main, 2004

Chronicle Restaurant, 1983, 1982

  • 2624 Main Street. A restaurant in a restored Victorian house that was formerly located at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Washington. Built about 1900 and once known as the Kyte House, in 1976 it was moved to its present location along with the adjoining Roy Jones House to form Heritage Square, 1983

The Chronicle, Bar and Grill, Pasadena and Santa Monica, 2640 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405, 1982

 The Circle Bar, 2926 Main St., Ocean Park, Calif., 90405, 1982

  • "Where Friends Meet," Jack and Helen Garner,* 1982

 Cocky Moon Snack Bar, 1990, 1973

  • Vienna Hot Dogs, pizza, Jumbo burgers; frosty freeze, 1990, 1973

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. 2901 Main St., 2010

Mrs. D. Colby, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 30 Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

Coney Island Lunch Room, 1987, 1911

Coney Island Lunch Room, Zephyr Ave., 2003, 1912

Coney Island Grill, Trolleyway near Kinney, 2003, 1912

Cooky's Grill Room, 1980, 1905

  • Pier Av., Ocean Park, 1980, 1905
  • Capacity 100, 1980, 1905

Copper Kettle, Paloma & O.F. Walk, 2003, 1912

Crescent Bay Cafe, 1701 Trolleyway, 2003, 1912

Darais & Daphnes, Restaurant, O.F. Walk opposite Bath House, 2003, 1912

Day's Grill, 1920s,

  • 2933 Ocean Front, Ocean Park, 1920s
  • "Exceptional food; Club Breakfast, 25c to 45c; Lunch, 50c; Evening Dinner, 75c; Sunday Dinner, $1.00", 1920s

Decatur Cafe, O.F. & Marine, 2003, 1912

Devereaux & Humphrey, Restaurant, end of Venice Pier, 2003, 1912

Dhaba, Main St., 1982

Diamond Cafe, 6 Dragon Gorge, 2003, 1912

Diamond Cafe, 1923

  • 2933-35 Ocean Front, Ocean Park, 1923
  • Phone: 62487; D.M. Salata* "Fish Our Speciality Steaks, Chops, 1923

Dhaba Restaurant, 2104 Main St., 2009, 2004a, 1974

E.C. Dunnavant, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Windward Pier, Venice, 2003, 1907

E.C. Dunnavant, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Windward Pier, Venice, 2003, 1907

Dusty's Chowder House, 1990

  • Replaced by Al's Kitchen, 1990, 1950s

Eatz, 1999, 1996,

  • Inside Santa Monica Place on Broadway, at the southern end of the Third Street Promenade, 1999, 1996

(The Famous) Enterprise Fish Company, 2004, 2001, 1999, 1983,

  • (see The Fish Company, The Enterprise Fish Company)
  • 174 Kinney St., 2004, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1983
  • Seafood restaurant in a former Pacific Electric Railway car barn and repair shop, 1983

 Fabio, 2001

  • 1025 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Fabio Flafiello*, owner, 2001

The Famous Enterprise Fish Co., 174 Kinney St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405, 1982

Finn McCool's, 2004

  • 2700 Main St., 2004

The Fish Restaurant, 1990, 1939

  • Colorado and Ocean, 1990, 1939

The Fishnet Restaurant, 2005, 1975, 1929

  • Santa Monica Pier, 2005, 1975, 1929

5 Dudley, 2001

  • 5 Dudley Ave., 2001

Fleischer's Cafe, 1920s

  • Ocean Park Pier, 1920s

Il Fornaio, 1997, 1995

  • 3110 Main St., 1997, 1995

J.F. Gaffney, Deli, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 43 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

J.F. Gaffney, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 43 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

The Galley (1934- ) 2007, 2001, 1999, 1996, 1934

  • 2442 Main St., 2007, 2001,1999, 1996, 1934

Paul Ganas, Restaurant, Venice Pier, 2003, 1912

Gilliands,* 1997

  • 2424 Main St., 1997

Nate Goodwin's Café, 1988, 1974, 1920

  • The foot of Hollister Ave., 1988, 1974, 1920

Home Lunch Room, Zephyr Ave., 2003, 1912

H.O. Restaurant, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 165 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Hot Dog on a Stick, 2004, 1999, 1996, 1990, 1989

  • South of Santa Monica Pier, 2004

Hotel, 1980, 1892

  • cheapest and best meals1980, 1892
  • corner of Railroad and Ocean Avenues, 1980, 1892

Hotel Ross, 1980, 1898

  • (Groceries and Delicacies: Dining Room: Cheapest & Best Place in Town, Meals), 1980, 1898

i Cugini, 2001

  • 1501 Ocean Ave., 2001

Italian Lunch Parlor, 2803 O.F. Walk, O.P., 2003, 1912

Ivy at the Shore, 2001

  • 1541 Ocean Ave., 2001

Jack's At The Beach, 1965

  • POP Pier, 1965

Jake and Annie's, 2004, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996

  • 2700 Main St., 2004, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996

Japanese Tea Gardens and Art Curio Rooms, 1980, 1908, 1905

  • Entrance on the Pier, 1980, 1905
  • Pier Av., Ocean Park, 1980, 1905
  • Ice cream with Japan, Crackers? Japanese Wafers 10c, 1980, 1905

Japanese Tea Room, Windward Ave & Venice Pier, 2003, 1912

Joe's, 2009, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996

  • 1023 Abbott Kinney Blvd., (bet. Main St. & Westminister Ave.,) Venice, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996,
  • Joe Miller,* Owner/Chef, 2001, 1999, 1996
  • Los Angeles: Top 25 Food Ranking, 1999

Joe's Main St. Diner (since 1987), 2917 Main St., Joe Pipersky Family*, Owners, 2004a, 1987

Josephina's, 1983

  • 2654 Main St., 1983
  • An Italian restaurant located in a former Safeway and Piggly-Wiggly market building. The interior decor includes a replica of a Pacific Electric "Big Red Car," 1983

Julius Dairy Lunch, Restaurant, 12 Windward, 2003, 1912

King George Hotel Roof Garden Cafe, 1980, 1920s

  • Ocean Front, Ocean Park, 1980, 1920s

Koo Koo Roo, 2001, 1999, 1997

  • 255 Main, Venice, 2001, 1999, 1997

Kruse & Jackson, Restaurant, 109 Windward, 2003, 1912

Labels Cafe, Horizon & O.F. Walk, 2003, 1912

Lafkias & Langes, Restaurant, 5 Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1912

La Monica Fountain and Cafe, 1990, 1924

  • On the mezzanine balcony, 1990, 1924

Lavande, 2001, 1999, 1996

  • Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, 1700 Ocean Ave. (between Colorado Ave. & Pico Blvd.), Santa Monica, 2001, 1999, 1996
  • Alain Giraud, Chef, 1999, 1996,

La Vecchia Cucina, 2007, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1991

  • 2654 Main St., 2007, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1991
  • Steve Levine, Owner [ -2007]

H.M. Levy, Restaurant, 119 Marine, 2003, 1912

Library Alehouse, Bar and Restaurant, 2911 Main St., 2004a

Lilly's French Cafe and Wine Bar, 2004, 2001

  • 1031 Abbot Kinney Blvd., 2004, 2001

Lincoln Bay Cafe, 1997

  • 1928 Lincoln Blvd., 1997

Little Casino, Restaurant, Trolleyway near Kinney, O.P., 2003, 1912

The Lobster (1923), 2001, 1990, 1989

  • 1602 Ocean Av.,
  • Allyson Thurber*, 2001
  • At one time, a Jim Bambrick restaurant, 1990, 1989

Lula's, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996

  • 2720 Main St., 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996

The Lunch Box, 1987, 1911

J.N. Makin, Restaurant, Lorelei Ave & O.F. Walk, 2003, 1912

Mani's Bakery [-2009], 2001, 1999, 1997, 1995

  • 2507 Main St., 2001, 1999, 1997, 1995

 Max's Deli/Cafe, 2824 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405, 1982

 Mrs. M.Z. McCord, Restaurant, Venice Bath House, 2003, 1912

 Merlin McFly's Magical Bar & Grill, 2702 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405, 1982, 1980, 1970s

  • Hill and Main, 1980, 1970s

 Metropole Cafe, 145 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Metropole Hotel, 1980, 1901

  • At Main and Pier, 1980, 1901

Michael D's Cafe and Catering, 2004

  • 234 Pico Blvd., 2004

Mobay, 1997

  • 1031 Abbot Kinney Blvd., 1997

Mobay Montego Bay, 1999

  • 1031 Abbot Kinney Blvd., 1999

Model Cafe, St. Marks Plaza, 2003, 1912

Modern Grill, Venice Pier, 2003, 1912

Monte Carlo Restaurant, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Pier & Trolleyway, O.P., 2003, 1907

Napoleons, Main St., 1982

Nat Goodwin Cafe, 1988, 1983

  • Hollister Pier, 1983, 1949
  • Crystal Beach, 1983, 1949
  • Foot of Hollister, 1983, made of oak,, aka Bristol Pier, the Nat Goodwin Pier, the Crystal Pier, 1983

Neal's Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 127 O.F. Walk, O.P., 2003, 1907

Il Nido, 2001

  • 3009 Main St., 2001

The Novel Cafe and Bookstore, 2009, 2003, 199, 1996

  • 212 Pier Ave. (310) 396-8566, 2003, 1999, 1996
  • 2507 Main St., 2009

Novelty Grill, Venice Pier, 2003, 1912

O'Brien's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 2004

  • 2941 Main St., 2004

Ocean Front Restaurant, 2004, 2001

  • 1901 Ocean Front Walk, Casa Del Mar Hotel by the Sea , 2004
  • Executive Chef Collin Crannell*, 2004

Ocean Inn Cafe, Venice Pier, 2003, 1912

Ocean Park Catering Co., Deli, 211 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

The Old Venice Noodle Company, 2654 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 1982

 Olivia's Soul Food Restaurant, 2003, 1956

  • Main and Ocean Park, 2003, 1956

Omelette Parlor, 2009, 2007, 1999, 1996, 1967

  • 2732 Main St., 2009, 1999, 1996, 1967

One Life Natural Foods, Grocery, Cafe, 3001 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405, 2003, 1982, 1970s

 One Pico, 2001, 1999, 1997

  • 1 Pico Blvd., 2001, 1999, 1997

Oyako, Japanese Cafe, since 2002, 2915 Main St., 2004a, 2002

Paris Lunch Room, O.F. Walk, 2003, 1912

Pavilion Restaurant (1879-1900), 1990, 1888

  • Owned by Eckert and Hopf, 1990, 1888

Pedals Cafe, 2004

  • 1 Pico Blvd., 2004

Penguin, 1985, 1959,

  • Lincoln at Olympic, Santa Monica., 1985, 1959
  • Armét and Davis, 1985, 1959

Jacob Pfundr, Restaurant, 45 Pier, 2003, 1912

Pioneer Boulangerie, 1983

  • 2012 Main, at Bay; 1983
  • Basque bakery, restaurant, delicatessen and wine shop, 1983

Porthole Cafe, 1990, 1964, 1946

  • Santa Monica Pier Cafe whose lease had expired in 1946, 1990

J.H. Quinton,, Restaurant, 129 Pier Ave., 2003, 1912

Reid's Lunch Room, Trolleyway near Pier Ave., 2003, 1912

Rendezvous Ball Room, 1980, 1924

  • Crystal Beach, 1924
  • Foot of Strand, 1924

Restaurant, Foot of Pier Ave., 1908

Rex, 1984, 1938

  • Chef de Cuisine, Battista,formerly of Trocadero and Victor Hugo's, 1984, 1938

Rialto Lunch Room, 1502 Trolleyway, 2003, 1912

Richart & Fieber, Restaurant, 20-25 Dragon Gorge, 2003, 1912

Röckenwagner, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1995

  • 2435 Main St., the Edgemar Complex, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1995
  • Owner Hans Röckenwagner*, 2001, 1999, 1996

Rockenwagner Restaurant & The Brasserie, 2004a

  • 2435 Main St., Edgemar Center for the Arts, 2004a

Rose Cafe (1979), 2009, 2004, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1980. 1979, 1960s

  • Rose Av., 1980, 1960s
  • 220 Rose Ave., 2009, 2004, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1979
  • Rose Mural surrounding the main entrance, 2004, 1979

F.W. Ross, Restaurant, 2811 O.F. Walk, O.P., 2003, 1912

Royal Cafe, 1990, 1924, 1887

  • Located in the Arcadia Bathhouse, 1990, 1887
  • Serving Fish and Clam dinners, 1990, 1924

St. Marks Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Windward, Venice, 2003, 1907

Sambo's Restaurant, 1819 Ocean Ave., Assorted Post Cards

Santa Monica Hotel, 1980, 1900, 1892

  • corner of Railroad and Ocean Avenues, 1980, 1892
  • before 1900, 1980

Schatzi on Main, 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996

  • 3110 Main St., 2001, 1999, 1997, 1996
  • Owner Govenor Arnold Schwarzeneggger,* 2001, 1999, 1996
  • Previous Owner Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger*, 1999, 1996

Sea Food Grotto, 1990, 1953, 1946

H.O. Scheer, Restaurant, 119 Pier, 2003, 1912

Scratch, 3105 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90405 (213) 392-9697

Ship Cafe, Windward Av., Venice Pier, 2003, 1912, 1906

Shutters on the Beach, 2004, 1999, 1996

  • 1 Pico Blvd., 2004 1999, 1996

Isadore Silver, Restaurant, O.F. opp Bath House, 2003, 1912

F.J. Simon, Restaurant, Venice Bathhouse, 2003, 1912

Sinbad's Cafe, 1990, 1950s

  • Elizabeth and Richard Westbrook*, 1990, 1950s

Star Cafe, Main & Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1912

C.A, Stevens, Restaurant, 2940 O.F. Walk, O.P., 2003, 1912

Sunset Dining Parlors, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 123 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Surf's View Cafe, 1990, 1950s

  • F.J. Favares, 1990, 1950s

Swan Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, Center & Speedway, Venice, 2003, 1907

Swan Cafe, Center & Speedway, Venice, 2003, 1907

Tavern on Main, 1990

  • Russ Barnard*, 1990

Tlapazola Grill, 1997

  • 2920 Lincoln Blvd., 1997

Tom's Place, 1990, 1927

  • On the Promenade between the Crystal Pier and the Santa Monica Pier, in front of the Del Mar Club, 1990, 1927
  • "Pacific Fish Dinners, Sandwiches, Coffee; Coca Cola in Sterilized Bottles," 1990, 1927

Uneeda Lunch Room, 1510 Trolleyway, 2003, 1912

Van Go's Ear, 1999, 1996

  • 796 Main St., 1999, 1996
  • Giant portrait of Van Gogh on the Side of the Restaurant, 2004

Venetian Lunch Room, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 10 Pavilion, Venice, 2003, 1907

The Venice Bistro, 2004

  • 323 Ocean Front Walk (Between Rose and Dudley), Venice, 2004

Venice Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, 22 Windward, Venice, 2003, 1912, 1907

Venice Cafeteria, 30 Windward, 2003, 1912

The Venice West Cafe, 1979, 1950s

  • Dudley Ave., 1979, 1950s

Via Veneto Ristorante, 2004

  • 3009 Main St. , 2004

The Victorian, 2009, 1983

  • 2624 Main Street. A restaurant in a restored Victorian house that was formerly located at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Washington. Built about 1900 and once known as the Kyte House, in 1976 it was moved to its present location along with the adjoining Roy Jones House to form Heritage Square, 1983

Webster's Cafe, 1990, 1919

Weser & Ogawa, Restaurant, 3003 Trolleyway, O.P., 2003, 1912

Whist, 2004a

  • Viceroy Hotel restaurant's Tim Goodell, chef-owner of Aubergine in Newport Beach and more recently chef and then consultant at Whist. "I terminated my deal with the Viceroy last month [July 2004] . . ." 2004a

White Star Pier Cafe, Restaurants & Lunch Rooms, White Star Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Wildflour Pizza, 2009, 2004

  • 2907 Main Street, 2004

Wildflour, Boston Pizza, 2616 Lincoln Blvd., 2807 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405, 1982

World Cafe 2009, 2001, Postcards Adrift

  • 2820 Main Street Santa Monica, CA 90405

Zephyr Cafe, 25 Zephyr, 2003, 1912

Zuckey's, 2010

  • A continental style Jewish deli, a favorite of Mayor Ken Genser. In the documentary , the owner of Zuckey's reca;lled the rough justice for tough customers when Zucky's was near the Ocean Park Pier. 2010
  • Moved to downtown Santa Monica. The building has recently become as bank, 2010

Ocean Park Roller Coaster, 1988, 1910

Ocean Park Roller Skating Rink, 1987, 1904

  • In the Ocean Park Auditorium, 1987, 1904
  • Friday night races, championship skaters, and roller polo, 1987, 1904

Ocean Park School District, 1908, p. 510, 1908a, 1904

  • Ocean Park School Board, 1908, p. 510, 1908a

Ocean Park School Board, Trustees, 1908, 1908a, 1904

  • President and Clerk, John G. French, 1908, 1908a, 1904
  • W.M. Kendall, M.D. [1869- ], 1908, p. 510, 1908a

Ocean Park Schools, 2007, 1983, 1952, 1913, 1908a, 1906, 1902, 1899, 1895, 1893, 1892, 1891, 1890, 1890s,

  • John Adams Junior High, 1952. 1933, 1913
  • Ocean Park Blvd. and Fifth St., 1952, 1933, 1913

Antioch West

Garfield Elementary, 1952, 1906

  • Michigan and Seventh (1906-1933), 1952

John Muir Elementary, 2007, 1980, 1952, 1922

  • Ocean Park Blvd. and Lincoln, 1952, 1922
  • Ocean Park Blvd. and Fifth St., 2007, 2006

Ocean Park Boulevard Children's Center, 1983

  • Ocean Park Blvd. and Fifth St.,

Olympic High School, 2007, 2006

  • Ocean Park Blvd. and Lincoln, 2007, 2006

RAND

St. Clement's

SMASH, 2007

Santa Monica Junior College, 1952

Santa Monica High, 2007, 2006, 1952, 1913

Santa Monica Community College

The South Side School, 1952, 1903, 1902, 1901, 1899, 1895, 1893, 1892, 1891, 1890, 1890s

Washington Alternative School, 2007, 2006

  • Ocean Park Blvd. and Fifth St., 2007. 2006

Washington Elementary, 1980, 1952, 1890

  • Ashland and Fourth, 1980, 1903, 1890

Ocean Park Burns Daily Tribune Independent Progressive Thursday Morning September 5, 1912 , Vol. II, No. 64, 20 pages.

Ocean Park, Santa Monica, 1979, 1911, 1904

Ocean Park Steam Laundry, 2003, 1987, 1907, 1906

  • Horse-drawn wagon, 1987, 1906
  • Laundry, 1068 Main, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Ocean Park Trees, 1980, 1976, 1954, 1944
  •  (See Flora, Trees, 2005, 1980, 1976, 1954, 1944)

Ocean Park & Venice Express & Messenger Co., 2003, 1907

  • Express Service, 188 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Ocean Park Walkability Index, 2007

  • Walkability Index, 94%, 2007
  • http://www.walkscore.com/get-score.php?street=2421+3rd+Street%2C+Santa+Monica%2C+CA%0D%0A&go=Go

Oceanpark.ws, 2004a, This website, Forward

Ocean Park Y.M.C.A. Company, 1908a, 1904

  • F.H. Rindge was one of the founders of the company which started the town of Ocean Park, 1908a, 1904

Ocean Spray Land Tract, 1974, 1887, 1886

  •  South Santa Monica development by Baker and Jones, 1974, 1887

The Ocean View Hotel, 1979, 1926

  • Once The King George Hotel, 1979, 1913
  • From which Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared, 1979, 1927, 1926

Ocean Way, 2004

  • 1901 Ocean Way, Casa Del Mar Hotel by the Sea, 2004

Bill O'Conner, 1987, 1932

  • Member from Venice of the 1932 U.S. Olympic Water Polo Team which lost to Hungary in the finals, 1987, 1932

J.J. O'Connor and E.F. Robertson George Dantzig* Biographies of Mathematicians http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Dantzig_George.html, 2005, 1952

Santa Monica Mayor Pro Tempore Pam O'Connor, 2010, 2005

  • Remarks, Ken Genser, Various Media, 2010

Wallace (Wally) O'Connor, 1987, 1979, 1932, 1924

  • Venice Polytechnic High, 1979
  • Water Polo, 1979, 1932, 1924
  • Captain from Venice of the 1932 U.S. Olympic Water Polo Team which lost to Hungary in the finals, 1987, 1932
  • Gold and bronze medals in both the 1924 and 1932 Olympic games, 1979, 1932, 1924

Ocotillo, 1990

  • Ocotillo Post Card, Royal Pictures: Colton, California, Photo-color, Merle Porter, KR, 1990

Ocotillo Post Card, Royal Pictures: Colton, California, Photo-color, Merle Porter, KR, 1990

Ode to Muscle Beach Muscle Beach Alumni Association Newsletter (MBAA Newsletter), no. 1, v. 1, 2006, 2006a

Mindy Odegard, 1982

  • Contributed to The Celebration of the Arts, Ocean Park, 1982

S.W. Odell [1864- ], Preface, Bio., p. 381, 1908a; Portrait, R.W. Odell, p. 381, 1908a, 1908c, 1906

  • Santa Monica City Attorney, 1908a, 1906

Mrs. Clara Odell, 1908a, 1908

  • Corresponding secretary, Santa Monica W.C.T.U., 1908a, 1908

Clifford Odets, 1990, 1950s, 1920s

Kathi O'Donahue,* 1982

  • Stage Manager, OPcat Cabaret, 1982

James R. Oestreich Variations on Chance, Anarchy and Silence, The New York Times, Sunday, 25 January 2004, AR 25, 2004, 1987, 1960

John W.A. Off, 1947, 1894

  • I894 La Fiesta de Los Angeles Inaugural Executive Committee, 1947, 1894

(Mrs.) John W.A. Off, 1947, 1894

  • Patroness, 1894 La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1947, 1894

Offf Festival, 2003, 2005b

  • Barcelona, 2003
  • Daedelus, Taylor Deupree, the Rip-off Artist, Sutekh, Stephan Mathieu, 2003

Offf festival compilation 2003, 2005b

  • OFFF Festival with Daedelus, Taylor Deupree, the Rip-off Artist, Sutekh, Stephan Mathieu (May, Barcelona), 2003

"Office of Charles and Ray Eames," (Eames Office), 1988, 1977, 1959

  • Art, Design, Exhibitions, Films, 1988
  • American Exhibition, Moscow, 1959
  • The Powers of 10, 1977

Office Furniture, 2003, 1907

  • Ocean Park Milling & Manufacturing Co., Office Furniture, Rose & Main, O.P., 2003, 1906
  • "Office of Charles and Ray Eames," (Eames Office), 1988, 1977, 1959

Daedelus Of Snowdonia Plug Research, LP, cd, PR44CD, 2004, 2005b

  • All instruments Daedelus except for the Rhodes and Bassoon by Ben Wendel,* 2004
  • Cover art by Deth P. Sun; Interior photo by Alicia Weisberg-Roberts; Design by Peter Rentz

Suzye Ogawa,* 2009, 2008, 2005

  • Artist, ceramicist, jeweler, educator, 2009
  • Contemporary Crafts Market, 2009
  • Suzye Ogawa,* Sculpture. Contemporary Craftts Market Postcard. Contemporary Crafts Market, Unused postally, KR 2009 November 6-8, 2009, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica, 90401 Novemeber 6-8, 2009, 10 am to 6 pm Daily, 2009
  • 2421 Third St. #D, 2005
  • Artist, author, jeweler, educator, 2005
  • The Los Angeles Basketry Guild, 2005
  • Monrovia, USD (ret.), 2008, 2005
  • Sculpture, Contemporary Crafts Market, Santa Monica Auditorium, 1855 Main St., Nov. 6-8, 2009

Hannah Ogden, 1952, 1951, 1934

  • Teacher, McKinley School, Santa Monica School District, 1952, 1951, 1934, 1930s
  • Frank O'Hara, 1999, 1965
  • Doug Ohlson, NY, 1999, 1966
  •  Erika Oller, Drawings, Book Arts, 1982
  • James Olngy, 1999, 1965
  • Miguel Hernandez Orben
  • Gerald Oster, NY, 1999, 1966

Frank O'Hara, 1999, 1966, 1965

  • Signer, Art Tower of Protest, Los Angeles Free Press, 2:20 (November, 1965), 1999, 1966, 1965

 John O'Hara, 1981, 1930s

Ohio, pp. 509. 510, 1908a, 1892, 1884, 1882, 1869, 1855

Jim Ohlschmidt Liner Notes The Genius of Joe Pass,* Vestapol 13073 Video, 2001

Doug Ohlson, NY, 1999, 1966

  • Artist, Contributor, Tower of Protest Panel, 1999, 1966

Oiled Streets, p. 240, 1908a

Tabo Oishi Joe Pass* Discography Just Jazz Guitar, 2001

Oil, Petroleum, 1979, 1971, 1935, 1927, 1931, 1927

Oil Boom (s), 1979, 1931

  • 163 producing wells clustered around the Grand Canal, 1979, 1931

Oil Companies, Players, 1997, 1990, 1987, 1977, 1974, 1960s, 1936, 1930s, 1929, 1925

  • Lucky Baldwin, 1935
  • Alphonso Bell, Santa Fe Springs, 1935
  • Ohio Oil Company, 1987, 1929
  • B.F. Phillips Petroleum, 1977, 1936
  • Richfield Oil, 1977, 1930s
  • Failed in the Depression., 1977, 1930s

Tom Scott, the pioneer oil man, 1935

John M. Stahl Oil Company, 1990, 1960s

Standard Oil of California, 1977, 1936

Union Oil, Reese Taylor, president, 1977, 1974

The Wilshire Oil Co., 1997

  • Founded by the three Machris Brothers, 1997

Oil Industry, 1990, 1987, 1974, 1971, 1960s, 1935, 1927, 1920s

  • (See Mining, Extractive Industries)
  • California now produces 25 percent of the national output and 18 per cent of the world's oil. At the end of 1927 the output was 2,800,000,000 barrels valued at $3,000,000,000. The output was choked back by the regulations of the N.R.A.
  • Exported Los Angeles Harbor, 1935
  • Tom Scott, 1935
  • the pioneer oil man

Significant wells,

  • [Baldwin] Hills,
  • Alfonso Bell's, who owned a dairy ranch near Santa Fe Springs. The discovery of oil near his cow barns made him rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
  • Santa Anita
  • Signal Hill, Long Beach
  • Venice, 1935

 Oil, Industry, Wells, 1971

  • California Oil Wells At Sunset Post Card, J-21-Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal. (Color by Hubert J. Lowman) Curteichcolor Reproduction from Kodachrome or Extrachrome Original, JT, 1971

Tabo Oishi Joe Pass* Discography Just Jazz Guitar, 2001

Georgia O'Keeffe, 1990

Patty O'Keefe,* 2006a, 1959

  • Ode to Muscle Beach, 2006a, 1959

Okies, 1971

Oklahoma, 1990, 1934, 1919

  • Chickasha, Oklahoma, 1990, 1919
  • Oklahoma City, 1997, 1955
  • Okies, 1971

Oklahoma City, 1997, 1955

  • Permanent exhibit of Nicholai Fechin at the Cowboy Hall of Fame, 1997, 1955

Chickasha, Oklahoma, 1990, 1919

  • Lee Mullican's birthplace 2 December 1919

876-Old Adobe House, Ventura, California, E.P. Charlton & Co., San Francisco, JT 2005a

Old Adobe, 1934

  • Painting by Milford Zornes (b. 1908), chosen by the Roosevelts for the White House, 1934

Claes Oldenburg* and Coosje van Bruggen,* 1999, 1996

  • Four-story binoculars, posing as the front door to the Chiat/Day Inc. advertising agency, 1999, 1996

Barney Oldfield,* 1999, 1987, 1980,1979, 1974, 1915, 1912, 1910s

  • Raced in the Santa Monica Auto Races after 1912, 1979, 1974
  • His suspension was lifted in 1912, 1979

 Race Car Driver, Santa Monica Road Races, 1980, 1979, 1915, 1912

Automobile racer and self-promoter from the midwest whose only win on the Grand Prix circuit was the Venice Grand Prix in 1915. He first raced in Santa Monica in 1912 because he'd been suspended by the AAA from racing for an unauthorized ("outlaw match") race with the boxer Jack Johnson. 1999

Winner in his Maxwell of the 1915 Venice Grand Prix, beating out Billy Carlson* who also drove a Maxwell, 1987, 1979, 1915

Joe Oldham, 2001

  • Editor-In-Chief, Popular Mechanics, 2001

The Old Missions of California, M. Rieder, Publisher, Los Angeles, Cal., Post Card Packet, JT, Assorted Post Cards

  • Dark Green Embossed Cover. Made in Germany, Hand Colored work. Stapled booklet, eleven perforated Post Cards,
  • Santa Barbara Mission and Grounds, 24108 Assorted Post Cards
  • San Gabriel Mission, Cal., Founded 1771 24199
  • The Bell, San Gabriel Mission, Cal.. 24057
  • Mission San Luis Obispo, Cal., Founded 1772 24009
  • The Franciscan Friars at San Luis Rey Mission, Cal. 24166
  • Santa Cruz Mission, Cal. Founded 1791 24101
  • San Diego Mission, Cal., 24200
  • Pala Mission, Cal. Founded 1816 24026
  • East End of San Fernando Mission, Cal., Founded 1797 24201
  • At the Mission, San Juan Capistrano, 24206
  • Mission San Francisco de los Dolores, San Francisco, Cal., 24202
  • California Missions Post Card, J-36 Western Publishers & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif., Curteich Color From Color Transparanceis. Unused., KR, Bay City Post Cards

Old Soldiers Home, 1999, 1919-1909

  • (See U.S. Veteran's Administration; Veteran's Home)

The Old Venice Noodle Company, 2654 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 1982

Olea europaea, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

  • Olive tree 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

Oleander, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

  • Nerium oleander, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944
  • RAND Northern Parking Lot, 1976
  • Santa Monica Municipal Auditorium. (1981), 1976, 1956, 1944

Josephine O'Leary,* 1952, 1951, 1949, 1929, 1922

  • Principal, Garfield School [1922-1949], 1952, 1951, 1929, 1922

Robert Oleson, Dyers & Cleaners, 14 Center Ave., 2003, 1912

Olincy, Colby & Olincy, Confectionery, 4 Dragon Gorge, 2003, 1912

Olive trees, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

  • Olea europaea, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944
  • Santa Monica City Hall, 1981, 1980, 1976, 1956, 1944

The Olive Family, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

  • Two stamens,
  • Ligustrum japonicum, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944
  • Olea europaea, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

Myrna Oliver Alphonzo Bell Jr., 89: GOP Congressman Often Won Bipartisan Support, Los Angeles Times, 27 April 2004, B11, 1977, 1970s, 1960s, 1950, 1950s

Myra Oliver Ruth Rossman, 90; Watercolorist Helped Found Venice Art Walk, Los Angeles Times, 5 August 2004, [1914-2004], 1998, 1997, 1990, 1979, 1975, 1974,

W.E. Oliver, 1912

  • Edison Co. Employee, 1912

DJ Olivia, 2005, 2005b

Olivia's Soul Food Restaurant, 2003, 1970s, 1956

  • Main and Ocean Park, 2003, 1956

Erika Oller, 1982

  • Drawings, Book Arts, 1982
  •  L. Patrick Coyle The World Encyclopedia of Food (Photographs by Bobbi Mapstone; Drawings by Shoshonah Dubiner and Erika Oller) Facts on File, Inc., 460 Park Ave. South, NY, NY 10016, 1982, 790 pp.

 M.C. Olmstead, 1908a, 1876

  • Secretary and librarian, Santa Monica Library Association, 1908a, 1876

Olmsted-Poulson Company. 1905

  • Contractor with the City of Ocean Park, 1905
  • [Folder 21.3] J.D. Schuyler Articles of agreement between the City of Ocean Park, California, and Olmsted-Poulson Company. 1905. 10 leaves, bound

 James Olngy, 1999, 1965;

  • Artist, Signer, We Dissent: Stop Escalation The Artists' Protest Committee Los Angeles Free Press, 2:20 (14 May 1965)

Charles Olsen, 1991, 1940s

  • Poet; Black Mountain College Faculty, 1991, 1940s

Robert E. Olsen,* 1983, 1912

  • Inventer of the stoplight for automobiles, 1912 and the picture mill a coin-operated camera in a booth similar to those used in amusement centers, 1983, 1912

Susan Olsen, 1982

  • Exhibiting Artist, Celebration of the Arts, Ocean Park, 1982

Olsen House, 1983 1912

  • 804 Navy, just west of Lincoln, was once the home of Robert E. Olsen. 1983, 1912

Democratic California Governor Culbert Olson, 1981, 1977, 1942, 1930s

Captain Olaf C. Olson,* 2005, 1990, 1975, 1974, 1943, 1929

  • Fishing boats, Santa Monica Pier, 1974
  • Owned a landing on the Looff Pier and sublet dock space to the Hernage family, the Owl Boat Company and the Morris Pleasure Fishing, run by Captain Morris' widow and brother, 1990, 1929
  • had been operating a cocktail bar on the Santa Monica Pier, 1990, 1943
  • Charlie Brown , 2005, 1975, 1929
  • Fishing batge, 2005, 1975, 1929

Minnie a Caine , 2005, 1975, 1929

  • Fishing barge, 2005, 1975, 1929

Olson Lumber Co., 1923

  • Ocean Park Yard, 1923
  • Santa Monica Yard, 1923

The Olympic Auditorium, 1999, 1979, 1952, 1925

  • Los Angeles Boxing Venue, 1979
  • Arena for Professional Wrestling and Gorgeous George, 1952
  • Downtown Los Angeles, 1999, 1925
  • Seating for 15,000, 1999, 1925
  • LAAC financed its building and took it over when the developers defaulted, 1979, 1925

Olympic Blvd, 1985, 1959

  • And Lincoln, Penguin, Armét and Davis, 1985, 1959
  • Googie Tour

Olympic Drive, 2008

  • Proposed extension from Main to Ocean Ave., 2008
  • Southern boundary of "Village Housing Project," Santa Monica Village LLC , 2008, 2007

Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympiads, Olympians, 1997, 1987, 1984, 1979, 1977, 1968, 1935, 1932, 1930s, 1924

  • 8th Olympiad, 1987, 1924
  • Wallace (Wally) O'Connor, 1987, 1979, 1932, 1924
  • Venice Polytechnic High, 1979
  • Water Polo, 1979, 1932, 1924
  • Captain from Venice of the 1932 U.S. Olympic Water Polo Team which lost to Hungary in the finals, 1987, 1932
  • Gold and bronze medals in both the 1924 and 1932 Olympic games, 1979, 1932, 1924

10th Olympiad, 1997, 1987, 1979, 1935, 1932, 1930s

  • "The two high spots of Los Angeles sports were the first aviation meet ever held in the world-and the Olympic Games, 1935, 1932, 1910
  • Equestrian events, equestrians, 1979, 1932
  • Olympic Events, 1979, 1932
  • Hosted at the Riviera Country Club, 1979, 1932

National Teams, 1979, 1932

  • The Czechs were entertained at the Deuville, 1979, 1932
  • The Germans were entertained at the Sand and Sea Club, 1979, 1932  

C.P.L. (Cecil Phillips Livingston) Nicholls, 1997, 1930s

  • 410 Mesa, 1997, 1930s
  • Superintendent of Aquatics, Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, 1997, 1930s
  • Developed the Los Angeles city system of thirty-two swimming pools, 1997, 1930s
  • the chain of public beaches, 1997, 1930s
  • the lifeguard system, 1997, 1930s
  • several mountain parks, 1997, 1930s
  • the Cabrillo Beach Marine Museum, 1997, 1930s

Organized aquatic events, 1997, 1930s

  • Was involved in the Olympic Games, 1997, 1930s

The building of the Olympic pool in Exposition Park, 1997, 1930s

Venice Water Polo Team, 1987, 1979, 1932

  • Bill O'Conner, 1987, 1932
  • Member from Venice of the 1932 U.S. Olympic Water Polo Team which lost to Hungary in the finals, 1987, 1932

Wallace (Wally) O'Connor, 1987, 1979, 1932, 1924

  • Venice Polytechnic High, 1979
  • Water Polo, 1979, 1932, 1924
  • Captain from Venice of the 1932 U.S. Olympic Water Polo Team which lost to Hungary in the finals, 1987, 1932
  • Gold and bronze medals in both the 1924 and 1932 Olympic games, 1979, 1932, 1924
  • The LAAC water polo team, had three of its strongest members disqualified under AAU rules for working as lifeguards, 1979, 1932

Mexico Olympics, 1997, 1977, 1968

  • 1968, Salazar covered the student demonstrations. He was in the Plaza of the Three Cultures, when police opened fire, killing several hundred Mexican students, 1977, 1968
  • John Carlos, 1997, 1968
  • Mexico Olympic 200 m Bronze Medal, 1997, 1968

Tommy Smith, 1997 , 1968

  • Mexico Olympic 200 m Gold Medal and World Record, 1997, 1968

Los Angeles Olympic Games 1984

  • USPS 1984 $0.13 Torch Post Card Cancelled 6 Aug 84 at the Los Angeles, CA 90024 Tennis Station, KR, 1984

Olympic High School, 2008

  • Santa Monica Alternative High School, 2008

Olympic High John Muir PTA Swap Meet, 2008, 2005

The Olympic Pool , 1997, 1930s

  • Exposition Park, 1997, 1930s
  • C.P.L. Nicholls, 1997, 1930s

David O'Malley, 1990, 1983

  • Architect and president of Welton Beckett Associates, 1990, 1983
  • Chairman, The Pier Restoration Corporation, 1990, 1983

Omelette Parlor, 2009, 2008, 2007, 1999, 1996, 1967

  • 2732 Main St., 1999, 1996, 1967

O'Melveny, 1974, 1875

  • First day buyer of Santa Monica lots, 1974, 1875

Omid, 2005, 2005b, 2003.

  • Daedelus Something Bells, Plug Research EP, vinyl, PR 52, 2004
  • 2Mex Paladin Records cd PAL 2083, 2005b, 2003
  • Busdriver Fear of A Black Tangent Big Dada LP, BD cd 077 cd / vinyl, 2005, 2005b

The One A.M. Radio, 2005, 2005b, 2004

  • Hrishikesh Hirway (aka The One AM Radio)
  • The One A.M. Radio A Name Writ in Water Level Plane Records, cd, LP62CD, 2004, 2005b
  • The One A.M. Radio On The Shore of the Wide World Level Plane Records EP, cd, LP78CD, 2005, 2005b
  • Hrishikesh Hirway (aka The One AM Radio); Daedelus; John Tejada; The Wind-Up Bird; Caural; Alias; Photography Hrishikesh Hirway; Art, Brian Alfred, 2005, 2005b

The One A.M. Radio On The Shore of the Wide World Level Plane Records EP, cd, LP78CD, 2005, 2005b

  • Hrishikesh Hirway (aka The One AM Radio); Daedelus; John Tejada; The Wind-Up Bird; Caural; Alias; Photography Hrishikesh Hirway; Art, Brian Alfred, 2005, 2005b

One California Day: A Look at the California Surfing Experience, Film, 2007, http://onecaliforniaday.com

O N E Company Architecture, 2005

  • 2506 4th St., 2005

107th Street, 1976, 1959, 1923

o'neill, 1925, 1924

  • Program drawing, 1925, 1924

One Life Foods, 2008, 1995

  • 3001 Main One Life Organic Restaurant, 2003, 1970s

Oneonta, NY, 2008, 2006, 2003, 1900, 1850

  • Collis Huntington's brother was a merchant, 1850
  • Collis Huntington; Watkins; Wrights, 1900, 1850

Oneonta Congregational Church, 2006

  • 1515 S. Garfield Ave., South Pasadena, CA 91039, 2006

The Oneonta Daily Star, Monday, July 28, 2003, 1939

One Pico, 2001, 1999, 1997

  • 1 Pico Blvd., 2001, 1999, 1997

Clue to Kalo One Way, It's Every Way Leaf/Mush LP . CD/vinyl, 2005b

  • Japan
  • Come to Mean a Natural Law , Daedelus remix, 2005b

Prefuse73 One Word Extinguisher Warp LP, cd/ vinyl, Warp 105, 2003, 2005b

  • Prefuse73 and Daedelus* collaborate on his remix of Busy Signal for the Makes You Go Bombing Mix, 2005b

"The open shop," 1977, 1910s

Opera, 2009, 2004, 1998, 1976, 1974, 1922, 1921

  • Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, 1974, 1921
  • Los Angeles Opera Company, featuring Lawrence Tibbett, opened the Santa Monica Municipal Auditorium, 1974, 1921

Mozart, The Magic Flute, 2004, 1998

  • Staged by David Hockney, 2004, 1998

Wagnerian, 1976, 1922

Opera Companies, 1974, 1925, 1924, 1921

  • Chicago Grand Opera Co., 1925, 1924
  • Los Angeles Opera Company, 1974, 1921
  • Opened the Santa Monica Municipal Auditorium, 1974, 1921

San Carlo Grand Opera Co., 1925, 1924

  • Ballet Corps, 1925, 1924

Seattle Opera Co.,

Operations Research, 2005, 1966

  • Developed by George Dantzig,,* 2005, 1966, 1947, 1946

Ophir Mine Mills, 1943, 1860s

  • Early, costly and unprofitable mills, 1943, 1860

The Ophir Mine, Bonanza, 1980, 1966, 1943, 1920, 1874, 1850

  • An Early Comstock Bonanza, 1980, 1966, 1943, 1920, 1850
  • Controlled by successive groups of speculators, 1980, 1966, 1943, 1920, 1850
  • E.J. "Lucky" Baldwin sold his stock in the Ophir to Sharon in November 1874 for $2,500,000, 1943, 1874
  • The Ophir Mine, 1943, 1860s
  • Ophir Mine Mills, 1943, 1860s
  • Costly and unprofitable mills, 1943, 1860

Opium, p. 509, 1908a, 1894, 1893

  • Seventy-four pounds, smuggled in through the Malibu coast, p. 509, 1908a, 1894, 1893

Oppenheimer, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Cal Tech, 1935

Opticians, Optometrists, Opthamologists, 2009, 2003, 1920s, 1907

  • Optometrist, 2003, 1912
  • Cooper Bldg., 126-1/2 Pier Ave., 2003, 1912

E.D. Grandmason, Optician, 125 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

Dr. Sarah Ito,* O.D., 2009, 2004a

  • Visionworks Optometry, 2004a
  • 2605 Lincoln Blvd., 2004a

Dr. R.W. Pratt, Opt. Eye-sight specialist, Penn., 1930

J.H. Sohn, Optician, 156 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

R.H. Wilson, Optician, 142 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

R.H. Wilson,* Optometrist, 1920s

  • 140 Pier Av., Ocean Park, 1920s
  • "There's no guess-work when we fit glasses," 1920s

Orange County, 2000, 1999, 1996, 1908a, 1890s

  • Laguna Beach Art Colony, 1999, 1996, 1890s
  • Orange County, 1908a, p. 96

Orange growing, 1908a, p. 103

Orange Juice, 1961

Orange Pittosporum,, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

  • Fifth Street, (Bay to Ocean Park), 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

A Cluster of Oranges, Postcard, 1909

Oranges, 1999, 1880s

  • The blood orange, 1999, 1880s

Orators, 1994, 1976, 1943, 1875, 1870s

  • Tom Fitch, 1983, 1943, 1875, 1874
  • William Jennings Bryan, 1994, 1896
  • Spoke in Springfield in 1896, 1994

Mark Twain

Miguel Hernandez Orben, 1999, 1966, 1965

  • Signer, Art Tower of Protest, Los Angeles Free Press, 2:20 (November, 1965), 1999, 1966, 1965

Roy Orbison, 1996

  • Singer, 1996

Orchestras, Opera Companies, 1952, 1951, 1950

  • Dance Bands,
  • The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra each year presents a series of concerts at the Santa Monica High School Auditorium, 1952, 1951, 1950
  • The Metropolitan Opera Co., 1952
  • Santa Monica High School Orchestras, 1952

Lieutenant Ord, 1976, 1971, 1849

  • Los Angeles Survey Map, 1976, 1971, 1849

Oregon (OR), 2005, 1996, 1963, 1914, pp. 492, 512, 1908a

  • Astoria, Oregon, p. 492, 1908a
  •  Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1963
  • Portland, Oregon, 1963
  • Salem, Oregon, p. 512, 1908

Oregon Ave., 1997, 1974, 1952, 1908, p. 512, 1908a, 1906, 1904, 1903, 1889, 1888, 1880s, 1867

  • (See Santa Monica Blvd.)
  • And Third, Gospel Tent, 1997, 1880s
  • The Bank Bldg., containing also the Public Library, and the Santa Monica Hose, Hook, and Ladder Co., 1908a, 1889
  • And Fourth, (northwest corner), Santa Monica City Hall, 1974, 1903
  • And Fifth Street, the Santa Monica City Carnegie Public Library, 1908a, 1904
  • And Sixth St., The first public school, built in the summer of 1876 on town lots donated by Sen. J.P. Jones and Col. R.S. Baker, and opened in September, 1876, 1952
  • And Tenth, The Lincoln High School, Oregon and Tenth, 1908, 1908a

Organists, 1979, 1905

  • Clarence Eddy of New York, 1997, 1905
  • (See Organs)

Organizations, Ad Hoc Committees, Associations, Bands, Burial Societies, Church Groups, Civic Clubs, Clubs, Disciplines, Fraternities, Governace, Grass Roots, Labor Unions, Mutual Aid Societies, Militias, Orchestras, Secret Societies, Insurance Co.'s, Unions, Women's Clubs, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2006a, 2004a, 2004, 1999, 1990, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1977, 1976, 1974, 1971, 1969, 1957, 1956, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1946,1943, 1938, 1936, 1925, 1923, 1920, 1920s, 1919, 1912, 1910s, 1909, 1908, pp. 492, 493, 1908a, 1907, 1904, 1902, 1900, 1900s. 1895, 1892, 1891, 1890s, 1889, 1888, 1885, 1876, 1875, 1870s, 1869, 1854, 1920-1850

  •  (See Alliances, Armies, Cities, Clubs, Coalitions, Companies, Conspiraces, Countries, Nations, Militia, Museums, Musical Groups, Political Parties, Societies, Tribes, Unions)
  •  Ad Hoc Committees, 2007, 1990, 1971
  • "Save Santa Monica Bay Committee," 1990, 1971
  • Pieter van den Steenhoven, 1990, 1971

Citizen Participation Committee (CPC), 2007

  • CPC@gmail.com; 310-9147911; 310-3926703
  • Maria Godfrey*; Larry Graber,* Deborah Levin,* 2007

American Artists' Congress, 1990, 1936

  • Los Angeles branch, co-founded by Knud Merrild, 1990, 1936

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009, 2008, 2007

 American Automobile Association (AAA), 1999, 1912

  • Sanctioning body for the Vanderbilt Cup and for Grand Prix Automobile Road Racing, 1999, 1909

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 1981, 1977, 1923, 1920s

Anti-saloon Forces, 1908a

Apartment Associations, 1983

  • Namor Tenants' Association, 1983

The Archaeological Institute of America, 1908a,

Assemblies, 1974

Associated Telephone Company (now General Telephone), 1983, 1980, 1930s, 1926

Association for the Betterment of Public Service, 1977, 1920s

Associations, Congress, Leagues 2008, 2007, 2006, 2006a, 2003, 1999, 1997, 1990, 1983, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1977, 1974, 1969, 1960, 1952, 1947, 1936, 1930s, 1926, 1920s, 1915, 19912,1911, 1910, 1900s, 1890s

  • American Artists' Congress, 1990, 1936
  • Los Angeles branch, co-founded by Knud Merrild, 1990, 1936

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2009, 2008, 2007

American Automobile Association (AAA), 1999, 1912, 1909

  • (American Automobile Association), sanctioning body for the Vanderbilt Cup and for Grand Prix Road Racing, 1999, 1909

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 1981, 1977, 1923, 1920s

Apartment Associations, 1983

  • Namor Tenants' Association, 1983

Associated Telephone Company (now General Telephone), 1983, 1980, 1930s, 1926

Association for the Betterment of Public Service, 1977, 1920s

The California Association of Cycling Clubs, 1979, 1890s

  • Rival Professional League of the League of American Wheelmen, 1979, 1890s

The Catalina Art Association, 1997, 1960

Century Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1974

  • Santa Monica headquarters, 1974

The Engineers' & Architects' Association, Los Angeles (February 9, 1910)

The Garfield Parent Teacher Association, 1952, 1900s

The Laguna Art Association, 1997, 1960, 1947

The League of American Wheelmen, 1979, 1890s

The Los Angeles Association of Stationary Engineers, December 29, 1911.

The National Carousel Association, 1990, 1981, 1979

  • National Conference, Santa Monica, 1990, 1979

The Ocean Park Association, 2007

The Parent Teacher Association, 1952, 1900s

The Santa Monica School Parent Teacher Association, 1952, 1900s

Western Association of Art Museums, 270 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94108, 1980,

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007

American Automobile Association (AAA), 1999, 1912

Association for the Betterment of Public Service, Los Angeles, 1977, 1920s

Aylesford Corporation, Ashraf LeBlanc, on Behalf of Tenants @ 440 Raymond Avenue, 2008, 2006

Bands, Choirs, Ensembles, Musical Groups, Orchestras, 2008, 1945, 1944, 1940's

  • (See Bands, under Musical Groups)

Banks, 1974, 1943, 1888, 1920-1850

  • (See Financial Institutions)
  • The Bank of California, 1943, 1920-1850
  •  McCalmont Brothers & Co., 1943, 1878, 1873, 1871, 1870
  • British banking firm, 1943, 1870

National Banks, 1974, 1888

The Rothschilds, 1943, 1870s

State Chartered Banks, 1974, 1888

Beach Clubs, 1976

Benevolent Associations, Societies, 1984, 1854

  • The Hebrew Benevolent Society, 1984, 1854
  • The first Jewish organization in Los Angeles, 1984, 1854

Boards, 1974, 1946, 1876

Boards, p. 491, 1908a

Cyrus L. Edinger is a member of the Sawtelle City Board of Trustees

  • Boards of Education, 1974, 1946, 1876
  • Boards of Freeholders, 1974, 1946, 1876
  • Corporate Boards
  • Boards of Banks

Boards of Education, 1974, 1946, 1876

Boards of Freeholders, 1974, 1946

Board of Trade, 1908a

California Club, 1977,

California State Assembley, 1974

The Catalina Art Association, 1997, 1960

Century Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1974

  • Santa Monica headquarters, 1974

Chamber of Commerce (s), 2005, 1990, 1979, 1977, 1974, 1972, 1962, 1957, 1956, 1923, 1922, 1912, 1910s, 1908, 1908a, 1888

  • Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, 1990, 1928
  • Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 2005, 1990, 1977, 1928, 1922,188
  • Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce President Sylvester L. Weaver Sr.* owned "Whites Only" property near Pico and the Beach, 2005, 1922

Ocean Park, Venice Chamber of Commerce, 1979, 1912, 1908

Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce (1925), 2005, 2004, 1990, 1986, 1983, 1982, 1974, 1970s, 1960s, 1957, 1956, 1928, 1916

  • Santa Monica Mayor Nat Trives*, Chair, 2005
  • Neil Nettleship, 1990, 1916
  • Endorses harbor breakwater and pleasure harbor, 1928
  • Part of Santa Monica's Growth Machine, 1986
  • Surveyed employers in Santa Monica in 1982 and listed them as well as their employee profile, 1986, 1982
  • Pro-oil petitions in Santa Monica, 1990, 1960s
  • Sponsored the Santa Monica Sports Festival, 1990, 1972, 1962

The Venice Chamber of Commerce, 1979, 1923

  • Opposed Annexation by Los Angeles, 1979, 1923

Chatauquas, Lectures, Poetry Readings, Poetrry Reading Series, 2006, 1970s, 1900s

Churches, 2006, 1974, 1952, 1908, 1902, 1900s, 1892, 1889, 1876, 1875,

Churches, 2008, 1908a

Church Groups, 1952, 1908, 1902, 1892, 1889

  • Baptists, 1952, 1908, 1902, 1892, 1889

Cities, towns, 2008, 1974, 1908a, 1886, 1876, 1875

  • Incorporated, 1974, 1908a, 1906, 1886
  • Unincorporated, 1974, 1876, 1875

Citizen Committees, 2007. 1974, 1900

  • Citizen Participation Committee (CPC), 2007
  • CPC@gmail.com; 310-9147911; 310-3926703
  • Maria Godfrey*; Larry Graber*, Deborah Levin*, 2007

City Commissions, 2008, 1974

  • Santa Monica City Commissions, 1974

City Council, 2008, 1974, 1947

  • Santa Monica City Council, City Manager, 1974 1947

Citywide Murals, 1983

  • Jane Golden sponsor, 1983

Civic Clubs, organization, 2008. 1987, 1974, 1952, 1912, 1910s, 1908a, 1907, 1900, 1900s, 1890s,

  • The Parent-Teachers Association (PTA), 1952, 1900s
  • The Santa Monica Bay Women's Club, 1952, 1910s, 1900, 1890s
  • The members of the Child Study Circle, 1952, 1910s, 1900s, 1890s

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C,T.U.), 1974, 1900s

Women's Club, 1974, 1952, 1910s, 1900, 1890s

  • The Santa Monica Bay Women's Club, 1952, 1910s, 1900, 1890s
  • The members of the Child Study Circle, 1952, 1910s, 1900s, 1890s

The Pick and Shovel Club, which resisted Mayor Burke and the Ocean Park Board of Trustee's orders to Marshall G.G. Watt to have George Culver dynamite the newly poured concrete foundations of Abbot Kinney's bathhouse, 1987, 1907

Santa Monica Women's Club, 1952, 1900s

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C,T.U.), 1974, 1900s

The Civic Betterment League, 1987, 1924

  • Won the majority of the Venice Board of Trustees in 1924

Clubs, 1999, 1983, 1979, 1974, 1983, 1952, 1943, 1940a, 1912, 1909, 1908a, 1920-1850, 1900s

  • Beach Clubs, 1976
  • Business Clubs, 1943, 1920-1850
  • Exclusive Clubs, 1977, 1943, 1925, 1875
  • Men's Clubs, 1999, 1983, 1943, 1912, 1909, 1920-1850
  • Motorcycle Clubs
  • Oligarchical, 1977
  • The Pick and Shovel Club, 1987, 1907
  • Santa Monica Women's Club, 1952, 1900s
  • Washoe Club, 1943, 1875, 1920-1850
  • Women's Clubs, 2003
  • The Santa Monica Women's Club, 1974

 Clubs, Political Parties, Affiliation, p. 492, 1908a

  • Republican Political Party, 1908, p. 492, 1908a
  • Mr. Edinger works and votes in the Republican party and was a delegate to the County Convention of 1908.
  • Fred J. Finch [1881- ], p. 492, 1908a, 1905

Los Angeles County Convention, 1908, p. 491, 1908a

Coalitions, Electorial, 2008, 1983, 1943, 1908a, 1920-1850

  • Dry Forces, Prohibitionists, 1908a,
  • Good Government League, 1908a
  • All-Santa Monica Coalition, 1983
  • Concerned Homeowners, 1983
  • Part of the All-Santa Monica Coalition, 1983

Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights (SMRR), 2008, 1983, 1981, 1979, 1977, 1970s

  • Santa Monica electoral coalition, 1983, 1981, 1979
  • Campaign for Economic Democracy (CED), 1986, 1983, 1977
  • CED (Campaign for Economic Democracy), 1977, 1986
  • Headquartered in Santa Monica, 1977, 1986
  • Santa Monica local chapter was an original coalition member along with SMFHA and the Santa Monica Democratic Club in SMRR, 1983, 1977

Ocean Park Electoral Network (OPEN), 1983, 1981

  • Member of the SMRR coalition in 1981, 1983

Santa Monica Democratic Club, 1983, 1977

  • Original (1977) coalition group with CED and SMFHA in SMRR, 1983

Santa Monica Fair Housing Alliance, 1983, 1977

  • Ran the failed 1977 Rent Control Initiative, 1983
  • Original member of SMRR, along with CED and the Santa Monica Democratic Club, 1983

Free Harbor League, 1986, 1895

  • Otis Coalition to fight Southern Pacific Harbor, 1986, 1895

Collectives, 2005b, 2003, 1970s

  • Dublab.com, 2007, 2006
  • Third St., between Ashland and Rose; Fraser House; Thornton House; Mayday in Culver City ; 2003; 1970s

Commissions, 1974, 1946, 1876

Committees, 1952, 1933

Communes, 2004, 1976

  • Tony and Jan's Commune, 2421 Third St., 2004, 1976

Companies, 1943, 1920-1850, 1908a

  • The Pacific Mine & Milling Company, 1943, 1890s, 1880s, 1870s
  • Union Milling Company, 1943, 1867, 1860s
  • Union Milling and Mine Co., 1943, 1867

Congresses

  • U.S. Congress,

Councils

Crowds, 1943, 1920-1850

Eastern Star

The Engineers' & Architects' Association, Los Angeles (February 9, 1910)

Financial Institutions, 1987, 1977, 1974, 1932, 1920s, 1915, 1914, 1888  

  • Banks, 1987, 1974, 1932. 1920s, 1888
  • National Banks, 1974, 1888
  • State Chartered Banks, 1974, 1888
  • The Bank of California, 1943, 1920-1850
  •  California Bank, 1920s
  • 625 South Spring St., Los Angeles, 1920s
  • Ocean Park Branch, 165 Marine St., Corner of Trolleyway, 1920s
  • R.B. Harris, Jr.*, Vice President & Mgr., 1920s
  • Santa Monica Branch, Third and Santa Monica Blvd., 1920s

McCalmont Brothers & Co., 1943, 1878, 1873, 1871, 1870

  • British banking firm, 1943, 1870

Ocean Park's Marine Bank, Failure, 1987,

First National Bank of Venice, Failure, 1987, 1932

The Rothschilds, 1943, 1870s

Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, 1920s

  • Ocean Park Branch : Commercial; Trust

The U.S. National Bank, 1977, 1930s

  • Failed in the Depression, 1977, 1930s

Insurance, 1974

  • Pacific Mutual Insurance, 1974
  • State Investment Company, 1987, 1915, 1914

Fire Brigades, Companies Hdqts., Virginia City, NV. 1943, 1920-1850

Fire Engine Companies, 2008, 1908a

Firms, 1943, 1920-1850

Fraternal Organizations, 1983, 1952, 1926, 1912, 1920-1850, 1908, 1908a

Fraternal Organizations, p. 492, 1908a

The Fraternal Brotherhood of the I.O.O.F.,

  • The Modern Woodmen, p. 492, 1908a

 I.O.O.F., p, 492, 19007

  •  Secret, 1908a
  • B.P,O.E., 1908, 1908a
  • Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.), 1983, 1926
  • Santa Monica Elks Lodge, 1983, 1926
  • Elks Clubs, 1999, 1909
  • Convention, 1999, 1909

Knights of Pythias, p. 509, 1908a

(Free) Masons, 1908, 1908a

 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.), 1983, 1926

  • Santa Monica Elks Lodge, 1983, 1926
  • Elks Clubs, 1999, 1909
  • Convention, 1999, 1909

Fraternal, Sororial, Secret, 1908a

  • Phia [sic] Delta Theta fraternity, 1908a
  • Masons, California Lodge, 1952, 1912

Freedom Foundation, 1974

Foundations, 2004, 1977, 1974, 1920s

  • The Better America Foundation (BAF), 1977, 1920s
  • Association for the Betterment of Public Service, Los Angeles, 1977, 1920s

Environment Now Foundation, 2004

  • Santa Monica-based private environmental organization, Terry Tamminen*, 2004

Freedom Foundation, 1974

The Garfield Parent Teacher Association, 1952, 1900s

Good Government League, 1974, 1900s

  • Santa Monica Government Reform; Rindge as chairman, 1974, 1900s
  • Venice Government Reform; Supported by Kinney, 1900s

The Good Government League, 1908a,

Governing Boards, 1908a, 1890

Groups, 2004

  • Santa Monica BayKeeper, 2004
  • Local environmental watchdog group, 2004

Guilds, 2005

  • The Los Angeles Basketry Guild, 2005

The Hebrew Benevolent Society, 1984, 1854

  • The first Jewish organization in Los Angeles, 1984, 1854

Hell's Angels, 2003, 1956

  • Motorcycle Club which hung out at The Venture Inn, the Saucy Dog and the Venice Canals, 2003, 1956

Hospitals, 2008, 1908a

Housing Associations, 2003, 1983

  • Apartment Associations, 1983
  • Namor Tenants' Association, 1983

Condo Associations

Home-owners Associations,

Housing (Tenants, Condominimum, Homeowners) Associations, 2003, 1983

  • Namor Tenants' Association, 1983

Institutes, 1974, 1941

  • Hospitals
  • St. Catherines,
  • St. Johns
  • Santa Monica Hospital
  • Venice Family Clinic

Kabat-Kaiser Institute, 1974, 1941

Universities

Interests, 1943, 1920-1850

Jones and Baker Land Co., 1974, 1921, 1888, 1877

Jason Kaufman For the Common Good? American Civic Life and the Golden Age of Fraternity, Oxford University Press: NY, 2002, 286 pp.

Ku Klux Klan, 1979, 1924, 1915

Labor, 2007, 1995, 1990, 1977, 1974, 1943, 1938, 1930s, 1924, 1923, 1916, 1872, 1869, 1867

  • (See Occupations, Professions, Work)
  • Agriculture, 1952, 1906ff
  • American
  • Chinese Labor, 1952, 1906ff
  • Immigrant/American
  • Japanese
  • Mexican

Aircraft Factory Workers, 1995, 1974, 1938, 1937

  • The Douglas Air Craft Co., 1995, 1974, 1938, 1937, 1924

Chinese Labor Companies, 1869

  • Agriculture; Railroads

Firemen, 1974, 1970s, 1965

The Fishermen, 2007, 1930s

Edward Levinson Labor on the March, ILR Press: Ithaca, NY, 1995 (1938), pp. 172, 173, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1930s

Longshoremen, 1990, 1977, 1923, 1916

Marine Transport Workers, 1977, 1923

Military

Miners, 1943,, 1920-1850

Musicians, 1990, 1944

Police 1974, 1970s, 1965

Railroad Labor, 1869

  • Chinese, 1869
  • Pacific Rail Labor, Camp Followers, 1869

Teachers

Unions, 2007, 1974, 1943, 1930s, 1920-1850

Labor Organizers, 2007, 1974, 1943, 1930s, 1920-1850

  • Caesar Chavez
  • Joe Hill,
  • Tillie Olson, 2007, 1930s
  • Geraldine Moyle Personal Interview, 2007
  • Tillie Olson told her she organized the Japanese fishermen who lived in Ocean Park, 2007, 1930s

Walter Reuther, 1974, 1930s

  • "Masterminded" the Douglas Air Craft Sit Down Strikes, from his hotel in Ocean Park, 1974, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1930s

John Trembath, 1943, 1860s, 1920-1850

  • The Cornish foreman at the Uncle Sam mine, 1943, 1920-1850

Open Shop 1995, 1974, 1973, 1970s, 1965, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1930s

The Douglas Aircraft Corporation Strikes, 1995, 1974, 1938, 1937, 1930s

  • Santa Monica, California , 1995, 1938, 1937

Edward Levinson Labor on the March, ILR Press: Ithaca, NY, 1995 (1938), pp. 172, 173, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1930s

The National Labor Relations Board, 1995, 1938, 1937

Pickets, 1974, 1930s

Walter Reuther "masterminded" the Douglas Air Craft sit-down strike from his Ocean Park Hotel, using San Pedro Longshoremen, 1974, 1938, 1937

Sit-down Strikes, 1995, 1938, 1937, 1936

Strikes, 1995, 1990, 1981, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1923, 1916

  • International Workers . . . (I.W.W.) (Wobblies) Strike, San Pedro, 1981, 1923
  • San Pedro Longshoremen's Strike, July 3, 1916, 1990

Les Storrs reported the labor actions for the Santa Monica Evening Press, interviewing a Douglas Vice-President, Wetzel, an old friend, and Walter Reuther, a young, fiery redhead mastermind with questionable logic, who directed his San Pedro longshoremen from a hotel room in Ocean Park, 1974, 1938, 1937, 1936

Les Storrs Santa Monica Portrait of a City Yesterday and Today, Santa Monica Bank: Santa Monica, CA, 1974, 67 pp., 1973, 1920s 

Santa Monica City Manager[Perry Scott] opposed state legislation which would have made police and fire department employees eligible for retirement on 75 percent of their pay at age 55, 1974, 1970s, 1965

Labor Unions, 1990, 1981, 1980s, 1977, 1974, 1944, 1923, 1920, 1920s, 1916

  • (See Labor; Labor Relations; Labor Unions; Open Shop; Strikes)
  • American Federation of Labor (AFL), 1977, 1920
  • International Workers of the World (I.W.W.) (Wobblies), 1981, 1977, 1923, 1920
  • "Wobbly" strike, San Pedro, 1981, 1923

Marine Transport Workers Union, 1977, 1923

National Musicians Union, 1990, 1944

San Pedro Longshoremen, 1990, 1974, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1916

  • Strike, July 3, 1916, 1990

Trade unionists, 1977

United Farm Workers, 1980s

Wobblies, 1981, 1923

  • (See I.W.W.)

The Laguna Art Association, 1997, 1960, 1947

Law Firms, p. 493, 1908a, 1908

  • Hunter and Towner, p. 493, 1908a, 1908

 The League of American Wheelmen, 1979, 1890s

Leagues, 2005. 1987, 1974, 1924, 1922, 1900s

  • The Civic Betterment League, 1987, 1924
  • Won the majority of the Venice Board of Trustees in 1924

The Santa Monica Bay Protective League, 2005, 1922

Santa Monica Good Government League, 1974, 1900s

  • Rindge, chairman, 1974, 1900s

Venice,

Legislative Bodies, 1977, 1974, 1973, 1946, 1876

  • See Public, Constitionally constituted, legislated etc., 1974, 1946, 1876
  • California State Assembley, 1974
  • The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, 1977
  • Santa Monica City Council, 1974, 1973
  • United States Congress,

Libraries, 2008, 1908a, 1904, 1903, 1898, 1893, 1890, 1885

  • Public Libraries, 1908a, 1904, 1890, 1890s

Libraries, 1943, 1920-1850

Lobbies, Business, 1977, 1920, 1919

  • Business, 1977, 1920, 1919
  • Better American Foundation, 1977, 1920s
  • Association for the Betterment of Public Service, Los Angeles front for the Better America Foundation (BAF), 1977, 1920s
  • Main St. Merchant Assoc., 2004a
  • 501 Colorado Blvd., #150, 90405, 2004a

National Association of Manufacturers, 1977, 1920, 1919

Government, 1974, 1900s

  • Santa Monica Good Government League, 1974, 1900s
  • Rindge as chairman, 1974, 1900s

Long Beach Museum of Art, 2005

The Los Angeles Association of Stationary Engineers, December 29, 1911.

The Los Angeles Basketry Guild, 2005

Los Angeles Poets Society, 2008

Los Angeles Unified School District, 2008

Main St. Merchant Assoc., 2004a

  • 501 Colorado Blvd., #150, 90405, 2004a

Masons, 1985, 1964

Masons, Freemasons, 2008, 2005b, 2004, 2004b, 1998, 1985, 1964, 1952, 1912, pp. 491, 510, 1908a, 1902

  • Eastern Star
  • Free and Accepted Masons, 1985
  • Ocean Park Lodge 369, 1985
  • Masonic Temple, 1964
  • 158 Marine St. 1964

Royal Arch Masons, 1908a

McCalmont Brothers & Co., 1943, 1878, 1873, 1871, 1870

  • British banking firm, 1943, 1870

Men's Clubs, 1999, 1983, 1912, 1909

  • Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (B.P.O.E.), 1983, 1926
  • Santa Monica Elks Lodge, 1983, 1926
  • Elks Clubs, 1999, 1909
  • Convention, 1999, 1909

California Club

Masons, 1985, 1964

  • Free and Accepted Masons, 1985
  • Ocean Park Lodge 369, 1985
  • Masonic Temple, 1964
  • 158 Marine St. 1964

Native Sons of the Golden West, 1983, 1939

Shriner's, 1999, 1912

  • Los Angeles Convention, 1999, 1912

Sons of the Revolution of the State of California, 1983

University Club, 1977, 1925

  • Economic Roundtable meeting site, 1977, 1925

Young Men's Christian Association

Mid-City Neighbors, 1983

Military Groups, 1943, 1908a, 1920-1850

Mills, 1943, 1920-1850

  • The Pacific Mine & Milling Company, 1943, 1890s, 1880s, 1870s
  • Union Milling Company,1943, 1860s

Mines, 1943, 1920-1850

Mitock & Sons, 13561 1/2 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, Calif., 1960s

 Motorcycle Clubs, 2003, 1956

  • Hell's Angels, 2003, 1956
  • Motorcycle Club which hung out at The Venture Inn, the Saucy Dog and the Venice Canals, 2003, 1956

Museums, 2005

  • Long Beach Museum of Art, 2005
  • Wignall Museum, California State, Northridge, 2005

Namor Tenants' Association, 1983

The Naragansett, 1908a

National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches, 2006, 2006a, 1969

National Association of Manufacturers, 1977, 1920, 1919

The National Basketry Organization, 2005

The National Carousel Association, 1990, 1981, 1979

  • National Conference, Santa Monica, 1990, 1979

National Groups, 1943, 1920-1850

  • Turn Verein, 1943, 1920-1850

National Organizations, 1952, 1924

Neighborhood Associations, Organizations, 2007, 2006, 1983, 1982, 1980

  • Mid-City Neighbors, 1983
  • Ocean Park Association, 2007, 2006
  • Ocean Park Communtiy Organization (OPCO) 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979,
  • Pico Neighborhood Association (PNA), 2007, 2006, 1983, 1982, 1980
  • Venice Vigilance Committee, 1987, 1917
  • Vigilante Patriots hassling Germanic surnames and slackers and idlers; raided the pier, 1987, 1917

The New England Historical and Geneaological Society, 1908a,

  • F.H. Rindge, Member, 1908a

Newspapers, 1943, 1920-1850

Night Clubs, Bars, Ballrooms, Watering Holes, 1943, 1895, 1875, 1920-1850, Assorted Postcards

  • (See Civic Clubs; Clubs; Country Clubs; Drinking Clubs; Saloons; Social Clubs)

The Ocean Park Association, 2007, 2006

Ocean Park Communtiy Organization (OPCO) 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979

Ocean Park Communtiy Organization (OPCO) 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979,

Ocean Park Y.M.C.A. Company, 1908a, 1904

Oligarchical, 1977

  • California Club, 1977,
  • Site of the annual banquet hosted by the All Year Club for the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, 1977

Jonathan Club,

University Club, 1977, 1925

  • Economic Roundtable meeting site, 1977, 1925

Orchestras, 1952, 1951, 1950

  • (See Musical Groups)
  • The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra each year presents a series of concerts at the Santa Monica High School Auditorium, 1952, 1951, 1950
  • Santa Monica High School Bands, Choirs, Ensembles, Orchestras, 1952

The Pacific Mine & Milling Company, 1943, 1890s, 1880s, 1870s

The Parent Teacher Association, 1952, 1900s

Pico Neighborhood Association (PNA), 2007, 2006, 1983, 1982, 1980

Political Entities, Political Action Committtees (PACs), Factions, Parties, Wings, 2007, 1983, 1979, 1977, 1971, 1965, 1943, 1936, 1895, 1860s, 1920-1850

  • Partisan, 2007, 1983, 1977, 1971, 1965, 1936
  • The CDC, 1977, 1965
  • Largest grass-roots organization of Democrats, 1977, 1965
  • Opposed incumbent Governor Pat Brown, who supported the Vietnam War, 1977, 1965

California Republican Assembly, 1977, 1936

  • Asa Call, 1977, 1936

Democrats, 1943, 1920-1850.

  • Bryan Democrats, 1943, 1920-1850

New Democratic Coalition, 1977, 1969

Greens, 2007

Ku Klux Klan, 1979, 1924, 1915

Peace and Freedom Party, 1971

  • Jack Hampton*, Beverly Hills booking agent, who ran for Santa Monica City Council, 1971

Republicans, 1943, 1860s, 1920-1850

Santa Monica Democratic Club, 1983, 1977

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 1986, 1962

Non-Partisan, 1977, 1974, 1900s, 1895

  • The Direct Legislation League, 1977, 1895
  • Haynes tried to introduce the recall, the initiative and the referendum, 1977, 1895

The Dry Forces, 1974, 1900s

  • Churches, Rindge, The Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C,T.U.), 1974, 1900s

League for Better City Government, 1977, 1898,

  • Charles Willard, 1977, 1898

League of Women Voters

The Public Ownership League, 1977, 1906

  • Stanley Wilson, candidate, 1906, 1977
  • Advocated public ownership of the San Pedro Railroad and Owens Valley Water and Power, and fair wages for labor, 1977, 1906
  • Coalition of labor, socialist, and municipal ownership advocates, 1977, 1906

Political Clubs, Coalitions, Factions, Initiatives, Parties, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 1983, 1979, 1977, 1974, 1971, 1960s, 1950s, 1943, 1940s, 1938, 1936, 1934, 1930s, 1924, 1915, 1908a, 1900s, 1892, 1890s, 1920-1850

  • Communists
  • Democrats, 2007, 1983, 1977, 1943, 1934, 1930s, 1892, 1867, 1920-1850
  • Bryan Democrats, 1896
  • Santa Monica Democratic Club, 2007, 1983, 1977

The Good Government League, 1908a

Green Party, 2007, 2006, 2005

Ku Klux Klan, 1979, 1924, 1915

Peace and Freedom Party, 1971, 1960s

People's Party (populist), 1977, 1892

Progressives, 1977, 1938

Republicans 1977, 1950s, 1943, 1940s, 1938, 1930s, 1892, 1867, 1860s, 1920-1850

Santa Monican's for Renter's Rights (SMRR), 2007, 2004

"Silverites," 1943, 1870s, 1920-1850

Socialists, 1930s

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C,T.U.), 1974, 1908a, 1900s

Private non-profits, 1983, 1979, 1977, 1971, 1969, 1952, 1923, 1920s, 1900s, 1890s

  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 1977, 1923, 1920s
  • California Chapter led protest at Liberty Hill, 1977, 1923

Rand Corporation, 1986, 1983, 1982, 1977, 1952

  • Daniel Ellsberg*, 1977

St. John's Hospital, 1986, 1982

Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce (1925), 2004, 1986, 1983, 1982, 1970s, 1960s

  • Part of Santa Monica's Growth Machine, 1986
  • Surveyed employers in Santa Monica in 1982 and listed them as well as their employee profile, 1986, 1982

Santa Monica Hospital, 1986, 1982

Synanon, 1979, 1971-1969

Young Men's Christian Association, 1900s,1890s

Private for profits, 2003; Corporations, 1983, 1977, 1938, 1936, 1930s, 1925

  • Associated Telephone Company, 1983, 1926
  • Marine Street Telephone Exchange, 1983, 1926
  • 1926 at Neilson and Barnard Way, 1983

Banks, 1974, 1888

  • National Banks, 1974, 1888
  • State Chartered Banks, 1974, 1888

James G. Boswell Company, 1977, 1971, 1952, 1930s, 1925

  • The seventh largest landowner in the state, 1977, 1952
  • First organized in 1925, the San Joaquin Valley in central California, 1977, 1925
  • By the 1930s Boswell, already one of the largest cotton producers in the country, had become the major landowner in Tulare and Kings counties., 1977, 1930s

The Chandler-Sherman Corporation, 1977, 1936

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 1987, 1983, 1956

  • Leased with the Los Angeles Turf Club the Ocean Park Pier and developed Pacific Ocean Park, 1987, 1956
  • 60 Minutes, 1983
  • CBS News Show, covered the 1983 Santa Monica elections, 1983

Del Webb Corporation, 1983, 1964

  • Ruth Chandler owned 49% of the Development Co., 1983, 1964
  • Santa Monica Shores, 2700 Neilson Way. Twin seventeen story apartments built in 1964 by the Del Webb Corporation as the initial phase of a proposed redevelopment project. The architects were Welton Beckett and Associates. 1983, 1964

Financial Institutions, 1987, 1977, 1974, 1932, 1920s, 1915, 1914, 1888  

  • Banks, 1987, 1974, 1932. 1920s, 1888
  • National Banks, 1974, 1888
  • State Chartered Banks, 1974, 1888
  • The Bank of California, 1943, 1920-1850
  •  California Bank, 1920s
  • 625 South Spring St., Los Angeles, 1920s
  • Ocean Park Branch, 165 Marine St., Corner of Trolleyway, 1920s
  • R.B. Harris, Jr.*, Vice President & Mgr., 1920s
  • Santa Monica Branch, Third and Santa Monica Blvd., 1920s

McCalmont Brothers & Co., 1943, 1878, 1873, 1871, 1870

  • British banking firm, 1943, 1870

Ocean Park's Marine Bank, Failure, 1987,

First National Bank of Venice, Failure, 1987, 1932

The Rothschilds, 1943, 1870s

Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, 1920s

  • Ocean Park Branch : Commercial; Trust

The U.S. National Bank, 1977, 1930s

  • Failed in the Depression, 1977, 1930s

Insurance, 1974

  • Pacific Mutual Insurance, 1974

State Investment Company, 1987, 1915, 1914

Firestone Tire and Rubber, 1977, 1936

General Motors (GM), 1977, 1936

General Telephone

Jones and Baker Land Co., 1974, 1921, 1888, 1877

Los Angeles Suburban Homes Company, Chandler's San Fernando Valley Development Co., 1977, 1910s

Los Angeles Times, 1977

Mack Manufacturing Company, 1977, 1936

The Mortgage Guarantee Insurance Corporation, 1977, 1930s

  • Failed in the Depression, 1977, 1930s

National City Lines (NCL), 1977, 1936

The Oakland Tribune, 1977

Pacific City Lines (PCL), 1977, 1938

  • West Coast affiliate of National City Lines, 1977, 1938

Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co., Preston Hotchkin, heir to the Bixby Ranch fortune, failed in the Depression, 1977, 1974, 1925

B.F. Phillips Petroleum, 1977, 1936

Rancho Santa Anita Corporation, 1977, 1936

Richfield Oil, 1977, 1930s

  • Failed in the Depression., 1977, 1930s

Standard Oil of California, 1977, 1936

The Tulare Lake Land Company, 1977, 1950s

  • A major realtor in Tulare County, 1977, 1950s
  • Purchased by Ruth Chandler Williamson Boswell after 1952, 1977

Union Oil, Reese Taylor, president, 1977

The U.S. National Bank, 1977, 1930s

  • Failed in the Depression, 1977, 1930s

General Telephone Company, 1986, 1983, 1982

  • Subsumed Associated Telephone Company, 1983, 1926
  • Marine Street Telephone Exchange, 1926 at Neilson and Barnard Way, 1983

Great Western Amusement Company, 1987, 1911

Gladding, McBean Tile Company, 2004, 2003, 1983, 1938, 1875

Jones and Baker Land Co., 1974, 1921, 1888, 1877

Lear Siegler, 1986, 1982

Lincoln Properties, 1983, 1978

  • 2910 Neilson Way, Sea Colony, 144 townhouses and condominiums, built by Lincoln Properties in 1978, as part of the Ocean Park Redevelopment Project, 1983, 1978

Masons, Freemasons, 2008, 2005b, 2004, 2004b, 1998, 1985, 1964, 1952, 1912, pp. 491, 510, 1908a, 1902

  • Royal Arch Masons

Monopolies

  • Integrated Trusts
  • Sen. J.P. Jones,

Mountain Roll Company, 1987, 1912

Neptune Society, 2003, 1967

Ocean Park Improvement Co. (Abbot Kinney, A.R. Fraser et al.) developed and incorporated (1904)Ocean Park around 1900, 1974

Ornyte Chemical Company, 1983, 1982, 1981,

  • Near Santa Monica High School, 1983, 1982, 1981

The Owl Boat Co. (1926-1933), 1990, 1929, 1927, 1920s

Pacific Mutual Insurance, 1974

Papermate, 1986, 1982

Pennsylvania Life, 1986, 1982

Philadelphia Toboggan Company, 2003

  • Carousels, 2003, 1922

Professional Societies, Associations, Organizations, 2009, 2006, 2006a, 2005, 1974, 1971, 1969, 1952, 1924

  • American Institute of Planners, 1974, 1971
  • Member, Les Storrs*, 1974, 1971

California Chapter, American Institute of Planners, 1974, 1971

  • Director, Les Storrs*, 1974, 1971

California Society for Secondary Education, 1952, 1924

The Los Angeles Basketry Guild, 2005

National Association of College Gymnastics Coaches, 2006, 2006a, 1969

The National Basketry Organization, 2005

Southern California Planning Congress, 1974

  • Pres., Les Storrs,* (c. 1900-) 1974, 1971,

Public, Constitionally constituted, legislated etc., 1974, 1946, 1943, 1876, 1870s, 1920-1850

  • Cities, towns, 1974, 1876, 1875
  • Incorporated, 1974
  • Unincorporated, 1974, 1876, 1875
  • Los Angeles
  • Ocean Park, 1911, 1907, 1904
  • Board of Freeholders,
  • 6th Class City

Santa Monica, 1974, 1887, 1875

  • Board of Freeholdes, 1974
  • City Council, Mayor, 1974

Board of Freeholders, 1974

  • City Commissioners, 1974

Board of Freeholders, 1974, 1946

  • City Council, City Manager, 1974

Santa Monica City Commissions, 1974

Santa Monica City Council, 1974, 1946, 1887

Santa Monica Trustees, 1974

Venice, 1911, 1904

Virginia City, NV, 1943, 1870s, 1920-1850

Townships

  • La Ballona, 1908a, 1950s

Counties, 1977, 1943

  • Los Angeles County, CA, 1977
  • the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, 1977

Trinity County, CA, 1943, 1867, 1850s

School Districts, 1974, 1946, 1876

  • Santa Monica School District Board of Trustees, 1974, 1946, 1876
  • Los Angeles City Unified
  • Los Angeles County
  • Santa Monica
  • Santa Monica /Malibu Unified School District
  • Schools, Institutes, Universities, 2006, 1974, 1923
  • California State University, Northridge, 2005

Racial Groups, 1943, 1920-1850

Railroads, 2008, 1943, 1888, 1877, 1920-1850

  • The Los Angeles and Independence Railroad, 2008, 1888, 1877
  • Southern Pacific Railroad (SP), 2008, 2005b , 1998, 1997, 1990, 1986, 1983, 1980, 1979, 1977, 1974, 1943, 1912, 1911, 1908a, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1902, 1900, 1896, 1893, 1892, 1891. 1890, 1890s, 1888,1887, 1886, 1880, 1879. 1878, 1877, 1876, 1875, 1869, 1920-1850
  • The Virginia and Truckee Railroad, 1943, 1860s

Reading Rooms, 1908a, 1890, 1880s

The Rebeccas, p. 491, 1908a

  • Cyrus L. Edinger [1874- ], p. 491, 1908a, 1874

Regional Governmental Entities, 1974

  • Intra State, region
  • The League of California Cities, 1974
  • City Planning Department, 1974
  • Pres., Les Storrs,* 1974, 1971

Southern California Planning Congress, 1974

  • Pres., Les Storrs,* (c. 1900-) 1974, 1971

Inter State, region

States, 1974

  • California, 1974
  • California State Assembley, 1974

Countries, 1974, 1930s, 1890s, 1880s

  • United States
  • U.S. Congress
  • U.S. Federal Programs, 1974, 1930s, 1890s, 1880x

Supernational Organizations

Religious Organizations, 1952, 1912

Republican Political Party, 1908, p. 492, 1908a

  • Mr. Edinger works and votes in the Republican party and was a delegate to the County Convention of 1908.
  • Fred J. Finch [1881- ], p. 492, 1908a, 1905
  • Los Angeles County Convention, 1908, p. 491, 1908a

The Saloon Industry, Licenses, 1908a, 1890s, 1887, 1885

The Santa Monica Bay Protective League, 2005, 1922

The Santa Monica Bay Protective League, 2005, 1922

The Santa Monica Bay Women's Club, 1952, 1910s, 1900, 1890s

  • The members of the Child Study Circle, 1952, 1910s, 1900s, 1890s

The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce, 1974, 1957, 1956

Santa Monica Good Government League, 1974, 1900s

  • F.H. Rindge, chairman, 1974, 1900s

Santa Monica Harbor Co., 1990, 1930

  • Eugene Craven, 1990, 1930

Santa Monica Land Company, 2003, 1990, 1952, 1876, 1875

  • Senator John P. Jones' Company which donated land for the first Church in Santa Monica, 2003
  • Jones and Baker Co. which donated the land for the first publick School in Santa Monica on Sixth St., 1952, 1876

Santa Monica Land and Water Company, 1986, 1874

  • Arcadia Bandinini de Baker and Colonel Robert Baker company which Senator John P. Jones bought into in 1874, 1986
  • (Jones and Baker Land Co., 1974, 1921, 1888, 1877)

Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD), 2007

Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) Board of Education, 2007

  •  Jorge Casuso Mechur* to be Named to School Board Lookout News, 8 August 8, 2007
  • Jonathan Friedman (Assistant Editor) Longtime activist selected as new SMMUSD board member, The Malibu Times, 9 August 2007,LLVI No. 32, pp. A1 & A18

The Santa Monica School Parent Teacher Association, 1952, 1900s

Santa Monica Village LLC , 2008, 2007

The Santa Monica Women's Club, 1974

  • Dramatic Presentations, 1974

Schools, School Districts, 2008. 2007, 1974, 1952, 1876, 1875

  • Public Schools, 2008, 1952
  • 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.
  • Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), 2008
  • Santa Monica City School District, 1952
  • Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District, 1952
  • Santa Monica School District, 1952
  • Walgrove School, LAUSD Elementary School, 2008, 2007

Private Schools,

Religious Schools, 1952, 1890, 1889, 1890s,

  • Baptist Sunday School, 1952, 1890s, 1889
  • Catholic Schools
  • Sunday Schools, 1952, 1890, 1889, 1890s
  • Baptist Sunday Schol, 1952, 1890s, 1889

Secret Organizations

  • Royal Arch Masons, p. 492, 1908a

Shipowner's Association, 1977, 1923

  • Shipowner's Association employment office, 1977, 1923

The Sierra Water Company, 1943, 1869

Societies, 1943, 1920-1850

  • Benevolent, 1943, 1920-1850
  • Burial, 1943, 1920-1850

The Society of Colonial Wars, 1908a

  • F.H. Rindge, Member, 1908a

The Sons of the Revolution, 1908a,

  • F.H. Rindge, Member, 1908a

Southern California Edison, 1974

Southern Pacific Railroad (SP), 2008, 2005b , 1998, 1997, 1990, 1986, 1983, 1980, 1979, 1977, 1974, 1943, 1912, 1911, 1908a, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1902, 1900, 1896, 1893, 1892, 1891. 1890, 1890s, 1888,1887, 1886, 1880, 1879. 1878, 1877, 1876, 1875, 1869, 1920-1850

Southern California Planning Congress, 1974

  • Pres., Les Storrs,* [c. 1900- ], 1974, 1971,

The South Improvement Company, 1943

  • Rockefeller's Company, 1943

Special Interests, 1979, 1974, 1924, 1915, 1900s

  • Business
  • Big Business
  • (Anti-Labor?)
  • BAF

Ku Klux Klan, 1979, 1924, 1915

Labor Unions

Rail Roads

Private Ownership

Public Ownership

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C,T.U.), 1974, 1900s

The Wobblies

Stakeholders, Interested Parties,

Standard Oil, 1943

State Government, 1943

  • California Government, 1943
  • Governors
  • State Senate, 1943

Nevada, 1943

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 1986, 1962

Systems Development Corporation, 1986, 1982

Tenant Representatives, 2008, 2006

  • Aylesford Corporation, Ashraf LeBlanc, on Behalf of Tenants @ 440 Raymond Avenue, 2008, 2006

Union Oil, 1974

Union Pacific Railroad, 1986

Union Halls, Libraries, 1943, 1920-1850

Union Milling Company, 1943, 1860s

Union Milling and Mining Co., 1943, 1860s

Unions, 1974, 1943, 1900s, 1872, 1860s

  • (See Labor Unions)
  • The Miner's Union, Comstock, NV, 1943, 1872, 1867
  • The Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), 1974, 1952, 1900s

United States Government, 1943, 1920-1850

  • U.S. Senate, 1943, 1920-1850

U.S. Condominium Corporation, 1983

  • Built 61 unit senior housing Barnard Villas in 1982, 1983

United States Postal Service (USPS), 2008a

Universities, 1943,

Venice Investment Company, 1987, 1924

  • Along with West Coast Theaters bought Pickering's beach holdings, 1987, 1924

Venice Vigilance Committee, 1987, 1917

  • Vigilante Patriots hassling Germanic surnames and slackers and idlers; raided the pier, 1987, 1917

Walgrove School, LAUSD Elementary School, 2008

Washoe Club, 1943, 1890s, 1880s, 1870s

Water Companies, 1986, 1943, 1874, 1870s

  • Santa Monica Land and Water Company, 1986, 1874
  • The Sierra Water Company, 1943, 1869

West Coast Theaters, 1987, 1924

  • Along with the Venice Investment Company bought Pickering's beach holdings two weeks after the fire, 1987, 1924

Western Association of Art Museums, 270 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94108, 1980,

Western Auto Association, 1999, 1915

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C,T.U.), 1974, 1900s

  • Allied with the Dry Forces, 1974, 1908a, 1900s

Women's Clubs, Committees, Groups, Organizations, 2003, 1983, 1974, 1971, 1970, 1952, 1951, 1923, 1914, 1910s, 1900, 1890s

  • Gold Star Mothers of Santa Monica, 1983, 1951
  • League of Women Voters
  • Native Daughters of the Golden West, 1983, 1970
  • Beverly Hills Parlor, 1983, 1970

Stephen Jackson Women's Relief Corp, No. 124, 2003, 1923

  • Stephen Jackson Women's Relief Corps No. 124 of the Grand Army of the Republic Auxiliary , 1983, 1971

The Santa Monica Auxiliary to the Women's Committee for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, 1954, 1952

The Santa Monica Bay Women's Club, 1952, 1910s, 1900, 1890s

  • The members of the Child Study Circle, 1952, 1910s, 1900s, 1890s

The Santa Monica Women's Club, 1974, 1914

  • Santa Monica Women's Club Building (1914-), 2007
  • Fourth St., Santa Monica Landmark, 2007

The Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C,T.U.), 1974, 1900s

The Women's Committee for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, 1954, 1952

 The Young Men's Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.), 1908a, 1903

  • Y.M.C.A., Los Angeles
  • Y.M.C.A.,, Ocean Park
  • The Ocean Park Y.M.C.A. Co., 1908a, 1904

(Y.M.C.A.), Santa Monica

Organizers, Activists, Analysts, 2008, 2007, 2006, 1974, 1930s

  • Community, 2008
  • Issues, 2004
  • Terry Tamminen,* Environment, 2004

Labor, 1974, 1930s

  • Joe Hill
  • Tilly Olsen,* 2007, 1930s
  • Walter Reuther,* 1974, 1930s

Neighborhood, 2007, 1990, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981

  • Judy Abdo,* 1983
  • Allen David Heskin,* Consultant, 1983, 1982
  • Peter Kastner,* 1983
  • Jeff Mudrick,* 1983
  • Jenny Pirie,* 1983
  • Ernie Powell,* 1990, 1984, 1983, 1981
  • Michael Tarbet,* 1983
  • Karen Westmont,* 2007, 1983

Political, 2006, 1983, 1982

  • F.H. Rindge, 1908a
  • Santa Monicans for Renter's Rights (SMRR), 2007, 2006
  • Steve Alpert* [ -2007], Campaign Analyst, 2007
  • Austin Strauss,* 2007, 2006
  • Poet, Political Organizer, 2006

Michael Tarbet,* 2007, 2006, 1983

Organs, 2004, 2004b, 2001, 1987, 1979, 1976, 1958, 1920, 1908, 1905, 1900, 1892,

  • Church Organs, 1952, 1908, 1892
  • Palms/Ocean Park Baptist Mission, 1952, 1908, 1892
  • J.B. (Jack Boison) Nethercutt *[1913-2004], 2004, 2004b, 2001, 1933, 1931, 1923, 1913
  • Collection of Theater Organs, 2004, 2004b
  • Venice Auditorium Organ, "capable of playing the "bird chorus," 1979, 1905

Oriental Art Association, Japanese Goods, 1501 O.F. Walk, 2003, 1912

Oriental Massage Schools, 2004a, 1984

  • Tao Healing Arts Center, 2004a
  • Shiatsu Massage School of California,, since 1984, 2004a
  • 2309 Main St., (between Hollister and Strand) 2004a

Oriental Rugs, 1925, 1924

  • Salisian's Oriental Rugs [1899- ], 1925, 1924
  • 927-29 West 7th St. and 735 West 7th St., 1925, 1924

Oriental Tours, "Buddha's Fields" 1926, 1925

  • Burma, Ceylon, China, India, Indo-China, Japan, Malay Peninsula, and the Philippine Islands, 1926, 1925

Ornamentation, 2004, 2003

  • Lighting, 1985, 1950s, 1930s,
  • Protruding brick ornamentation, 2003
  • Geometric and angular ornamentation in low relief, 2004
  • Paint, 2003
  • Patterns, 2004
  • Signage, 1985, 1950s, 1930s
  • Neon Signs, 1985, 1950s, 1930s

Ornyte Chemical Company, 1983, 1982, 1981,

  • Near Santa Monica High School, 1983, 1982, 1981

Gabriel Orozco, 2004a, 1994

  • Nailed a plain plastic lid from a yogurt cup to the wall of über-hip Marian Goodman Gallery in New York 10 years ago [1994], it was like Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses on the door of the castle church. A Mexican artist had rigorously asserted the primacy of Conceptual art for the contemporary world., 2004a, 1994
  • Chessboard Sculpture in the Hammer Museum Show, 2004a
  • MOCA Exhibition, 2004a

Orphism, 1990, 1913, 1910s, 1900s

Eric Orr, 1979, 1960s

  • Artist, 1979, 1960s

Mrs.) Henry L. Osborne, 1947, 1894

  • Patroness, 1894 La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1947, 1894

Harold Osmer & Phil Harms Real Road Racing: The Santa Monica Road Races, Harold L. Osmer Publishing: Chatsworth, CA 1999, 1911, 1910, 1910s, 1909,

David Ossman, 1971

  • Contributor,The Mt. Saint Alverno Review, 1971
  • (Editor), The Sullen Art, 1963, Poet. Currently one-fourth of a surrealist comedy quartet called The Firesign Theatre, 1971

Osteopaths, 2003, 1907

  • Dr. W.W. Dumm, Osteopath, 219 O.F. Promenade, O.P., 2003, 1907

 Gerald Oster, NY, 1999, 1966

  • Artist, Contributor, Tower of Protest Panel, 1999, 1966

Ostrich Farm, Santa Monica, p. 246, 1908a

Maynard Ostrow,* 1990, 1973

  • Opened the bumper car ride on the site of the La Monica Ballroom, 1990, 1973

Maureen O'Sullivan, 1983, 1934

  • Attended the opening of the Grand Hotel, 1934, 1983

Oswego, New York, p. 497, 1908a

Oswego County, New York, p. 497, 1908a

Eliza A. Otis, 1935

  • Wife of Harrison Gray Otis, 1935
  • was a reporter, running the first column of comment ever printed in the pueblo, 1935

(Mrs.) Harrison G. Otis, 1947, 1894

  • Patroness, 1894 La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1947, 1894

General Harrison Gray Otis, 1935,

General Harrison Gray Otis [ -1917], 1986, 1979, 1977, 1935, 1934, 1909, 1890s, 1888

  • Printer, Founder, Publisher, Los Angeles Times,
  • Founder of the Los Angeles Times and Southern Pacific Railroad opponent, 1986, 1892
  • Fought in the Philippines, after the Spanish American War had ended,
  • Los Angeles Times publisher, 1977, 1909
  • Sponsor of Homer Lea, 1900s
  • Bivouac, his estate deeded to the city, combined with Earl's adjoining estate became the basis for the Otis Art Institute, 1977
  • Helped organize the Boosters into the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1979, 1888
  • Harry Carr writes, "Perhaps the most famour character our pueblo ever produced was General Harrison Gray Otis,
  • whose fight against union labor attracted world-wide attention. I approach with hestitation the task of writing about him. I have read so much written about him by profound young authors who seemed to know him so intimately, without every having seen him. I will say frankly at the start that all I know about General Otis is that I worked with him and under him for twenty years and for about five years of that time was his personal assistant.
  • He had a fondness for the military; I was his aide-de-camp.
  • The general was born in Ohio of New England ancestry. As a young man he was a printer (yes, and belonged to the union.) When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted in the same regiment in which McKinley was a soldier.
  • At the time of the World War, when we were teaching young boys to hate Germans, inviting them to thrust bayonets into hay figures by telling them, "Now he has raped your sister," I asked the general if he hated the Confederates. He was furious."Certainly I did not hate them. What do you think I was, a hired murderer? I was a soldier. Had I hated them, I should have refused to fight." [p. 323]
  • [p. 324] In the seventies he came out west as a government official in charge of the sealing industry in the Alaska Islands. From there he drifted to California and became editor of a small paper in San Francisco.
  • In Los Angeles, two printers had started a little weekly paper called the Mirror, out of the wreck of a disastrous venture that two young men had tried in the way of a daily paper. General Otis came to Los Angeles and bought it. The Times was started in 1884, the office being in an old brick building at the corner of Temple and Main. They had a ramshackle printing press that ran by water power from the city zanja. From time to time the pipes got clogged with fish and the press had to stop.
  • When I first knew him the Times was in the small building which was dynamited by the McNamara brothers. His wife, Eliza A. Otis, was a reporter, running the first column of comment ever printed in the pueblo. His daughters were clerks in the business office.
  • A t this period when they wre picking the fish out of the printing press, there came into the organization one who was destined to be one of the most remarkable men of the West. His name was Harry Chandler. He was born on a New Hampshire farm. A student at Amherst, he took a dare to jump into an ice pond in mid-winter, and contracted tuberculosis. All alone he came to California. He got a job herding horses and peddling fruit in the San Fernando Valley. He was so skillful a trader, swapping old cook stoves for apricots on the trees, that in his first summer, he made five thousand dollars, big money in those days.
  • He became the general's son-in-law and the financial genius behind the Times. In later years he was to become a millionaire with great land interests, cattle, cotton, oil.
  • It was his inspiration that turned the Imperial Valley from a desert into the truck garden of America. His idea to [p, 325] bring the Olympic Games to Los Angeles, to make the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena into a great scientific center. Between Chandler and General Otis there always existed an almost touching faith and friendship.
  • I went to work for the general just after he came back from the Spanish American War. He had commanded a brigade in the Philippines. A
  • p. 326] [Examples are given of General Otis' journalistic integrity.]
  • [p. 326] A working man himself, the general's sympathies were always with labor, although not with unions. If an editor had a dispute with a printer, his cause was lost before he started . . .
  • I am not going into the long bitter labor fight that lasted forty years and ended with the dynamiting of the Times building in which disaster twenty-three innocent men who had nothing to do with it were burned to death. Labor leaders have told me since that the general had cause for complaint at first, and that his rebellion against the union had been in the first instance justified. I reported the plea of guilty of the two McNamaras who set the dynamite, and [p. 327] was on the inside of the whole story, but I have not desire to dig it up here.

Otis Family, 1935

  • Daughters worked in the business office, one of whom married Harry Chandler, 1935

Otis College of Art and Design, 1930s

Otis Art Institute, 2004, 1999, 1998,1997, 1996, 1990, 1982, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1974, 1975, 1958, 1954, 1950s, 1916

  • Graduates, Students:
  • Laura Martin,

Faculty and Staff:

  • Anne Ayres, Gallery Director, 2004, 1998
  • Richard Haines, Head of Painting, 1997, 1974, 1954
  • Alexis Smith*, 2004, 1982, 1981, 1979, 1960s
  • Peter Voulkos, 1990, 1958, 1954, 1950s

Otis Parsons Art School, 1988

  • Ray Eames, Honorary Doctorate, 1988

Albert S. Otto, 1952

  • Lecturer, 1952
  • Santa Monica Graduate, 1952

Serge Oukrainsky, 1925, 1924

  • Russian Dancer, 1925. 1924

Our Gang, ?

Anja Ourisson, 2005, 1914

  • Sorbonne Mathematics Student, 2005, 1914
  • Married to Tobias Dantzig and George Dantzig's mother, 2005, 1914
  • Obtained a Master's degree in French at the University of Indiana, 2005, 1914
  • Became a linguist at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., 2005

L'Ousteau de Baumanière, 1991

  • Provence Restaurant, 1991
  • Wolfgang Puck, Apprenticeship, 1991

Outdoor pastimes, 1908a, p. 305

Outlook, Santa Monica, 1908a, pp. 147, 280

Ovarian Cancer, 2008, 2001

Jacques Overhoff, 1999, 1966, 1965

  • Signer, Art Tower of Protest, Los Angeles Free Press, 2:20 (November, 1965), 1999, 1966, 1965  

The Overlook Hotel, 1990, 1983, 1924

  • 1605 The Promenade, 1983, 1924

The Overlook Hotel and Apartments, 1990, 1924

Mrs. E.W. Overman, 2003, 1907

  • Tailor, 179 Pier, O.P., 2003, 1907

Overman Novelty Store, 2003, 1907

  • Hardware Dealer, 179 Pier, 0.P., 2003, 1907

C402-Overlooking world famous Santa Monica Beach, Mike Roberts Studios, SLL 2005

337 Overlooking Yacht Harbor, Santa Monica, California, Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles JT 2005a

Beatrice Owens,* 1999, 1924

  • Venice High School, 1999, 1924
  • Miss Ocean Park, 1999
  • Vaudeville performer on the Orpheum Circuit, 1999

Tex Owens, 1990, 1950s

  • Country and Western Star who appeared on the Spade Cooley broadcast, 1990, 1950s

Owens River, 1977, 1959, 1913, 1900s

Owens River Water Supply Project, 1913, 1900s

  • J.D. Schuyler was one of the Board of Consulting Engineers to pass on the feasibility of the Owens River water supply project for the city of Los Angeles, 1913, 1900s

Owens Valley, 1979, 1971, 1920s

  • Los Angeles water supply, 1979,

The Owl Boat Co. [1926-1933], 1990, 1929, 1927, 1920s

The Owl Drug Co., Venice, 2005a

Jean Oxenhandler, 1997, 1962

  • Artist, 1997, 1962
  • 334 Amalfi, 1997, 1962

Neal Oxenhandler, 1997, 1962

  • French professor at UCLA, 1997, 1962
  • 334 Amalfi, 1997, 1962

Oxford University, 1996, 1990, 1986, 1985

Oxford University Press, 1996, 1990, 1986, 1985

  • Kevin Starr Inventing the Dream: California Through the Progressive Era, Oxford University Press: NY, Illustrated, 1985 (1986), 380 pp.
  • Kevin Starr Material Dreams: Southern California Through the 1920s, Oxford University Press: NY, 1990 (1996), Illustrated, 453 pp.

Oyako, Japanese Cafe, since 2002, 2009, 2004a

  • 2915 Main St., 2009, 2004a, 2002
  • Quite good and very comfortable, 2008

Ozomatli, 2006

Sonic Scenery @ The Natural History Museum, 2006

Ozone Ave., 2005, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

  • (Highland to Lincoln), Melaleuca quinquenervia, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944
  • New street lighting, 1983, 1982
  • 658 Ozone St., Michael Burr,* Photographer, 2005
  • And Seventh, Ozone Park, 1983

Ozone Court, 2002, 1964

  • Half a block from the beach, 2002, 1964

Ozone Park, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

  • (Highland to Lincoln), Melaleuca quinquenervia, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944
  • Seventh and Ozone, a narrow park which includes a much climbed shoe, 1983
  • New playground equipment and lighting, 1983, 1982
  • Became a OPCO Project, 1980s

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