Fred E. Basten Santa Monica Bay: The First 100 Years, A pictorial history of Santa Monica, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu, Douglas-West Publishers: Los Angeles, CA, 1974, 227 pp., 1926
"Advertising 1926:
Ocean Park: The Unsurpassed All Year 'Playground of the West' Because the miles of natural silver strand bathing beach The Mammoth Indoor Ocean Park Plunge Always courteous Attendants and Efficient Swimming Instructors The Ideally Beautiful and Alluring Egyptian Ballroom And innumerable high-class attractions on the Ocean Park Pier 'The Playground of the West' All Steel and Concrete Construction-Absolutely Fireproof." p. 154