Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182 pp., 1930
[1930 photo on page ii of Rosemary and Vincent Romero and their cousin, Perfecto Marquez posing with a float, built by Ysidro Reyes II, based on a carreta from 1830, for the Ocean Park Kiddie Parade. The entry won first place. Rosemary Romero Miano]
"A modern lifeguard station was built at the mouth of the canyon in 1930 . . . and was manned by county lifeguards from 1930 to 1949. In 1933 the city of Santa Monica established its first lifeguard team, including three Palisadians . . . and sited its own tower next to the Santa Monica Swimming Club."