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At-Az    (Table of Contents)

  • Atchison, Kansas, p. 509, 1908a, 1882
  • Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, 1990, 1908a, 1885

140 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1912

Athens, 1935

  • A measure by which . . . 1935

Gertrude Atherton, 2008, 2008a, 1902

  • Aesthete, Author, 2008, 2008a, 1902

Athletics, Athletes, Athletic Clubs, Coaches, Sports, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2006a, 2005, 2005b, 2004, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1994, 1990, 1985, 1984, 1983, 19791978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1960, 1956, 1954, 1952, 1950s, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1940s, 1939, 1937, 1935, 1933, 1932, 1930, 1930s, 1928, 1925, 1924, 1921, 1920s, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1910s, 1908, 1908a, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1900s, 1898, 1896, 1894, 1891, 1890s, 1889,1887, 1882, 1880s, 1877, 1876, 1875, 1869, 1860, 1833

  • Acrobats, 2006, 2006a, 2005, 2005b, 2000, 199419791974, 1952, 1949, 1948, 1908, 1907

Paula Boelsems*, 2005, 2005b, 1940s

The Eddy family of acrobats, 1979, 1908, 1907

George Freeth, 1979, 1908

International Federation of Sports Acrobatics, 2005, 2005b

Larry Mace*, 1994, 1974, 1949. 1948

"Mo" Most*, 1994, 1974, 1949. 1948

Russ Saunders*, 2005, 2005b, 1940s, 1994, 1974, 1949. 1948

Glenn Sundby, 2006, 2006a, 2000, 1948

Stan Turner*, 1994, 1974, 1949. 1948

Frankie Vincent*, 1994, 1974, 1949. 1948

Babe Westerlund*, 1994, 1974, 1949. 1948

Harold Zenkin*, 2005b 1994, 1952, 1949, 1948

Ed Adams, 1987, 1930s

  • Surfer, 1987, 1930s

Agricultural Gardens, Los Angeles, 1979, 1890s

Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), 1979, 1907,

  • Sanctioned Boxing Tournaments, 1979, 1908
  • Championships, 1979, 1930

Gymnastics, 1979, 1930

Leo Vandendaele, Tumbling, 1979, 1930

Paul Krempel The Flying Rings, 1979, 1930

American Sports, 1979

Automobiles, Races, Tracks, 19791935, 1900, 1910s, 1897

  • (See Cars; Motoring)
  • The Southern Caifornia Automobile Club, 1979, 1900

Founded by a small group of[ LAAC members], 1979, 1900

Santa Monica Auto Races, 1979, 1910s

Venice Grand Prix, 1915

Automobile Race Car Drivers, Mechanics, 1997, 1974, 1930s, 1910s

  • Earl Cooper, Ralph de Palma, Peter de Paolo, Barney Oldfield, Eddie Pullen, Teddy Tetzlaff, 1974, 1910s
  • Phil Hill, 1997, 1930s,

Auto racing, 1997

Louis 'Speedy' Babbs, 1987, 1932

  • Daredevil, 1987, 1932

Badminton, 1997, 1930s

  • Badminton courts, 1997, 1930

Beverly Baker, Tennis, 1952

Baseball, 2004, 1998, 1997 1979, 1913-1915, 1890s, 1880s

  • Venice, 1979, 1913-1915
  • L.A. Dodgers, 2004, 1998

Baseball team, 2004, 1998

Vin Scully, Dodger Announcer, 2004, 1998

Basketball, 1976

  • Wilt Chamberlin*, 2000, 1990s

And Beach Volleyball, 200, 1990s

Bearbaiting, 1979, 1860

Alphonse Bell, Tennis player, 1935

Bicycle races, 199719791935, 1898, 1897, 1896, 1895, 1894, 1893, 1892, 1891, 1890s

Bicycles, bicycling (Cycling), Bicyclists, 1987, 1979, 1976, 1907, 1898, 1895, 1894, 1893, 1892, 1891, 1890s, 1882, 1880s, 1869

  • Lee Chesney*, 2004, 1972
  • H.B. Cromwell*, 1979, 1892

Bicyclist, Winner of the eighteen and a half mile Second Annual Santa Monica Road Race and LAAC member, 1979, 1892

League of American Wheelmen, 1979, 1890s

Miss Marguerite Lloyd*, 1979, 1891

Los Angeles Wheelmen, 1979, 1894, 1892, 1891, 1890s, 1882

  • Cycling Club, 1979, 1882
  • Affiliated with the LAAC, 1979, 1890s
  • Sponsored the Annual Santa Monica Road Race, 1979, 1894, 1892, 1891

Chas. Richmond, 1890s

Troop Richmond, 1890s

Zoe Richmond, 1890s

Tricycle, 1890s

W.A. Tufts*, 1979, 1891

  • Winner of the seventeen mile first Annual Santa Monica Road Race, 1979, 1891

Emil Ulbrecht*, 1979, 1895, 1894

  • Bicyclist who won the 1884 and 1885 Annual Santa Monica Road Race and set a course record of 57:07 in 1894, 1979

Velocipede, 1979, 1898, 1869

Big Game Hunters, 1997

  • Maurice and Paquita Lick Machris, 1997,

Billiards, 2005a, 1990, 1987, 19831979, 1974, 1928, 1917, 1910, 1893, 1889, 1882, 1880, 1833

  • Introduced in Los Angeles by Joseph Paulding of Maryland in 1833, 1979
  • Included in the L.A.A.C., 1882
  • Undefeated World Women's Billiard Champion from 1910 until 1928,Bertha May King* who lived at the Virginia Apartments, 2804 1/2 Main St., 1983
  • There was a ladies billiard parlour at the Arcadia Hotel, 1974, 1887, 1893.
  • The Looff Billiard Building, 1990, 1917

One billiard table and seven pool tables, 1990, 1917

Tom Blake [1902- ], 1997 1987, 1930s, 1928, 1920s

  • Lifeguard, surfer, 1997, 1935, 1928, 1921, 1920s
  • Entered a competition with a board into which he had drilled holes, lightening it, 1997,
  • Won the 1928 Pacific Coast Paddleboard Championships, 1997, 1928
  • Patented a hollow paddleboard design, 1997,
  • Addied a fin to the board for greater stabilty, 1997, 1935

Boating, Yachting, 19791974, 1940s, 1933, 1930s, 1901

  • The South Coast Yacht Club, 1979, 1901
  • Venice Harbor Yacht Races, 1905

Body Building, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2006a, 2005, 2005b, 2004, 2001, 1999, 1994, 1990, 1980s, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1974, 1970s, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1940s, 1930s, 1906, 1905, 1914-1900, 1894,

  • Paula Boelsems,* 2005, 2005b
  • Bronze thighs and biceps, 1976
  • Joe Gold*, 2005, 2005b, 1940s, 1930s
  • Gold's Gym, 2005, 2005b, 1970s
  • Pepper Gomez*, 1990, 1950

Body Builder; l.A. City College Fullback, 1990, 1950

Pete Grymkowski*, 1978, 1977 

  • Mr. World of 1977, 1978

Jack LaLanne*, 2005, 2005b, 1940s, 1930s,

George Wayne Long*, 2006, 2006a, 1940s

Mr. America Contest, 1994, 1949

  • Steve Reeves*, winner c. 1949, 1994

Mr. Japan, 2004, 1980s

  • 125 Pacific St., 2004, 1980s

Mr. Mexico, 2004, 1980s

  • 125 Pacific St., 2004, 1980s

Mr. World of 1977, 1978

  • Pete Grymkowski*, 1978, 1977 

Pumping Up, 1994, 1948

Steve Reeves,* 2005, 2005b, 1940s, 1930s

Eugene Sandow, 2009, 2008, 1979. 1914-1900, 1894

  • The Great Sandow, 1979, 1894

Govenor Arnold Schwarzeneggger,* 2005, 2005b, 2004, 2001, 1999, 1996, 1970s

Vic Tanney,* 2005, 2005b1974, 1940s, 1930s

  • Muscle builder and surfer, 1974, 1930s.

Al Treloar, 1979, 1906, 1905

Joe Weider*,, 2005, 2005b, 1940s, 1930s

Harold Zinkin*, 2005, 2005b, 1940s, 1930s

Paula Boelsems*, 2005, 2005b

  • Body Builder, 2005, 2005b
  • And Her Water-skiing Elephant, 2005, 2005b, 1940s

Bottom-man, 1994, 1949

Clifford Bowes*(1896- ), 1979, 1908

  • who made "three circles" in the air as he plummeted from the rafters, of the Venice Plunge, 1979, 1908

Bowling, bowling alleys, venues, 2007, 2005b, 1907

Bowling, 1985, 1950s

  • Bowl, Pico and Third, 2007, 1985, 1950s

(Formerly The Santa Monica Arena)

Venice Pavilion, 2005b, 1905, 1904

  • Bowling alleys replace the Japanese Exposition , 2005b, 1907

Bowls, 1976

Boxing, 2010, 2005b, 19991979, 1950s, 1913, 1912, 1908, 1907, 1904, 1880s

  • Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), 1979, 1907,

Sanctioned Boxing Tournaments, 1979, 1908

Anderson, 1979, 1913

  • boxing professional, , 1979, 1913

Jimmy Clabby, 1979, 1913

  • early boxing star, 1979, 1913

Phil "Babe" Brandelli, 1979

  • Venice Boxer, fought at both the Ocean Park Arena and the Olympic Auditorium, 1979

Jack Dempsey, 2005b

  • Visitor to Walter McGinley*, 2005b,
  • Boxing Champion, 2005b

Dick Donald,, 1979, 1913

Frank Duarte, 1979

Charles F. Eyton, 1979, 1907, 1904

  • Boxing referee, 1979, 1907, 1904

Ken Genser [ -2010], Youth Boxing Programs, 2010

Ge Ge Gravante, 1979

  • Venice Boxer, fought at both the Ocean Park Arena and the Olympic Auditorium, 1979

Joe Greb, 1979, 1950s

  • Ex-fighter, 1979, 1950s

Tommy Jacobs, 1979 1913

  • Involved with boxing in Venice, 1979, 1913

Jack Johnson. 1999, 1912

  • Black World Champion Boxer, 1999, 1912

Kenny LaSalle, 1979

  • Venice Boxer, fought at both the Ocean Park Arena and the Olympic Auditorium, 1979

The Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC), 1979, 1975, 1880

  • LAAC sponsored an AAU-sanctioned boxing tournament for the entertainment of the combined U.S. Atlantic and Pacific Fleet visit, 1979, 1908

Luther McCarty, 1979, 1913

  • a "white hope", 1979, 1913
  • He died from a ring injury in 1913, 1979

Walter McGinley*, 2005b,

  • Wagered large sums on boxing, 2005b

Boxing Champion, 2005

Jack O'Brien,, 1979, 1913

  • boxing professional, 1979, 1913

Joe Rivers, 1979 1, 1913

  • early boxing star, 1979, 1913

"English" Freddie Welsh,, 1979 , 1913

  • early boxing star, 1979, 1913

Jess Willard, 1979 1, 1913

  • Professional World Champion, 1979, 1913

Ad Wolgast, 1979 1, 1913

  • Involved with boxing in Venice, 1979, 1913
  • Colorful, set fire to a brothel, 1979, 1913

John "Bull" Young, 1979, 1913

  • McCarty's sparring partner, 1979, 1913
  • engaged to a Venice girl, 1979, 1913
  • died 1913 following a boxing match with Jess Willard, 1979, 1913

Boxing, Venues 2010, 1979, 1913

  • Boxing was banned in Venice in 1913, 1979
  • The Ocean Park Arena, 1979

Santa Monica Boxing Venue, 1979

Olympic Auditorium, 1979

  • Los Angeles Boxing Venue, 1979

Boxing program proposed for Virginia Park, Santa Monica, supported by Genser because he had been trained to box, perhaps to overcome Genser's physical straits, 2010

Vernon Arena, 1979, 1913

  • Boxing Arena, 1979, 1913

Ethel Sutton Bruce, 1974

  • Tennis player, 1974

Bullfighting, 1979, 1860

Dorothy Bundy, Tennis, 1952

May Sutton Bundy, 19971974, 1908, 1907, 1905,

  • Winner of Wimbledon in 1905 and 1907, 1997
  • Pasadena Rose Parade Queen in 1908, 1997
  •  National tennis champion, 1974

John Carlos, 19971968

  • Mexico Olympics 200 m Bronze Medal, 1997, 1968

Juan Carrillo, 1974 1876

  • Horseman, 1974, 1876

Leo Carrillo, 1997, 1974, 1940, 1930s

  • Polo Player, 1997, 1930s
  • Horseman, 1974

Bob Carter, 1935

  • British, Santa Monica, 1935
  • was perennial tennis champion, 1935

May Carter, 1935

  • British, Santa Monica, 1935
  • was perennial woman tennis champion, 1935

Century Club, 1979, 1882,

  • Cross-country horseback riding, 1979, 1882

Wilt Chamberlin*, 2000, 1990s

  • Professional Basketball; Beach Volleyball, 200, 1990s

Tully Clark, 1987, 1930s

  • Surfer, 1987, 1930s

Coaches, 2008, 1997, 1968, 1952

  • Leon MacLaughlin, Football, Coach, Santa Monica High School, 1952
  • Melvin Plumer, Football, Coach, John Adams Junior High School, 1952
  • Tommy Smith, Track and Field, Santa Monica City College [ -2007], 2007, 1997, 1968

200 m Dash, 2007, 1997, 1968

World Record, Olympic Gold, Black Glove Salute1968

Cock Fighting, 1981, 1979, 1930s, 1860

Earl Cooper, 1974, 1910s

  • Race Car Driver, 1974, 1910s

Coursing, 1979, 1890s

Buster Crabbe, 1979, 1930

  • LAAC swimmer won two freestyle events and the medley at the National AAU, 1979, 1930

Cricket, 19741908a, 1906, 1900s

  • Cricket Club, p. 307, 1908a

Criminals, 1999, 1925

H.B. Cromwell*, 1979, 1892

  • Bicyclist, Winner of the Second Annual Santa Monica Road Race and LAAC member, 1979, 1892

Dancing, 1994, 1979, 1954, 1952, 1948, 1927

  • Duke Hall (MC) All-American Dance Marathon, 1999, 1930s 1920s
  • Larry Mace, adagio dancing, 1994
  • Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn , LAAC members, 1979
  • Santa Monica Cross-country Dancing, 1927

Marathon Dance from Santa Monica to El Patio Ballroom in Los Angeles1927, No. A83, United Press International Fotofolio, N.Y. (Postmarked Jul 1990), KR 2005, 1990, 1927

Venice Ballroom Marathon Dancing, 1999, 1940s

Dance Marathons, 1999, 1930s, 1920s

  • Duke Hall (MC) All-American Dance Marathon, 1999, 1930s 1920s

La Monica Ball Room, Santa Monica Pier, 1999, 1930s, 1920s

Venice Ballroom Marathon Dancing, 1999, 1940s

Ralph de Palma, 1974, 1910s

  • Race Car Driver, 1974, 1910s

Peter de Paolo, 1974, 1910s

  • Race Car Driver, 1974, 1910s

Diving, 1990, 1979, 1929, 1908

  • Clifford Bowes*(1896- ), 1979, 1908

who made "three circles" in the air as he plummeted from the rafters, of the Venice Plunge, 1979, 1908

George Freeth*, 1979, 1908

 Matt Gay, "The world's highest diver," 1990, 1929

  • Performed on the Santa Monica Pier, 1990, 1929

420:-High Dive at Ocean Park, Cal., Published by the M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Cal., Table of Contents

Violet Sutton Doeg, 1974

  • Tennis Player, 1974

Donald W, Douglas, 1974, 1940s

  • Yachtsman, 1974, 1940s

Dumbbells, 1979, 1880

  • The Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC), 1979, 1975, 1880

Equestrian events, equestrians, 1997, 1990, 19791943, 1934, 1932, 1931, 1928, 1890s, 1889, 1882, 1880s, 1877, 1870s

  • Horseback Riding, Showing, 1979, 1943, 1882, 1880s, 1870s

Century Club for cross-country horseback riding, 1979, 1882

Miss Vonceil Viking, 1990, 1928

Virginia City, NV, 1943, 1880s, 1870s,

Horse Racing, 1979, 1943, 1890s, 1880s, 1875, 1870s

  • Senator J.P. Jones owned race horses, 1875

Horsemen, Riders, Polo Players, 1997, 1974, 1934, 1931, 1876

  • Juan Carrillo, 1974, 1876
  • Leo Carrillo, 1974,
  • Harrison Post, 1997, 1934, 1931
  • B.F. Reid, 1974, 1876
  • Will Rogers, 1997, 1930s

Matched Pairs, Parades, 1947, 1894, 1870s

Olympic Events, 1979, 1932

  • Hosted at the Riviera Country Club, 1979, 1932

Polo, 199719791974, 1940s, 1937, 1930s, 1906, 1900s, 1889, 1890s, 1889, 1877

  • Leo Carrillo, 1997, 1940, 1930s
  • Courtland Hill, 1997, 1937

Polo Player, 1997, 1937

Manuel Marquez team, 1997, 1877

Will Rogers, 1997, 1930s.

The Southern California Polo Club, 1997, 1889

Harrison Post, 1997, 1934, 1931

Sharpe's equestrian team, 1979, 1908, 1907

Miss Vonceil Viking, 1990, 1928

Charles F. Eyton, 1979, 1907, 1904

  • Mostly Vernon Boxing referee, 1979, 1907, 1904

Exercise, 1979, 1978

Fédération Internationale de Natation, 2007, 2006, 2005 

  • www.fina.org/masters/tabs.php, 2007, 2006, 2005  

Fencing, 1997

Fencer, ethnomusicologist, 1997

Carol Fergis*, 1960

  • Gymnast, 1960

Fishing, 1983

  • Grunion

Flying rings, 1979, 1880

  • The Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC), 1979, 1975, 1880

Football, 2005, 1990, 1975, 1952, 1950, 1930s

  • Pepper Gomez,* 1990, 1950

Body Builder; l.A. City College Fullback, 1990, 1950

Leon MacLaughlin, Football, Coach, Santa Monica High School, 1952

Jack Noonan, 2005, 1975, 1930s

  • Santa Monica High School Football, 2005, 1975, 1930s

Melvin Plumer, Football, Coach, John Adams Junior High School, 1952

The C.I.F. Football Championship, 2005, 1975, 1930s

  • Santa Monica High beat Santa Ana, 2005, 1975, 1930s

Marion Forden, 1974

  • Samohi sprinter, 1974

George Freeth, 19971979, 1908, 1907

  • Hawaii, 1997, 1907
  • Acrobat, diver, surfer, swimmer, 1979, 1908
  • Introduced surfing at Henry Huntington's Redondo Beach Development, 1997, 1907

Lewis R. Freeman, now a well-known author, took the tennis cups, 1935

Fulton St. Race Track, 1890s

  • Grand Rapids, Michigan Bicycling Venue, 1890s

Nick Gabaldon*, 2005, 1940s

  • First black surfer, 2005, 1940s
  • Santa Monica High Grad, 2005, 1940s

Matt Gay, "The world's highest diver," 1990, 1929

  • Performed on the Santa Monica Pier, 1990, 1929

German Sports, 1979,

  • Turnverein, 1979,

Joe Gold*, 2005, 2005b, 1978, 1940s, 1930s

Gold's Gym, 2005, 2005b, 1970s

Golf, 2005, 1979, 1890s

Golf Courses, 1998, 1898,

  • Ocean Park Race Course and Golf Links, 1998, 1898

Golfers, 2006, 2005, 2005b, 1890s

  • Steve Galloway,* 2006
  • José Rivera,* 2005
  • Charles Michael Taylor*[1950- ], Architect, 2005
  • Steve Taylor,* 2005

Pepper Gomez*, 1990, 1950

  • Body Builder; l.A. City College Fullback, 1990, 1950

Pete Grymkowski*, 1978, 1977 

  • Mr. World of 1977, 1978

Gun Clubs, 1979, 1890s

Gymnastic Equipment, Appartatus, 2006,2006a, 2005, 2005b, 1979, 1940s, 1939, 1934, 1880

  • L.A.A.C. included trapeze, long horse, flying rings, parallel bars, dumbbells and Indian clubs, and turnverein trained teachers were teaching the beginners, 1979, 1880
  • Apparatusses, 2006, 2006a, 1994, 1959, 1940s, 1939, 1934

Flying Rings, 2006, 1948

Horizontal Bars, 2006, 1948

Lifts, Hand Balancing, 2006, 2006a, 1960, 1940s

Parallet Bars, 2006, 2006a, 1939

Performance Platform, 1994

Stationary Rings, 2006,

Gymnastics, gymnasts, 2006, 2006a, 2005, 2005b, 1999, 1994, 1979, 1960, 1959, 1954, 1952, 1949, 1948, 1940s, 1939, 1937, 1934, 1930, 1930s, 1880

  • Apparatusses, 2006, 2006a, 1940s, 1939

Flying Rings, 2006, 1948

Horizontal Bars, 2006, 1948

Lifts, Hand Balancing, 2006, 2006a, 1960, 1940s

Parallet Bars: Glenn M. Sundby*, Third, All-City , Unihi, 2006, 2006a, 1939

Stationary Rings, 2006,

Paula Boelsems*, 2005, 2005b

  • USC alumna, 2005b
  • retired LAUSD teacher, 2005b,
  • former stuntwoman, 2005b,
  • 2005 Muscle Beach Hall of Fame, 2005b

Carol Fergis*, 1960

Flying Rings, 2006, 1948

Gymnastic Teams, 2006, 2006a, 1994, 1979, 1975, 1930, 1880 1930s

  • The Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC), 1979, 1975, 1930, 1880
  • Oakland High Gymnastics Team, 1994
  • Santa Monica City College Gymnastics Team, 1994
  • Unihi's Gymnastic Team, 2006, 2006a, 1939, 1930s
  • University of California, Los Angeles, 1994

Horizontal Bars, 2006, 1948

Jack Hughes, 1997

  • Venice High Coach, 1997
  • Including Gymnastics and Swimming, 1997

Beverly Jochner*, 1990,

  • the strongest girl in America, 1990,

Lifts, Hand Balancing, 2006, 2006a, 1960, 1940s

George Wayne Long*, 2006, 2006a, 1990, 1940s

  • Muscle Beach Performer, 1990,

The Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC), 1979, 1975, 1930, 1880

  • AAU Championships: Gymnastics, 1979, 1930

Leo Vandendaele, Tumbling, 1979, 1930

Paul Krempel The Flying Rings, 1979, 1930

Los Angeles Scholastic Championships, 2006, 2006a, 1939

  • Parallet Bars: Glenn M. Sundby*, Third, All-City, Unihi, 2006, 2006a, 1939
  • Paul Krempel, The Flying Rings, 1979, 1930

Larry Mace, 2006, 2006a, 1994, 1960, 1948

Deforest "Moe" Most*(-2006), 2006, 2006a, 1960, 1948,

Oakland Athletic League, 2006, 1949, 1948

  • High Bar, Larry Mace*, Second, 2006, 1949, 1948
  • Flying Rings, Larry Mace*, First, 2006, 1949, 1948

Parallet Bars: Glenn M. Sundby*, Third, All-City , Unihi, 2006, 2006a, 1939

[Ed] A. Preuss [a charter member of the Turnverein,], 1979, 1880

  • LAAC gymnastics instructor, 1979, 1880

Russell Saunders*, 2005, 2005b, 2001, 1990, 1950s, 1940s

Stationary Rings, 2006,

Pudgy Stockton*, 1990,

  • "queen of the barbells", 1990,

Glenn M. "Whitey" Sunby*, 2006, 2006a, 1990, 1939, 1930s

  • Muscle Beach performer, 1990,
  • Parallet Bars: Glenn M. Sundby*, Third, All-City , Unihi, 2006, 2006a, 1939

Turnverein, 1979,

Unihi's First Gymnastic Team, 2006, 2006a, 1930s

Leo Vandendaele, LAAC National AAU Champion, Tumbling, 1979, 1930

Handbalancing, 2006, 2006a, 1994, 1990, 1940s, 1930s

  • George Wayne Long*, 2006, 2006a, 1990, 1940s
  • Larry Mace, 1994
  • Glenn M. Sundby*, 2006, 2006a, 1930s

Handstanding, 2006, 2006a, 1994

  • Larry Mace, 1994
  • Glenn M. Sundby*, 2006, 2006a, 1930s

Handwalking, 2006, 2006a, 1949

  • Glenn M. Sundby*, 2006, 2006a, 1930s

Hang-gliding, 1994, 1954, 1952, 1948

  • Larry Mace, 1994

The Great Harmon, 1990, 1890s

  • Dare Devil, Stuntman

Hiking, tramping, walking, 1979, 1916, 1910s, 1894, 1870s

  • Vachel Lindsay, 1915, 1912, 1911
  • John Muir, 1979, 1870s

First vertical ascent of Mount Wilson, late 1870s, 1979

George Retzer, 1979, 1910s

  • LAAC member, 1979, 1910s
  • Monthly hiking expeditions, 1979, 1910s
  • Auto trips to Yosemite and Lake Tahoe, 1979, 1910s

Alva Richmond, 1916

Courtland Hill, 1997, 1937

  • Polo Player, 1997, 1937

Phil Hill, 1997, 1930s,

  • Auto racing, 1997

Frank Holborow*, 1979, 1908

  • Venice swimming competitor, 1979, 1908

Bernie Holtzman, 1997, 1930s

  • Beach Volleyball, 1997, 1930s

Mantle Hood, 1997,

  • Fencer, ethnomusicologist, 1997

Horizon West Surf and Skate Shop, 2007

  • 2001-2011 Main St., 2007

Horseback Riding, Showing, 1979, 1947, 1943, 1935, 1894, 1882, 1880s, 1870s

  • (See Equestrian Events)
  • Century Club for cross-country horseback riding, 1979, 1882
  • Parades, Fiestas, 1947, 1935, 1894
  • Rose Bowl Parades,

Horse Racing, 1979, 19431935, 1890s, 1870s

  • Agricultural Park, Trotting, 1979, 1890s
  • Lucky Baldwin and Horse Racing, 1935
  • Santa Anita Race Course,
  • Winter Thorough-bred Season, 1979, 1890s

Horsemen, Riders, Polo Players, 1997, 1974, 1934, 1931, 1876

  • Juan Carrillo, 1974, 1876
  • Leo Carrillo, 1974,
  • Harrison Post, 1997, 1934, 1931
  • B.F. Reid, 1974, 1876
  • Will Rogers,

Jack Hughes, 1997

  • Venice High School Five Sport Coach, 1997

including swimming and gymnastics, 1997

Hunting, 1997, 1890s

  • Maurice and Paquita Lick Machris, 1997,

Indian clubs, 1979, 1880

  • The Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC), 1979, 1975, 1880

International Federation of Sports Acrobatics, 2005, 2005b

  • Accredited Judges, 2005, 2005b

Paula Boelsems*, 2005, 2005b

Russell Saunders*, 2005, 2005b

Beverly Jochner,* 1990,

  • the strongest girl in America, 1990,

Billie Jones,* 1999, 1930s, 1920s

  • Marathon Dancer 1,167 hrs, 1999, 1930s, 1920s

Marian Jones, 1974, 1887

  • National Tennis champion, 1974, 1887

Judo, 1979, 1918

  • Introduced at the LAAC in 1918, 1979

Jiu jitsu, 1979, 1918

  • Introduced at the LAAC in 1918, 1979

Duke Kahanamoku, 19971979, 1912

  • Pioneer Surfer who inspired the six-year old Sam Reid in Atlantic City, 1997, 1912

Edwin B. Kantar, Paddle Tennis, Table Tennis, 2010, 1972, 1968

Bertha May King*, 1983, 1928, 1910

  • The Virginia Apartments, 2804 1/2 Main St., 1983, 1928, 1910
  • Undefeated World Women's Billiard Champion from 1910 until 1928, 1983

Abbott Kinney*, 1998, 1979, 1910s, 1898, 1891

  • The Osler Tennis Championship, 1979, 1910s
  • LAAC Member, 1979, 1910s

Paul Krempel, 1979, 1930

  • LAAC National AAU Champion, The Flying Rings, 1979, 1930

Jack LaLanne,* 2005, 2005b, 1940s, 1930s,

Lawn Tennis Club, p. 305, 1908a

League of American Wheelmen, 1979, 1890s

Miss Marguerite Lloyd*, 1979, 1891

Charlie Loeb,* 1999, 1930s, 1920s

  • Marathon Dancer 1,167 hrs, 1999, 1930s, 1920s

George Wayne Long,* 2006, 2006a, 1990, 1940s

  • Bodybuilder, Professional handbalancing act (Wayne & Marlin*), 2006, 2006a, 1940s
  • Muscle Beach Performer, 1990,

Long horse, 1979, 1880

The Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC), 1979, 1975, 1895, 1894, 1893, 1892, 1891, 1890s, 1880, 1880s

  • Mercury, LAAC, (1911- )
  • The Uplifters, 1975

Harry Haldeman and L. Frank Baum, Elite and Rowdy Social Club, 1979, 1975

Los Angeles Athletic Corporation (LAACO), 1979

The Los Angeles Country Club, 1979, 1897

L.A. Dodgers, 2004, 1998

  • Baseball team, 2004, 1998
  • Vin Scully, Dodger Announcer, 2004, 1998

The Los Angeles 1932 Olympics, 1935

The Los Angeles 1884 Olympics,

Los Angeles Scholastic Championships, 2006, 2006a, 1939

  • Parallet Bars: Glenn M. Sundby*, Third, All-City, Unihi, 2006, 2006a, 1939

Los Angeles Wheelmen, 1979, 1882

  • Cycling Club, 1979, 1882
  • Affiliated with the LAAC, 1979, 1891

Lawrence "Larry" Mace*, Ed.D., 2006, 2006a, 1994, 1974, 1960, 1959, 1954, 1952, 1949, 1948, 1942

  • Acrobat, Author, Gymnastics, hang-gliding, dancing, table tennis, Beach Volleyball, 1994, 1954, 1952, 1948

Maurice and Paquita Lick Machris, 1997

  • Big Game Hunters, 1997

Leon MacLaughlin, Football, Coach, Santa Monica High School, 1952

Manuel Marquez team, 1997, 1877

  • Polo team, 1997, 1877

Martial Arts, 1979, 1918

Introduced at the LAAC in 1918, 1979

Jiu jitsu, 1979, 1918

  • Introduced at the LAAC in 1918, 1979

Mercury, LAAC magazine, (1911- ), 1979

Ted Miller*, 1990, 1922

  • Star rider for the L.A. Motorcycle, who jumped from the pier into the ocean, 1990, 1922

Gussie Moran, Tennis, 1952

Deforest "Moe" Most* (-2006), 2006, 2006a, 1994, 1974, 1960, 1959, 1949, 1948,

  • Acrobat, gymnast, 2006
  • Director, Santa Monica Muscle Beach, 2006, 1959
  • Acrobat, manager of the Muscle Beach Platform, 1994
  • Top bottom man, 1994

Motoring, Race Car Drivers, Motor Sports, Motor Stunts, 1979, 1912, 1910, 1910s

  • Ted Miller*, 1990, 1922

Star rider for the L.A. Motorcycle, who jumped from the pier into the ocean, 1990, 1922

Barney Oldfield, 1979, 1912

  • Santa Monica Auto Races, 1979, 1910

George Retzer, 1979, 1910s

  • LAAC member, 1979, 1910s
  • Monthly hiking expeditions, 1979, 1910s
  • Auto trips to Yosemite and Lake Tahoe, 1979, 1910s

Mountain Climbing, 1979, 1870s

  • John Muir, 1979, 1870s

First vertical ascent of Mount Wilson, late 1870s, 1979

John Muir, 1979, 1870s

  • First vertical ascent of Mount Wilson, late 1870s, 1979

Muscle Beach, 2005, 2005b, 1959, 1934

  • 20th century's physical-fitness craze, 2005b
  • Beach Park 4, 2005, 2005b, 1959

Jack Noonan, 2005, 1975, 1930s

  • Santa Monica High School Football, 2005, 1975, 1930s

Perry O'Brien, Track and field, 1952

Ocean fishing, 1997, 1890s

The Ocean Park Arena, 1979

Ocean Park race track and golf links, 1998, 1898

  • 40 acre development near the Casino Country Club, located toward the southern border of what was then Ocean Park, 1998, 1898

Wallace O'Connor, 1979, 1932, 1924

Barney Oldfield, 19791974, 1912, 1910s

  • Santa Monica Auto Races, 1979, 1912, 1910
  • Race Car Driver, 1974, 1912, 1920s
  • Venice Grand Prix, 1915

Olympians, 1984

  • USPS 1984 $0.13 Torch Post Card Cancelled 6 Aug 84 at the Los Angeles, CA 90024 Tennis Station, KR, 1984

The Olympic Auditorium, 1999, 1979, 1925

The Olympics, 1997, 1984, 1979, 1968, 1935, 1932, 1927, 1920s

  • Equestrian events, equestrians, 1979, 1932

Hosted at the Riviera Country Club, 1979, 1932

The LAAC water polo team, had three of its strongest members disqualified under AAU rules for working as lifeguards, 1979, 1932

1984 Los Angeles Olympics

John Carlos, 19971968

  • Mexico Olympics 200 m Bronze Medal, 1997, 1968

Tommy Smith, 200 m Dash, 2008, 1997, 1968

  • Mexico Olympics 200 m Gold Medal, 1997, 1968

Outdoor pastimes, p. 305, 1908a

Paddleboarding, paddleboards, 19971990, 1946, 1930s, 1928

  • 1928 Pacific Coast Paddleboard Championships, 1997, 1928

Won by Tom Blake and his hollow surfboard, 1997, 1928

The Monoa Paddleboard Club, 1990, 1946

  • Performed at the first Annual Santa Monica Fiesta, Independence Day, 1946, 1990

Paddle Tennis, 2009. 1999, 1976

Pan-Am Games, 2006, 2006a

  • Glenn Sundby, 2006, 2006a

Parallel bars, 1979, 1880

  • The Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC), 1979, 1975, 1880

Joseph Paulding of Maryland in 1833, 1979

  • Introduced billiards to Los Angeles, 1979

Pier Athletic Club, 1987, 1916

  • Where many famous boxers trained, razed by H.W. Schlueler*, who built the 100-foot diameter Dome Dance Pavilion, part dance hall and part concert hall, on space leased on the Great Western Pier at Ocean Front Walk, razing the Pier Athletic Club and an adjacent shooting gallery, 1987, 1916

Polo, 199719791974, 1940s, 1937, 1930s, 1908a, 1906, 1900s, 1889, 1890s, 1889, 1877

  • Leo Carrillo, 1997, 1940, 1930s
  • Courtland Hill, 1997, 1937

Polo Player, 1997, 1937

Manuel Marquez team, 1997, 1877

Polo Club, p. 307, 1908a

Will Rogers, 1997, 1930s.

The Southern California Polo Club, 1997, 1889

Melvin Plumer, Football, Coach, John Adams Junior High School, 1952

Eddie Pullen, 1974, 1910s

  • Race Car Driver, 1974, 1912, 1920s

Race Car Drivers, 1974, 1912

  • (See Automobile Racing)

Racing, 1997, 1979, 1915, 1910s, 1890s,

  • Airplanes,
  • Bicycles, 1890s
  • Boating, Yachting, 19791974, 1940s, 1933, 1930s, 1901
  • Carousels,
  • Cars, 1997, 1979, 1930s, 1915, 1910s
  • Cross-Country
  • Horses, 1979,1943, 1880s, 1870s
  • Paddle Boards,
  • Roller Coasters,
  • Swimming, 1997, 1920s
  • Track and Field,
  • Boating, Yachting, 19791974, 1940s, 1933, 1930s, 1901

Steve Reeves*,, 2005, 2005b, 1940s, 1930s

B.F. Reid, 1974, 1876

  • Horseman, 1974, 1876

Sam Reid (1906-), 1997, 1920s, 1912

  • Lifeguard, surfer, 1997, 1920s
  • Used the family ironing board, after seeing Duke Kahanamoku in Atlantic City, 1997, 1912

George Retzer, 1979, 1910s

  • LAAC member, 1979, 1910s
  • Monthly hiking expeditions, 1979, 1910s
  • Auto trips to Yosemite and Lake Tahoe, 1979, 1910s

Alva Richmond, 1916

  • Boating, Hiking, Motoring, 1916, 1908, 1890s

Chas. Richmond, 1890s

  • Bicyclist, 1890s

Troop Richmond, 1890s

  • Bicyclist Medalist, 1890s

Zoe Richmond, 1890s

  • Bicyclist, 1890s

Rings, 1979, 1930

  • Flying Rings, 1979, 1930

José Rivera, 2005

  • Golf, 2005

Will Rogers, 1997 , 1930s.

  • Polo Player, aviator, 1997, 1930s

Roller Hockey, 2005b, 1906

  • Venice team, 2005b, 1906

Roller skating rink, 2005b, 1906

  • Ocean Park Auditorium, 2005b, 1906

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

Venice Roller Skating Rink, 2005b, 1906

  • Trolley Way and Lorelei, 2005b, 1906
  • Roller Hockey, 2005b, 1906
  • Venice team, 2005b, 1906

 Roller Polo, 1987, 1904,

  • Southern California Roller Polo League, 1987, 1904Roller Skating, 1979, 1977,1880s

Rowing, 1979, 1900s

  • St. Vincent's College, 1979, 1900s
  • Rowing at Playa del Rey, 1979, 1900s

Running, 2007, 1990, 1984

  • (See Cross-Country; Track and Field)
  • Marathons, 2007, 1990, 1984

Joe Miko*, 2007, 1990

Olympics, 1984

Women's Marathon, 1984

Ed Pelletier*,

Manny Saenz, 1997, 1920s

  • Beach Volleyball player, 1997, 1930s

St. Vincent's College, 1979, 1900s

The Great Sandow, 1979,

The Santa Monica Arena, 1930s

Santa Monica Auto Races, 1979, 1910

  • Barney Oldfield, 1979, 1912

Santa Monica Road Races, 1979, 1898, 1910

SAMOHI Surf Club, 2004

Santa Monica Road Races, 1979, 1898, 1910

Santa Monica Swimming Club, 1997, 1920s

Russ Saunders,* 2005, 2005b1994, 1990, 1974, 1950s, 1949. 1948, 1940s

  • Acrobat, model, stuntman, 1994

Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger*, 2005, 2005b, 1970s

  • Began his bodybuilding and movie career at a nearby Gold's Gym in the 1970s, 2005, 2005b

Sharpshooting, 1979. 1890s

Shooting gallery, 1990, 1987, 1916

  • Adjacent to the Pier Athletic Club, both of which were razed to build the Dome Dance Pavilion, 1987, 1916
  • Ocean Park Pier Shooting Gallery, 1990, 1930s

Shuffleboard, 1976

Upton Sinclair, 1981

  • Ranked seventh in tennis in Pasadena, 1981

Skating, Skaters, Equipment, Memorabilia, Lessons, 2007

Skating, Skaters, Equipment, Memorabilia, Lessons, 2007

  • (See Activities, Athletics)
  • Horizon West Surf and Skate Shop, 2007

2001-2011 Main St., 2007

Skateboarding, Skateboards, Equipment, Memorabilia, Lessons, 2007, 1970s

Skateboarding, Skateboards, Equipment, Memorabilia, Lessons, 2007, 1970s

  • (See Activities,)
  • The Jeff Ho* Surf Shop, 2007, 1970s

2001-2011 Main St., 2007, 1970s

Horizon West Surf and Skate Shop, 2007

  • 2001-2011 Main St., 2007

Zephyr Skateboard Team, 2007, 1970s

  • Jeff Ho's Surf Shop, 2001-2011 Main St., 2007, 1970s

P.H. Smith, 1908a

Soccer, 2007

Somersaulters, 1979, 1908, 1880

  • Frank Gardner, W.W. Cole Circus 1979, 1880

Double somersault over 3 elephants and 9 camels, 1979, 1880

Clifford Bowes*(1896- ), 1979, 1908

  • who made "three circles" in the air as he plummeted from the rafters, of the Venice Plunge, 1979, 1908

Southern California Lawn Tennis Association, 1979, 1885

  • First tournament at the Santa Monica Casino Courts, 1979, 1885

The Southern California Polo Club, 1997, 1889

Southern California Roller Polo League, 1987, 1904

Spanish Sports, 1979, 1860

  • bullfighting, bearbaiting, and cock fighting-were outlawed in 1860, 1979

The sporting element of Los Angeles, 1997, 1896

  • Players and gamblers?, 1997, 1896

Sports Venues, Arenas, Auditoriums, Ampitheaters, Halls, Rings, Rinks, 2005b, 1999, 1981,1974, 1930s, 1925, 1906

  • The Beaches,
  • The Casino, 1974
  • Casino Country Club, 1998, 1974, 1898
  • Casino Restaurant and Tennis Club, 1998, 1891
  • The Los Angeles/Santa Monica Bicycle Course, 1910s
  • Ocean Park Auditorium, 2005b, 1906
  • Ocean Park Casino, 1998, 1891
  • Ocean Park Race Course and Golf Links, 1998, 1898
  • Olympic Auditorium, 1999, 1925
  • The Piers
  • Santa Monica Arena, 2006,
  • Santa Monica Auditoriums, 1974
  • The Santa Monica Bay
  • The Santa Monica Grand Prix Race Courses, 1910s
  • Venice Auditorium, 2005b, 1998, 1905, 1904
  • Venice Ballroom, 2005b, 1998, 1905
  • Venice Lagoon
  • Venice Pier, 2005b, 1904
  • Venice Pavilion, 2005b, 1905, 1904
  • Venice Roller Skating Rink, 2005b, 1906
  • The Venice Grand Prix Race Course, 1915
  • The Vernon Arena, 1999, 1925
  • Wilmington Cock Fighting, 1981, 1930s

Pudgy Stockton*, 1990,

  • "queen of the barbells", 1990,

Stuntmen, women, coaches, Stunt Doubles, 2005, 2005b, 1994, 1990, 1987, 1979, 1932, 1922, 1908

  • Louis 'Speedy' Babbs, 1987, 1932

Daredevil, 1987, 1932

Paula Boelsma, 2005, 2005b

George Freeth, 1979, 1908

Lawrence Mace, 1994

Ted Miller*, 1990, 1922

  • Star rider for the L.A. Motorcycle, who jumped from the pier into the ocean, 1990, 1922

Russell Saunders*, 2005, 2005b

Glenn M. Sundby*, 2006, 2006a, 1990, 1959, 1939, 1930s

  • Gymnastics, Handbalancing, Handstanding, Handwalking, Publishing, 2006, 2006a, 1949, 1940s, 1939, 1930s
  • Muscle Beach performer, 1990,
  • Pan-Am Games competitor, 2006

Surf bathing, 1997, 1890s

Surfing, Equipment, Surfers, Memoribilia, Lessons, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 1997, 1987, 1974, 1970s, 1940s, 1935, 1930s, 1928, 1921, 1920s, 1912, 1907

  • board-surfing, 1997, 1920s, 1912

Long, short, etc.

body-surfing, 1997, 1920s

"wave riding.", 2005, 1940s

Ed Adams, 1987, 1930s

Tom Blake (1902-), 19971987, 1930s, 1928, 1920s

  • Lifeguard, surfer, 1997, 1935, 1928, 1921, 1920s
  • Entered a competition with a board into which he had drilled holes, lightening it, 1997,
  • Won the 1928 Pacific Coast Paddleboard Championships, 1997, 1928
  • Patented a hollow paddleboard design, 1997,
  • Addied a fin to the board for greater stabilty, 1997, 1935
  • Elected posthumously to the Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame, 1997

Tully Clark, 1987, 1930s

George Freeth (-1918), 19971979, 1908, 1907

  • The old Hawaiian custom of riding the waves stand up, using a shorter version of the heavy wooden surfboard, 1979, 1907
  • Hawaii, 1997, 1907
  • Introduced surfing at Henry Huntington's Redondo Beach,Development, 1997, 1907
  • the first official lifeguard in the Santa Monica Bay area, 1997, 1907
  • assembled the first volunteer lifesaving corps in Southern Californa, 1997, 1907
  • developed a cigar-shaped metal rescue kit which he mounted on a motorcycle sidecar, 1997, 1907

Nick Gabaldon*, 2005, 1940s

  • First black surfer, 2005, 1940s
  • Santa Monica High Grad, 2005, 1940s

Eduardo Madera & Andrew Kidman, The Ghosts are Calling, Film, Animation

Jeff Ho,* 2007, 1970s

  • The Jeff Ho* Surf Shop, 2007, 1970s

Horizon West Surf and Skate Shop, 2007

  • 2001-2011 Main St., 2007

The Jeff Ho* Surf Shop, 2007, 1970s

  • 2001-2011 Main St., 2007, 1970s

Horizon West Surf and Skate Shop, 2007

  • 2001-2011 Main St., 2007

Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame, 1997

  • Tom Blake, elected posthumously, 1997

Duke Kahanamoku, 1997, 1979, 1912

  • Pioneer Surfer who inspired the six-year old Sam Reid in Atlantic City, 1997, 1912

The Val Dusty Experiment Litmus, Film, Animation,

One California Day: A Look at the California Surfing Experience, Film, 2007,

Sam Reid (1906- ), 1997, 1920s, 1912

  • Lifeguard, surfer, 1997, 1920s
  • Used the family ironing board, after seeing Duke Kahanamoku in Atlantic City, 1997, 1912

SAMOHI Surf Club, 2004

SAMOHI Surf Club Home Site, 2004

  • Foot of Bay Street, The Bay Street Break, 2004

Vic Tanney*, 1974, 1930s

  • Muscle builder and surfer, 1974, 1930s.

Luigi Varlucchi, 1987, 1930s

Venice Surfing Club, 1987, 1941-1935

  • Sunset Pier Clubhouse, early 1930s mostly paddleboards
  • Half the beach between Sunset Pier and the Venice Pier was reserved for surfboards and paddleboards by the lifeguards, 1987, late 1930s
  • Luigi Varlucchi, Tom Wilde, Ed Adams, Tom Blake and Tully Clark began to shape the boards, 1987, 1930s

Tom Wilde, 1987, 1930s

(See Windsurfing)

Surfing Walk of Fame, 1997,

  • Huntington Beach, 1997
  • Tom Blake, elected posthumously, 1997

Florence Sutton, 1974

  • Tennis Player, 1974

May Sutton, 1935

  • A year after Violet, May started and became the tennis champion of the world, 1935

Violet Sutton, 1935

  • stepped onto the tournament courts for the first time and swept off all the honors, 1935

Swimming, diving, water sports, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2005b, 1997, 1990, 1987, 1979, 1970s, 1932, 1930, 1922, 1918, 1915, 1912, 1908, 1907, 1905, 1890s

  • Outdoor racing in the Venice Lagoon, 2005b, 1905
  • high-diving exhibitions in Venice, 1979, 1908
  • water basketball, 1979, 1910s,
  • Water polo teams from the LAAC, Venice, Bimini Baths, and the YMCA played at the various plunges, 1979,
  • George Freeth* performed acrobatics on his surfboard 1979, 1908
  • Dove from a trapeze into the great indoor Venice plunge, 1979, 1908
  • Twelve-year-old Clifford Bowes who made "three circles" in the air as he plummeted from the rafters to the water below, 1979, 1908
  • Buster Crabbe, 1979, 1930

LAAC swimmer won two freestyle events and the medley at the National AAU, 1979, 1930

Fédération Internationale de Natation, 2007, 2006, 2005 

  • www.fina.org/masters/tabs.php, 2007, 2006, 2005
  • Joe Miko*, [85-89 year-old Men's Long Course Ranking, 2007, 2006, 2005   

Frank Holborow, 1979, 1908

  • Swimmer, Venice, 1979, 1908

Freeth and Frank Holborow of Venice became the leaders in local competitive swimming, entering everything from pier-to-pier rough-water distance races to sprints in the pool, 1979, 1918, 1915, 1913, 1912, 1908, 1907

Joe Miko*, 2007, 2006, 2005

  • 85-89 year-old Men's Long Course World Rankings, 2007, 2006, 2005

Ted Miller*, 1990, 1922

  • Star rider for the L.A. Motorcycle, who jumped from the pier into the ocean, 1990, 1922

Spear fishing, 1979, 1910s

Surfing, 1979, 1918, 1915, 1912, 1908, 1907,

  • George Freeth (-1918), 1979, 1908, 1907
  • The old Hawaiian custom of riding the waves stand up, using a shorter version of the heavy wooden surfboard, 1979, 1907

Venita Walker was one of Venice's finest swimmers and divers, 1987, 1915

Table Tennis, 2009, 2007, 2006, 1994, 1948

  • Outdoor Concrete Ping-Pong Tables, 1994, 1948

South of the Santa Monica Pier, near Muscle Beach, 1994, 1948

Bob Ashley,* 2006, 1948

Glenn Cowan

John Ezmirilian,* 2009, 2007

Bill Greenblatt,* 2009, 2007

Eddie Kantor,* 2007

Edwin B. Kantar, Paddle Tennis, Table Tennis, 2010, 1972, 1968

Bela Livshin,* 2009, 2007

  • U.S. Women's, Over 50, National Champion, 2008

Boris Livshin,* Joe Miko [ -2009],* Ed Pelletier,* Judy Pelletier,* Kelyn Roberts*, 2007

Larry Mace,* 2009, 2007, 1994

Joe Miko [ -2009],* 2007

Ed Pelletier,* 2009, 2007

Judy Pelletier,* 2009. 2007

Kelyn Roberts,* 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005

Vic Tanney,* 2005, 2005b, 1974, 1940s, 1930s

  • Muscle builder and surfer, 1974, 1930s.

Charles Michael Taylor [1950- ],* 2005

  • Golf, 2005

Steve Taylor*, 2005

  • Golf, 2005

Tennis, 1998, 1997 , 1990, 1987, 1984, 1981, 1979, 1976, 1974, 1935, 1916, 1910s, 1908, 1908a, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1902, 1900s, 1899, 1896, 1891, 1890s, 1887, 1875

  • Beverly Baker, Tennis, 1952
  • Alphonse Bell, Tennis player, 1935
  • Ethel Sutton Bruce, 1974

Tennis player, 1974

Dorothy Bundy, Tennis, 1952

May Sutton Bundy, 19971974, 1908, 1907, 1905,

  • winner of Wimbledon in 1905 and 1907, 1997
  • Pasadena Rose Parade Queen in 1908, 1997
  • National tennis champion, 1974

Bob Carter, 1935

  • British, Santa Monica, 1935
  • was perennial tennis champion, 1935

May Carter, 1935

  • British, Santa Monica, 1935
  • was perennial woman tennis champion, 1935

Violet Sutton Doeg, 1974

  • Tennis Player, 1974

Lewis R. Freeman, now a well-known author, took the tennis cups, 1935

Marian Jones, 1974, 1887

  • National Tennis champion, 1974, 1887

Abbott Kinney, 1979, 1910s

  • The Osler Tennis Championship, 1979, 1910s
  • LAAC Member, 1979, 1910s

Lawn Tennis Association, 1974, 1887

  • August, 1887, 1974
  • "The Casino", 1974, 1887

East side of Third Street about midway between California and Washington Avenue, 1974, 1887

USPS 1984 $0.13 Torch Post Card Cancelled 6 Aug 84 at the Los Angeles, CA 90024 Tennis Station, KR, 1984

Gussie Moran, Tennis, 1952

Upton Sinclair, 1981

  • Ranked seventh in Pasadena, 1981

Florence Sutton, 1974

  • Tennis Player, 1974

May Sutton, 1935

  • A year after Violet, May started and became the tennis champion of the world, 1935

Violet Sutton , 1935

  • stepped onto the tournament courts for the first time and swept off all the honors, 1935

Wimbledon, 1997, 1907, 1905

  • May Sutton Bundy, 1997, 1907, 1905

Tennis Clubs, 1998, 1974, 1910s, 1891, 1887, 1875

  • LAAC, 1979, 1910s
  • Ocean Park Casino, 1998, 1891

Controlling interest acquired by Kinney* and Ryan, 1998, 1881

The Casino, in Santa Monica on Third between California and Washington Aves., 1974, 1887

The tennis club, Clubhouse, 1974, 1875

  • 1000 block on Third St., Santa Monica, 1974, 1875

Tennis tournaments, 199719791908a, 1890s, 1885

  • Abbott Kinney*, 1979, 1910s

The Osler Tennis Championship, 1979, 1910s

LAAC Member, 1979, 1910s

Southern California Lawn Tennis Association, 1979, 1885

  • First tournament at the Santa Monica Casino Courts, 1979, 1885

Tennis Tournaments, p. 306, 1908a

Wimbledon in 1905 and 1907, 1997

  • May Sutton Bundy, 1997, 1907, 1905

Teddy Tetzlaff, 1974, 1912. 1910s

  • Race Car Driver, 1974, 1912, 1920s

Fred Thomason, Athlete, Minister, Western Movie Star, 1935

Track and field, 2007, 1997, 1979, 1974, 1968, 1880s

Mexico Olympics 200 m Bronze Medal, 1997, 1968

Marion Forden, Samohi sprinter, 1974

Perry O'Brien, Track and field, 1952

Tommy Smith, Track and Field, Santa Monica City College [ -2007], 2007, 1997, 1968

  • 200 m Dash, 2007, 1997, 1968
  • World Record, Olympic Gold, Black Glove Salute1968

Trapeze, 1979, 1880

  • The Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC), 1979, 1975, 1880

Al Treloar, 1979, 1906, 1905

W.A. Tufts, 1979, 1891

  • Bicyclist Road Racer, 1979, 1891

Tumbling, 1979, 1930

Stan Turner*, 1994, 1974, 1949. 1948

Turn-Verein Germania1979, 1871

  • The Turn Halle, a large frame clubhouse which provided the best gymnasium and concert stage in Los Angeles, 1979, 1871

USC Football Teams, 1935

Leo Vandendaele, LAAC National AAU Champion, Tumbling, 1979, 1930

Luigi Varlucchi, 1987, 1930s

  • Surfer, 1987, 1930s

The Venice Athletic Club, 1979, 1913

  • Windward Avenue, 1979, 1913
  • Boxing, 1979, 1913

Venice Surfing Club, 1987, 1941-1935

  • Sunset Pier Clubhouse, early 1930s mostly paddleboards
  • Half the beach between Sunset Pier and the Venice Pier was reserved for surfboards and paddleboards by the lifeguards, 1987, late 1930s
  • Luigi Varlucchi, Tom Wilde, Ed Adams, Tom Blake and Tully Clark began to shape the boards, 1987, 1930s

The Vernon Arena, 1999, 1925

Miss Vonceil Viking, 1990, 1928

  • Equestrienne, 1990, 1928

Frankie Vincent*, 1994, 1974, 1949. 1948

Volleyball, 2006, 2005, 2000, 1997, 1994, 1990, 1984, 1976, 1949, 1948, 1940s, 1930s, 1922, 1920s

  • Beach Volleyball, 1997, 1940s, 1930s, 1920s

Invented South of the Santa Monica Pier, 1997, 1920s

Two-man beach volleyball began at Muscle Beach, 2006, 1948

Volleyball courts, 2006, 1948

  • South of the Santa Monica Pier, 2006, 1948

Wilt Chamberlin, 2000, 1990s

Larry Mace*, 1994, 1950s

Manny Saenz and Bernie Holtzman, 1997, 1930s

Venita Walker was one of Venice's finest swimmers and divers, 1987, 1915

420:-High Dive at Ocean Park, Cal., Published by the M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Cal., KR, Table of Contents

Walking, Walkers, 1979, 1916, 1915, 1890s, 1880s, 1870s

  • (See Hiking, Trekking)
  • Cross-country Walking, 1915
  • Hiking, 1916

Vachel Lindsay, Charles Lummis, John Muir, Alva Richmond, 1916

"Walkathons", 1979, 1870s

  • Competitive events lasting five to six days for amateur and professional walkers, 1979, 1870s
  • Hikes up Mt. Wilson, 1979, 1890s
  • Alva Richmond, 1916

Water Polo, 1987, 1979, 1932, 1924, 1907

  • LAAC, Venice, Bimini Baths, and the YMCA played water polo, 1979, 1907
  • The LAAC Olympic water polo team, had three of its strongest members disqualified under AAU rules for working as lifeguards, 1979, 1932
  • Southern California Water Polo Team, 1987, 1932

Won the West Coast Championships, in May, 1932, 1987

Placed five Venice Swimmers on the Olympic Water Polo Team which lost on August 11, 1932 to Hungary in the finals. The Captain of the U.S. Team was Wally O'Conner, Phil Daubenspeck, Charles Finn, Herb Wildman and Bill O'Conner all from Venice on the team, 1987, 1932

Wallace O'Connor, 1979, 1932, 1924

  • Venice Polytechnic High, 1979
  • Gold and bronze medals in both the 1924 and 1932 Olympic games, 1979, 1932, 1924

Joe Weider*, 2005, 2005b, 1940s, 1930s

Weight-Lifters, Strong (men), 2006, 1994, 1990, 1979, 1976, 1956, 1948, 1900s, 1894

  • The Great Sandow, 1979, 1894

Managed by Flo Ziegfield, and appeared at the Los Angeles Theater for two nights in 1894, 1979

Al Treloar, 1979, 1900s

  • Harvard weight champion, 1979, 1900s

 David J. Sheppard*, 1956 weight lifting champion, 1990

Weight Lifting, 2006, 1999, 1994, 1990, 1979, 1976, 1955, 1948, 1940s, 1894

  • Muscle Beach, 1994, 1948

Weight-lifting championships, 2006, 1948, 1900s

 Dr. Paul Maclin*, 1990, 1955

  • President,The Muscle Beach Weightlifters Club, 1990, 1955

Muscle Beach, 1994, 1948

Weight-lifting championships, 2006, 1948, 1900s

"English" Freddie Welsh, Boxing, 1979, 1913

Babe Westerlund*, 1994, 1974, 1949. 1948

Tom Wilde, 1987, 1930s

  • Surfer, 1987, 1930s

Jess Willard, 1979, 1913

  • Professional World Champion Boxing, 1979, 1913

Jess Willard, 1979, 1913

  • Professional World Champion Boxing, 1979, 1913

Wimbledon, 1997, 1907. 1905

  • May Sutton Bundy, 1997, 1907, 1905

Wind-surfing, 2007, 1990, 1985

  • The Drake/Schweitzer system, 1985
  • Joe Miko*, 2007, 1990

Wind-surfing, 2007, 1990, 1985

  • The Drake/Schweitzer system, 1985
  • Joe Miko*, 2007, 1990

Working out, 2007, 1994, 1948

  • Exercise Machines, 2007

Wrestling, 1988, 1955, 1952

  • Professional, 1988

Baron Michele Leone* [June 8, 1909-November 26, 1988], 1988, 1955, 1952

Gorgeous George, 1988

Lou Thesz, 1988, 1952

Yachting, 2005b19791974, 1940s, 1933, 1930s, 1905, 1901

  • (See Boating, Sailing, Ships)
  • The South Coast Yacht Club, 1979, 1901
  • Yacht Races, 2005b, 1905

At the opening of Venice of America, 2005b, 1905

Donald W, Douglas, 1974, 1940s

Santa Monica Yacht Harbor, Breakwater, 1974, 1933, 1930s

  • Beach Volleyball, 1997, 1940s, 1920s

Invented South of the Santa Monica Pier, 1997, 1920s

Manny Saenz and Bernie Holtzman, 1997, 1930s

Harold Zenkin,* 2005, 2005b1994, 1952, 1949, 1948, 1940s, 1930s

Zephyr Skateboard Team, 2007, 1970s

  • Jeff Ho's Surf Shop, 2001-2011 Main St., 2007, 1970s

Dr. Wm.T. Atkin, 1952, 1923

  • Many special services have been introduced in the Santa Monica schools during the years, some of the earlier ones being these: 1923 Dr. Wm.T. Atkin authorized as first School Dentist, 1952, 1923

Atlantic City, 1997, 1912

A. & P. Ry., 1908a

The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, 1974, pp. 89, 187, 223, 1908a, 1886

  • A. & P. Ry., pp. 89, 110, 187, 223, 1908a
  • (See the A. and P. Rail, 1908a)
  • Later known as the Santa Fe Railroad, 1974, 1886

Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) Center, Los Angeles, 2001, 1979, 1973

  • Stanton Macdonald-Wright: Paintings 1903-1973, 2001, 1979, 1973

Atlantic squadron, p. 243, 1908a

Attendance Officers, 1952, 1909

  • A.W. Sherman, Appointed part-time Attendance Officer, Santa Monica City School District, 1952, 1909

Attorneys, 2009, 2008, 2007a, 2005, 2005b, 2003, 1997, 1990, 1987, 1983, 1981, 1979, 1977, 1974, 1953, 1950s, 1946, 1944, 1942, 1940s, 1939, 1938, 1930s, 1921, 1912, 1909, 1908a, 1907, 1905, 1903, 1902, 1896, 1890, 1888

  • (See Lawyers)
  • A prominent attorney backed a loan to Donald W. Douglas, 1974, 1921
  • Clarence Darrow, 1974,

Attorney, Defense counsel, McNamera Brothers trial in the bombing of the Los Angeles Times1974

J.J. Davis, Esq., 1907

  • Secretary, Santa Monica Water Co., Santa Monica, Calif., 1907

Judge David Finkel,* 2008, 2007, 2006, 1990, 1988

Frank Gruber,* 2005, 2005b, 1983

Chris Harding, 1990, 1983

  • The Pier Restoration Corporation, 1990, 1983

Venice Mayor John Harrah, 1979 , 1930s

William F. Herrin, 1943, 1884

  • San Fracisco counsel for the Southern Pacific Railroad, 1943, 1884
  • Partner of William M. Stewart, 1943, 1884

Colonel Hotchkiss*, 1983, 1908a, 1905

  • Southern Pacific Railroad attorney, married to Widow Moody, still to become Jauch, Mary A., left Santa Monica in 1905, 1983

B.G. Hulbert, 15 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Judge George H. Hutton, 1974, 1905

  • Attorney for Senator J.P. Jones, 1974

Kenneth Kahn* [1941- ], 2005, 1940s

Amy Leipziger, 2009, 20082007a

George A. Lonsberry, Esq., 1909

  • Attorney, Los Angeles, 1909

 John C. Morgan, 1908a, 1902. 1900, 1892-93, 1891-92, 1890-91, 1890, 1889-90, 1888

  • Santa Monica Town Attorney, 1908a, 1888
  • Santa Monica School District Trustee, 1908a, 1889-90
  • Santa Monica Town Attorney, 1908a, 1890

Judge Charles J. Noyes, 15 Pier Ave., O.P., 2003, 1907

Ethel C. Selvester, J.D., (Ret.), 2046 14th St., # 7, Santa Monica, CA, 90405 (Formerly of Venice), 2009

Grant H. Smith, 1943, 1930s

  • Author, Mining Atorney, 1943, 1930s

U.S. Senator, Nevada, William M. Stewart, 1943, 1904, 1886, 1872, 1869, 1866, 1865, 1864

  • California Attorney General, 1943, 1920-1850
  •  Lawyer, Miner, Senator, 1943, 1920-1850
  • "Dictator" of the Nevada Republican Party, 1943, 1872, 1866, 1864
  • Ruler of the Comstock until he was elected to the Senate in 1864
  • Senior U.S. Senator from Nevada [1864--1874; 1886-1904] 1943, 1864

L.G. Susemihl, Attorneys, Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1912

Judge Fred H. Taft, 19791974, 1923, 1908a, 1902, 1901, 1900, 1898, 1896

  • An anti-annexation by Los Angeles of Venice speech at the Neptune Theater, 1979, 1923
  • Retained by the Santa Monica Board of Trustees to defend itself against the suit brought by H.X. Goetz which sought an injunction and declaration that the election based on the (recounted)1900 U.S. Census was illegal. The Courts upheld the election in 1902 but the new City wasn't able to sit until 1903, 1974, 1900s
  • (elected), Santa Monica City Attorney, 1974. 1903

William J. Taft, p. 498, 1908a

  • Son of Mary A. and Stephen H. Taft, pp. 497, 498, 1908a
  • who is serving his fourth term as District Attorney of Humboldt County, Iowa, p. 498, 1908a 

R.R, Tanner, 1908a, 1903, 1896, 1894-95, 1894, 1893-94, 1892-93, 1892

  • Santa Monica Town Attorney, 1908a, 1892

Thorpe & Hanna, Vanguard Bldg., nw cor Lorelei & Trolleyway, 2003, 1912

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren*, 1997, 1990, 1987, 1981, 1979, 1977, 1953, 1950s, 1946, 1944, 1942, 1940s, 1939, 1938,1930s

Attractions, Selling Points, Boosters, Seductions, Temptations, 2009, 2005b, 1998, 1996, 1956, 1947, 1935, 1910, 1908a, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1898, 1891, 1890s,

  • (See Amenities; Tourist Attractions, Amusements; Come-ons, Real Estate, Sales, Selling Points, Talking Points)
  • Actresses, 1935
  • Balloon Route Excursion, 1910
  • Barber Shop, 1960s
  • Beauty Shop, 1960s
  • Built in Bars, 1960s
  • Car Rental, 1960s
  • Casino Country Club, 1998, 1898
  • Casino Restaurant and Tennis Club, 1998, 1891
  • Climate, 1947, 1890s
  • Color TV, 1960s
  • Conference Rooms, 1960s
  • Dancing, 2005b, 1907

Sunday dancing, 2005b, 1907

Dance Marathons, 1999, 1930s, 1920s

Drink, 2005b, 1996, 1956, 1907

  • Beer, 1996, 1956
  • Liquor, 2005b, 1907

Extra Sized Beds, 1960s

Feelings, 1996, 1956

  • Feeling dizzy from the red flashing lights and bells, 1996, 1956

Flower Farms, 1908a

Free attractions, 2005b, 1910, 1907

  • Venice Bathhouse, 2005b, 1907

Food, 1996, 1956

  • Barbeque ribs, 1996, 1956
  • Beer, 1996, 1956
  • caramel corn, 1996, 1956
  • Cotton candy , 1996, 1956

Fun, 2009, 1996, 1956

Games, 1996, 1956

Games, 1960s

Gardens, 1935

Gift Shop, 1960s

Homes, 1935

Liquor, 2005b, 1907

Luxury , 1960s

Mansions, 1935

Mob Rule, 1947, 1884

Music, 1960s

Ocean, 1960s

Ocean Park race track and golf links, 1998, 1898

Ocean Park Roller Coaster, 1910

Rides, 1996, 1956,

  • The merry-go-round, 1996, 1956
  • The Santa Monica Pier, 1996, 1956

Sambo Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, 1960s

The Santa Monica Carousel, 1996, 1956

The Santa Monica Pier, 1996, 1956

Saunas, 1960s

Sightseeing Tours, 1960s

Sunshine, 1908a

Swimming Pool, heated, 1960s

Venice Aquarium, 1910

  • Largest Aquarium on Pacific Coast, 1910

Venice Auditorium, 2005b, 1998, 1905, 1904

Venice Ballroom, 2005b, 1998, 1905

Venice Midway Plaisance, 2005b, 1906

Venice of America, 2005b, 1905

Venice Pier, 2005b, 1904

Views, 1960s

Walks of Fame, 1960s

Leland Atwood, 1974, 1930s

  • Former Douglas executive, 1974, 1930s
  • Along with "Dutch" Kindelberger, formed North American Aviation, 1974, 1930s

Auctioneers, 1990, 1986, 1976, 1875

  • (Colonel) Tom Fitch, 1990, 1986, 1875

Auctions, 1990, 1987, 1976, 1968, 1875

771-Auditorium and Bath House From Horse Shoe Pier, Ocean Park, CaliforniaEdward H. Mitchell, Publisher San Francisco, 1910, SLL 2005

Auditorium Book Store, 2003, 1907

  • 4 Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1907

Auditorium Building, Los Angeles, 1925, 1924

  • Fifth and Olive, 1925, 1924
  • Directly opposite Hotel Biltmore, 1925, 1924

Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 19121907

  • Kojima Sisters, Japanese Goods, O.P., 2003, 1912
  • J.D. Lee, Barber, O.P. Auditorium, 2003, 1912
  • L.G. Susemihl, Attorneys, Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1912
  • 3 Auditorium Bldg., O.P., Berlin Dye Works, O.P., 2003, 1912
  • 3 Auditorium Bldg., Byrant & Wells, Architects, 2003, 1912
  • 4 Auditorium Bldg., Auditorium Book Store, O.P., 2003, 1907
  • 5 Auditorium Bldg., Lafkias & Langes, Restaurant,, O.P., 2003, 1912
  • 6 Auditorium Bldg., O.P., Pappas & Timpson, Confectionery, 2003, 1912
  • 8 Auditorium Bldg., O.P., Pacific Souvenir Co., 8 Auditorium Bldg., O.P., 2003, 1912

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

Auditoriums, Odea, Pavilions, Stages, Theaters, Etc., 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2005b, 2003, 1999, 1998, 1987, 1983, 1979, 1974, 1960s, 1958, 1956, 1952, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1935, 1933, 1925, 1924, 1921, 1912m 1910, 1908, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1894, Assorted Post Cards

  • (See Assembly Hall, et al.)
  • Aeolian Hall, 1925, 1924

New York City, 1925, 1924

The Aero Theater, 2009

  • Montana Ave., 2009

Amphitheaters, 2005b, 1905

  • Venice Lagoon 2500 seat amphitheater. 2005b, 1905

At the opening of the Santa Monica High School, Much pride was taken in the auditorium that seated 1200. Nothing, it was concluded, could have been more complete in the way of an auditorium, with its modern upholstered chairs, fully equipped stage, and dressing rooms. [58. Pearl,op. cit. , p. 91.], 1952, 1912

Angelus Temple, Echo Park, 1935

The Santa Monica High School Memorial Greek Theater, 1952, 1921

  • Outdoor theater, seating 3000, 1952, 1921

Auditorium, Ocean Park, 1910

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

The [Santa Monica High School] auditorium building, constructed after the earthquake of 1933, was named Barnum Hall in honor of [W'F. Barnum's] long and faithful service to the school, 1952, 1933

A new auditorium 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

Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, 2008

  • Theater Venues, 2008

Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School, Michigan Gate, 2010

Edye Broad Alternative Hall, 2009

  • Santa Monica Blvd. and 11th St.; Madison Elementary, 2009,2008
  • Daedelus and Dancers, 2009

Eli Broad Concert Hall, 2008

  • Santa Monica Blvd. and 11th St.; Madison Elementary, 2009,2008
  • Kneebody, 2008

Carnegie Hall, New York, 1925, 1924

The Church in Ocean Park, 2008

  • Theater Venue, 2008

Churches, 1935

Columbia Hall, 1908a

The Edgemar, 2008

  • Theater Venue, 2008

Hazard's Pavilion, Los Angeles [ -1918], 1947, 1918, 1894

  • Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles, [1918- ], 1947

La Monica Ballroom, 1990, 1974, 1930s, 1926, 1924

  • In 1934, the La Monica Ballroom was remodeled by SERA crews by the City of Santa Monica under two year lease and included offices for the lifeguards, the habor and city publicity. Also included a convention center, California Naval Militia, the Santa Monica Sailing Club and six storefronts., 1990

The Morgan/Wixon Theatre, 2008

  • Theater Venue, 2008

Ocean Park Arena, 1979

The Ocean Park Auditorium [1895-1897], 1987, 1897

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

  • Francis Ryan and Abbot Kinney purchased the land south of Santa Monica in 1895, 1987, 1984
  • Francis Ryan and Abbot Kinney purchased the land south of Strand in 1892, a strip of the Rancho Ballona, 1990, 1892
  • 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 Ocean Park Auditorium burned in 1897.

Olympic Auditorium, 19991979, 1925

  • Downtown Los Angeles, 1999, 1925
  • Seating for 15,000, 1999, 1925

Philharmonic Auditorium, 1935, 1925, 1924

  • 5th and Olive St., Los Angeles, 1925, 1924

Philharmonic Auditorium [1918- ], 1947

The Power House Theater, 2008

  • Theater Venue, 2008

The Royal Arcanum Hall, 1908a,

The Santa Fe Pavilion, 1952, 1890s

  • Hill St., Ocean Park, Santa Fe Tract, 1952, 1890s

The Santa Monica Bay Women's Club,

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, 2010, 2009, 2003, 1987, 1983, 1982, 1974, 1960s, 1958, 1956

  • Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, East Wing, 2010
  • 1855 Main St., Santa Monica, CA., 2009
  • Contemporary Crafts Market, Suzye Ogawa, 2009
  • Academy Awards Show from 1961 to 1968, 1974.
  • Parking, 1987
  • Recycling Center, 1983, 1982

Santa Monica Municipal Auditorium, 1974, 1953, 1950s, 1921

  • 423-The Auditorium, Ocean Park, Cal. 14501 Post Card, M. Kashower Co., Los Angeles, Cal., JT, undated, Assorted Post Cards
  • Dedicated October 25, 1921, 1974
  • Opened with a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado by the Los Angeles Opera Company, featuring Lawrence Tibbett, 1974, 1921
  • Used for community programs, until, in the late 1950s, it was remodeled for the General Electric Exhibit and Administrative Offices as part of Pacific Ocean Park, 1974, 1950s.
  • Destroyed by fire on July 12, 1974, 1974

Santa Monica Public Library Auditorium, 2007

Schoenberg Hall, 1997, 1974, 1950s

  • UCLA Auditoruium, 1997, 1974, 1950s

Simpson Auditorium, 1977, 1909

  • Los Angeles Auditorium where Hiram Johnson spoke in 1909, 1977

Steere's Opera House, 1908a

Theatre Royal, Athens, 1925, 1924

Trinity Auditorium, 1921

Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, 2010

Venice Auditorium, 2005b, 19991979, 1908, 1905, 1904

  • Opened in 1905, 1979
  • Begun, 2005b, 1904

Destroyed by winter storms along with the Pier and rebuilt for the 1905 opening, 2005b

Venice Auditorium begun, 2005b, 1904

  • Venice Pier, 2005b, 1904
  • 3000 seat auditorium, 2005b, 1905

The Vernon Arena, 1999, 1925

The Virginia City Opera, 1943, 1870s, 1880s, 1860s

YMCA Two Story Assembly Hall, 1998, 1894

Philip Augerson, 1987

  • Sculptor, 1987
  • Trialogue, Sculpture Installed Colorado Pl., 1987 SMarts Festival
  • Installation of Trialogue, A Sculpture by Philip Augerson installed Thursday, May 28, 1987, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Terrace at Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, California, 1987
  • Trialogue, Philip Augerson, Artist, 1987 SMarts Festival Post Card. KR, 1987

Aura Shop, 2004a

  • 2914 Main St., 2004a

Charles Auril, Bicycles & Bicycle Repair 188 Pier, 2003, 1912

Aurora Mine, 1943, 1864

  • early in 1864, when its stocks crashed following the failures of . . . its ore . . . bodies, 1943, 1864

Aubrey E. Austin, Sr., 1974

  • Contractor, 1974

Helped remove the remains of the Long Wharf, 1974

Pres., Santa Monica Bank, 1974

Aubrey E. Austin, Jr., 1974

  • Pres., Santa Monica Bank, 1974

J.A. Austin, 1908a, 1890

  • Secretary, Santa Monica W.C.T,U., 1908a, 1890
  • Possibly Mrs. Jane Austin, 1908a, 1880s
  • Possibly Secretary of a Library Society which donated the privately held library to the town of Santa Monica, 1908a, 1890

Mrs. Jane Austin, 1908a, 1888, 1887, 1885

  • Santa Monica W.C.T,U. founder, 1908a, 1885
  • President, Santa Monica W.C.T.U., 1908a, 1887
  • President, Santa Monica W.C.T.U., 1908a, 1888

Leonard Austin, 1974, 1913

  • Eighth Grade Class, Lincoln Intermediate School, 1974, 1913

Mrs. Nellie Austin, Dressmaker, 109 Pier, 2003, 1912

Ruth Austin, 1925, 1924

  • Dancer, 1925, 1924

Australia, 1976

  • Country of origin of most of the trees of Santa Monica, 1976

Australian Tea Tree, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

  • 2009 Sixth, 1981, 1976, 1956, 1944

Austrians, 2005, 2005b, 1970s

  • Herbst
  • Austrian-born California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger*, 2005, 2005b, 1970s

Began his bodybuilding and movie career at a nearby Gold's Gym in the 1970s, 2005, 2005b

Wittgenstein

Authors, 20102009, 2008, 2008a, 2007, 2007a, 2006, 2006a, 2005, 2005b, 2004, 2004a, 2004b, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1970s, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1963, 1962, 1960, 1960s, 1959, 1957, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1950s, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1944,1943, 1941, 1940, 1940s, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1930, 1930s, 1929, 1927, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1921, 1920, 1920s, 1919, 1918, 1916, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1910s, 1909, 1908, 1908a, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1903, 1902, 1900s, 1899, 1898, 1893, 1892, 1890, 1880, 1880s, 1876, 1870s, 1869, 1850, Bibliography, Foreword, Introduction

 

  • Howard Blum American Lightning, Three Rivers Press, Crown Publishers: NY, 2008, 339 pp.
  • Lee Dembart Pioneer Mathematician Mark Kac Dies; USC Professor, a Native of Poland, Led in Probability Theory Los Angeles Times, 1984ˆ
  •  Irving J. Gill Excerpts from The New Architecture of the WestThe Craftsman Magazine, May 1916
  • Jim Jacoby, 1972

Forward, Edwin B. Kantar & Jackson Stanley Gamesman Bridge: Play Better with Kantar, Melvin Powers, Wilshire Book Co.: 12015 Sherman Road, No. Hollywood, CA, 91605, 1972, 177 pp. (Signed in ink, Eddie Kantar)

Edwin B. Kantar Introduction to Defender's Play, Wilshire Book Co., 9731 Variel Ave., Chatsworth, CA, 91311, 1968, 147 pp. (Signed Eddie Kantar)

Edwin B. Kantar & Jackson Stanley Gamesman Bridge: Play Better with Kantar, (Foreward by Jim Jacoby), Melvin Powers, Wilshire Book Co.: 12015 Sherman Road, No. Hollywood, CA, 91605, 1972, 177 pp. (Signed in ink, Eddie Kantar)

Lian Hurst Mann, AIA, From the EditorArchitecture California14. no. 2, November 1992 p. 2, pre-1768, Foreward and Back

John Steven McGroarty (ed.) Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea: With Selected Biography of Actors and Witnesses to the Period of Growth and Achievement, American Historical Society, 1921, v. 2

John McPhee

Ave Pildas Art Deco Los Angeles, 1977. Essay: Liza Williams; Photographs: Ave Pildas, Harper & Row: NY, 1977, 64 pp., 1930s, 1920s

Kevin Starr Embattled Dreams California in War and Peace 1940-1950, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 2002, 386 pp., 2002

Galya Pillin Tarmu The Heart of the Matter: The Art of Galya Pillin Tarmu, (Jean Chatoff, ed.), Blurb.com, 2009, 30 pp.

Liza Williams 1977,

  • In Ave Pildas Art Deco Los Angeles, 1977. Essay: Liza Williams; Photographs: Ave Pildas, Harper & Row: NY, 1977, 64 pp., 1930s, 1920s

 

  •  Judy Abdo Ken Genser, January 10, 2010
  • Henry Adams, 1994
  • Stephen Addiss The Art of Zen1991
  • Theodor Adorno, Wisengrund-Adorno, 1981,
  •  Aeschylus, 1991, 1930s

The Persians, 1991, 1930s

Carolyn Elayne Alexander Images of America: Venice, Arcadia: San Francisco, CA 2004 (1999), 128pp. 1920

Tom Alexander,The amazing prophecies of "General" Homer Lea, Ambitious Little Romancer or Visionary Genius? Smithsonian, n. 4, 24, (July 1993): 102 (13). General OneFile. Gale. Santa Monica Public Library. 21 Apr. 2009, 19931912

Robert Alter Imagined Cities: Urban Experiences and the Language of the Novel, Yale University Press, 2005

Lisa Alverez Ocean Park #12 Santa Monica Review, Santa Monica College: Santa Monica, California, Spring, 2008. pp. 159-173. 2008

Jaroslaw Anders, 2004

Clinton Anderson Beverly Hills Is My Beat, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1960.

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

Barry Anthony Ruth St Denis (Ruth Dennis)[1878-1968] Who's Who of Victorian Cinema: A Worldwide Survey, British Film Institute (1996 content) and individual contributors, 1996, 1968, 1878

Professor William Dallam Armes (late), 1920

Sir Edwin Arnold The Vision of Yashodhara1920

Matthew Arnold, 1994

Arragon, 1991,

  • The historian, 1991

Martin Astin The Long Lost The Long Lost, Ninja Tune ZenCD133, 2009 Mojo April 2009

Gertrude Atherton, 2008, 2008a, 1902

Mary Austin, Carmel, 1935

Balzac, 1989

  • Le cousin Pons, 1989

Hubert Howe Bancroft, 1908a

Reyner Banham, 1976, 1971

  • Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies, Pelican: NY, 1971(1976), 256 pp.

Basho, 1980, 1966-1965

Fred E. Basten, 1980,1974

  • Santa Monica Bay: The First 100 Years, A history of Santa Monica, Venice, Ocean Park, Pacific Palisades, Topanga and Malibu, Douglas-West Publishers: Los Angeles, CA, 1974, 227 pp.
  • An Illustrated Guide to the Legendary Trees of Santa Monica Bay, Graphics Press: Santa Monica, CA, 1980. Unnumbered 
  • Main St. to Malibu, Yesterday & Today, Graphics Press, Santa Monica, CA, 1980, 123pp.

Charles Baudelaire, 2004, 2004b, 1989, Intro

Jean Baudrillard, 2004b

L. Frank Baum (-1919), 1979, 1975, 1914,

Frank Grenville Beardsley, Ph.D. The Gospel Truth: A Mighty Winner of Souls Charles G. Finney: A Study in Evangelism, American Tract Society, 1937

L. C. Beckett Neti Neti1991

Samuel Beckett, 2006

 Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg, 1949, 1963, 1860s, 1850s

  • Virginia & Truckee: A Story of Virginia City and Comstock Times, Howell-North: Berkeley, California, 1949 (1963), Fifth Edition, 67pp. 1949, 1963, 1860's, 1850

Major [Horace] Bell [1830-1918] Reminiscences of A Ranger, 1935, 1908a

Walter Benjamin, 2005, 2005b, 1989, 1982, 1940, 1927, Foreward, Introduction

  • On Some Motifs in Baudelaire.
  • The Storyteller
  • Theses on the Philosophy of History, 1940, 2005, 2005b, Intro
  • The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,
  • Illuminations
  • Das Passagenwerk
  • Charles Baudelaire: A Lyric Poet in the Age of High Capitalism.
  • Photography, 2005, 2005b, Intro

Walter Benjamin Gesammelte Schriften, (Ed. Rolf Tiedemann and Hermann Schweppenhäuser), 6 vols., Frankfurt: Suhrkamp, 1972-85. [Trans. and published by Harvard U. Press], 1989

Walter Benjamin Illuminations (Trans. Harry Zohn) New York: Shocken, 1969, 1989

Barbara Berner, 2003, 1970s

  • A Place I Call Home, 12 2003 Free Venice Beachhead, issue 270, 2003, 1970s

Michael Andre Bernstein, 2004, 1994

  • Conspirators, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004,
  • Foregone Conclusions, 1994

John Berryman, 1994, 1940

Homi Bhabha Of Mimicry and Man: The Ambivalence of Colonial Discourse, 2004, 2004b, Intro

 Bainbridge Bishop, A Souvenir of the Color Organ, with Some Suggestions in Regard to the Soul of the Rainbow and the Harmony of Light with marginal notes and illuminations by the author, The De Vinne Press: New Russia, Essex County, N.Y. 1893

Auguste Blanqui, L'éternité par les astres: Hypothese astronomique (1872), 1989

Philipp Blom, The Vertigo Years, Basic Books: New York, 2008, Briefly NotedThe New Yorker, 5 January 2009, 1914-1900

Howard Blum American Lightning, Three Rivers Press, Crown Publishers: NY, 2008, 339 pp.

Lee Boek,* Confessions of a Pulpiteer2008

Laurel Ann Bogen, 2007

  • Poet, Chuch in Ocean Park Poetry Reading, Jan. 2007

Paul Bonaventura , 1992

  • Richard Diebenkorn, L.A. MOCA, 1992

Nick Boretz, 1971.

  • Poet; Playwright, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, MN and NY productions, The Mt. Alverno Review1971

Samuel Bowles Our New West: Records of Travel Between The Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean, Hartford Publishing Co.: Hartford, CT., J.D. Dennison, New York. J.A. Stoddard, Chicago, Il, 1869. Published by Subscription Only. 1869

Leigh Brackett, 1981, 1944

Ray Bradbury, 1976, 1971, 1962, 1950

  • The Martian Chronicles, Bantam: NY, (1950) 1962, 1976, 1971

Anne Bradstreet, 1994

Bertold Brecht, 1990, 1948, 1940s

E.M. Broner The Red Squad, Pantheon Books: New York, 2009. 214 pp, 2009, 2000s, 1960s

Kevin Bronson Going Out: People in love are no fun to hang out with Los Angeles Times Calendar Weekend, Thurday, February 9, 2006, E21

Lynne Bronstein Border Crossing, Lynne Bronstein: Instant Publisher, U.S.A., 2004, 45 pp.

Lynne Bronstein Roughage, Lynne Bronstein: Sherman Oaks, CA, 1977, 60pp.

Lynne Bronstein Thirsty in the Ocean, Graceful Dancer Press: Santa Monica, CA, 85pp. 1980

Elizabeth Broun, 2000

  • Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park No. 6, 1968. Oil 233.7 x 182.9 cm (92 x 72 in.). Gift of Arthur J. Levin in memory of his beloved wife Edith, National Museum of American Art, 2000, 1993, 1968, 1967

Porter Emerson Browne, 2001, 1973, 1927

  • The Bad Man, 2001, 1973, 1927

Susan Buck-Morss The Flaneur, the Sandwichman and the Whore: The Politics of LoiteringNew German Critque, 29 (1986); 99-141, 1989

Charles Bukowski, 2008, 1971

  • Poet, novelist, Black Sparrow Press, 1969, The Mt. Alverno Review1971

Wm. T. Bumstead, 1892

  • Dream of California The Californian, Vol. 2, no. 6, Nov. 1892, p. 789

Robert J. Burdette (ed.) Greater Los Angeles & Southern California: Portraits & Personal Memoranda The Lewis Publishing Company: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, 1910

Edgar Rice Burroughs [1875-1950], 1935, Tarzan, 1935

William Burroughs, 2001, 1950s

  • Lived with Joe Pass in New Orleans, 2001, 1950s

Buson, 1980, 1966-1965

Louise Cabral, 1971,

  • Prize-winning poet, The Mt. Alverno Review1971

John Cage,* 1912, 1924, 1926, 1930s, 1931, 1949, 1961, 1967, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1991, 2004

  • Silence, Wesleyan University Press: Hanover, NH, 1961(1973), 276 pp., 1912, 1949, 1978, 1982
  • A Year from Monday, Wesleyan University Press: Middletown, CN, 1967, thirties, 1931, 1926, 1924
  • An Autobiographical StatementSouthwest Review1991

John Cage* and Lois Long Mud Book, (with an afterword by John Russell) Abrams: NY, 1983

James M. Cain, 1990

Erskine Caldwell, 1981

 Martin Carnoy and Derek Shearer*, 1980

  • Economic Democracy: The Challenge of the 1980s, White Plains, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1980.

Carole,* Judy,* Joyce* and Kerry* Recipes from the Pier House, M.J. Book: The Pier House, Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California, December, 1980. 32pp.

Dale Carnegie How to Win Friends and Influence People2005, 1950s

Harry Carr Los Angeles City of Dreams (Illustrated by E.H. Suydam), D. Appleton-Century Co.: NY, 1935, 402 pp.

Harry Carr Riding the Tiger: An American Newspaper Man in the Orient, Riverside Press Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Co.: Cambridge, MA, Boston, MA, New York, New York, 1934. 262 pp. Signed by the author: "Mrs. R.P. Jennings, Sincerely, Harry Carr"; Dust Jacket.

Harry Carr The West Is Still Wild, (Illustrated by Charles H. Owens) Houghton Mifflin Co., The Riverside Press: Boston and New York,1932, 257 pp.

Terry Castle, 2003

  • My Heroin Christmas, London Review of Books, 18 December 2003, 11 - 18.

 Jorge Casuso Mechur* to be Named to School Board Lookout News, 8 August 8, 2007

Dipesh ChakrabartyProvincialising Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical DifferenceReviewed by Amit Chaudhuri In the Waiting-Room of History a reviewLondon Review of Books 24 June 2004, p.3, 2004b, Intro

 Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), 1999, 1990,1981, 1957, 1949, 1944, 1943, 1940, 1940s, 1939, Intro

  • The Big Sleep, Knopf: NY, 1939, 1999, Intro
  • Farewell, My Lovely, Knopf: NY, 1940, 1999, 1930s
  • The High Window, Knopf: NY, 1943
  • The Lady in the Lake Knopf: NY, 1944
  • The Little Sister, Knopf: NY, 1949

Amit Chaudhuri In the Waiting-Room of History a review of Dipesh Chakrabarty Provincialising Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference, London Review of Books 24 June 2004, p.3, 2004b, Intro

Chiyoni, 1980, 1966-1965

David Clark, 1976

  • L.A. On Foot: A Free Afternoon, Camaro Publishing: Los Angeles, 1976, 1927, 1926

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.

Grace Clements (1905-1968), New Content-New Form March 1936, Art Front1990

Peggy Clifford Santa Monica's Wright* Brothers: The Muralist and The Writer Santa Monica Mirror, 1 January 2000, 1 (29)

Irwin Cobb [1876-1944], 1935

Tony Cohan, 2003, 1970s

  • Native State, 2003, 1970s

Leonard Cohen, 19971968

  • Suzanne, 1997, 1968

Wanda Coleman, 2006, 2005,2001

  • Mercurochrome: New Poems, Black Sparrow Press: Santa Rosa, 2001
  • Beyond Baroque Advisory Board; Poet

Paul Conrad Drawn and Quartered: The Best Political Cartoons (Introduction, William F. Thomas) Harry N. Abrams: NY, 1985, 176 pp.

 Dr. Ananda Coomarawamy The Dance of Siva, 1926, 1925

David Cotner Dntel, The Long Lost*, Beck Stark, Winter Flowers at the EchoLA Weekly February 10-16, 2006, p. 120

Hart Crane, 2005, Intro

  • Brooklyn Bridge, 2005, Intro

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

 Richard Dana, 1977, 1869

  • Two Years Before the Mast, 1977, 1869

Robert Dance and Bruce Robertson Ruth Harriet Louise and Hollywood Glamour Photography, University of California Press: Berkeley, CA, 2002, 285 pp.

Dante, 2004b

  • Inferno, 2004b

Arthur Danto, 1997

  • Encounters & Reflections: Art in the Historical Present, University of California Press, 1997 (1990), 1967

George Dantzig* Linear programming and extensions, 1963

George Dantzig*, 90; Created Linear Programming Los Angeles Times, 22 May, 2005 B13, 2005, 1952

Tobias Dantzig Number: the language of science, (reprinted 1970s, 1930

 Lorraine Daston Are you having fun today? Robert Merton and Elinor Barber The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A study in sociological semantics and the sociology of science Pinceton: NJ, 2004London Review of Books, 23 September 2004, p. 29 and 31. Intro

Karen Davis, 1971

  • "Poem-seamstress who reads Ray Bradbury by candles," The Mt. Alverno Review, 1971

Mike Davis, 2004b

  • City of Quartz, 2004b

Paul M. Davis, Justin L. Rubinstein, Kelly H. Liu, Stephen S. Gao and Leon Knopoff, 2000

  • Northridge Earthquake Damage Caused by Geologic Focusing of Seismic Waves, Science, 289, no. 5485, 9/8/2000, pp. 1746-1750, 2000, 1994

Paul De Kruif, Microbe Hunters, 2001, 1946

Lee Dembart Pioneer Mathematician Mark Kac Dies; USC Professor, a Native of Poland, Led in Probability Theory Los Angeles Times1984

 John Dewey, 1990, 1950s

Charles Dickens, 2005, 1994, 1989

Janice Dickinson No Lifeguard on Duty, Regan Books: New York, 2002, 308pp.

Michaelann Dimitrijevich Black and White, Maxim Press: San Luis Obispo, CA, 1996 (Inscribed To Terri With Love Michaelann, Jan. 4, 97; purchased at the Ocean Park Library, April 2005)

Frances Dinkelspiel Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, St. Martin's Press: NY, Illustrated, 2008, 376 pp.

John Donne, 1990

A. Conan Doyle, 1981, 1957

Elizabeth M. Drake-Boyt, Ph.D. Dance as a Project of the Early Modern Avant-garde The Florida State University: College of Arts and Sciences, 2005b.

Theodore Dreiser, 1981,

 Robin J. Dunitz, Street Gallery: Guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals, Los Angeles, Calif.: RJD Enterprises, 1993 (with maps), 2003

John Gregory Dunne, 1999, Intro

Charles Eames* (1907-1978), 1978

  • Architect, Author, Designer, inventors, filmmaker, 1978

Ray Eames*, 1978

  • Designer, Author, inventor filmmaker, 1978

Charles and Ray Eames, 2008a

Umberto Eco, 2004b

Susan Ehrlich, 1990

T.S. Eliot, 2005, 19941990Introduction,

  • Wasteland, 2005, Intro

James Ellroy, 1999, Intro

 Daniel Ellsberg*, 2005

  • Pentagon Papers, 2005
  • Ellsberg.net., 2005

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 19201892

Mira Engler Designing America's Waste Landscapes, The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, MD, 2004, 281pp.

Stuart Ewen Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture, McGraw-Hill: NY, 1977, 261 pp.

John Fante, 19991990, Intro

William (Bill) Faulkner, 2004, 1998, 1981, 1944

  • Golden Land, 2004, 1998

Allyn Ferguson*, 2004b, 1960, 1957

Leon Feuchtwanger, 1990, 1940s

JudgeDavid Finkel Ken Genser 10 January 2010

F. Scott Fitzgerald, 19901981, 1939, 1935

  • The Last Tycoon, (unfinished) 1981

Douglas Flamming Bound for Freedom: Black Los Angeles in Jim Crow America2005.

Burt A. Folkart Ray Eames, 73; Member of Noted Design TeamLos Angeles Times Obituary, November, 1988

Mrs. Armitage S.C. Forbes, Missions and Landmarks, 1903, 1908a

Carolyn Forché, 1971

  • The Lost Suitcase The New Yorker, September 25, 2006, pp. 124-125, Forward and Back

Michael C. Ford,* 2008, 2006, 1998, 1995, 1971, 1970

  • Editor, Musician, Poet, The Mt. Alverno Review1971

Michel C. Ford Emergency Exits The Selected Poems 1970-1995, Amaranth Editions: Modesto, CA., 1998, 127pp.

M. Foucault, 2004, 2004b, Intro

Michel Foucault Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, Trans. Alan Sheridan. New York: Pantheon, 1977, 1989

Fourier Théorie de l'unité universelle, 1822, 1989

FrancEyE* (1922- ), 2006, 2004

  • Ocean Park Poet, 2004
  • Born in San Rafael, CA, 1922
  • Snaggletooth in Ocean Park, Sacred Beverage Press, 1996
  • Amber Spider, Pearl Editions: Long Beach, Ca, 2004a

FrancEyE* Grandma Stories, Conflux Press: Prescott, AZ, 2008, 47pp.

FrancEyE* Snaggletooth in Ocean Park, Sacred Beverage Press, 1996

Sam Francis [1923-1994], Poem, Coda, 1994

Michael Frank Istanbul from the inside out: Orhan Pamuk Istanbul: Memories and the City Alfred A. Knopf: NY, 2005, Los Angeles Times Book Review, 7 August 2005, R8, Forward and Back

Jeremy Freed Tuesday 14 Bummers of Love CityBeat, February 9-15, 2006, p. 39

Benedict Freedman,* 1983

  • With his wife Nancy, once lived at 1712 Appian Way, and wrote Mrs. MikeLootvilleThe Spark and the Exodus and Tresca, 1983

Nancy Freedman,* 1983

  • With her husband Benedict, once lived at 1712 Appian Way, and wrote Mrs. Mike, LootvilleThe Spark and the Exodus and Tresca, 1983

Lewis R. Freeman, Tennis and now a well-known author, 1935

Freud, 1989

Jonathan Friedman (Assistant Editor) Longtime activist selected as new SMMUSD board memberThe Malibu Times, 9 August 2007, LLVI,No. 32 pp. A1 & A18

Robert Frost, 1994

Christine Fulbright* Memories of Venice, 1956, 12 2003 Free Venice Beachhead issue 270, 2003, 1956

Buckminster Fuller, 1991, 1950s,

  • Black Mountain College, Facculty, 1991, 1950s

Margaret Garcia, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2004,2001, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1993,

Margaret Elysia Garcia Choosing Words, Burning Ideas, 2000, unnumbered.

Margaret Elysia Garcia Four Poems Insomnia, vol, 2, no, 4, Rocco Ingala, Jr.: Whittier, CA, Fall 1993, 64 pp.

Margaret Elysia Garcia ila borracha! Post Evantston Publishing: San Francisco, CA, 1998, unnumbered.

Margaret Elysisa Garcia natural menace, Burning Ideas: USA, 1995, unnumbered.

Margaret Elysia Garcia when the ground tore open, White Heron Press: Paradise, CA, 2004, unnumbered.

Margaret Elysia Garcia You in the House of My Heart, Temporary Vandalism: Orange, CA,, 2001, 44 pp.

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

Larry N. George, Ken Genser, 2010

Stefan George, 19891981, 1908

Irving J. Gill Excerpts from The New Architecture of the WestThe Craftsman Magazine, May 1916, Reprinted from Marvin Rand Irving J. Gill: Architect 1870-1936, Gibbs Smith, Publisher: Salt Lake City, UT, Design, Ahde Lahti; Photographs, Marvin Rand, 2006, 238 pp., 2006a, 1916

Wendy Gilmartin Daedelus, Peanut Butter Wolf at the Echoplex Los Angeles Weekly, 18 June 2009

Allen Ginsberg, 19971968,

Robert Alan Goldberg Back To The Soil: The Jewish Farmers of Clarion, Utah, and Their World, University of Utah Press: Salt Lake City, Utah, 1986, 196pp.

Steve Goldman, 2008

Laurence Goldstein, The American poet at the movies: a critical history , Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1994, 272 pp.1915

Ruth Goldway* The Election is in the MailNew York Times Op-Ed: December 6, 2006

Ruth Y. Goldway, Ken Genser 2010

Ruth Y. Goldway, Docia Zavitkovsky 2010

Dana Goodyear The Enthusiast, [Kim Hastreiter] The New Yorker, September 24, 2007, pp. 84-127, 2007a, 1984, 1971

Robert Gottlieb, 1977

Zane Grey [1872-1939], 1935, Bay Cities Postcards

Frank Gruber,* 2010, 2005, 2005b, 1983

  • Frank Gruber A Serious ManThe LookOut, January 11, 2010

C.E. Grunsky, 1913

Bruce Guenther, The Haiga of Stanton Macdonald -WrightStanton Macdonald-Wright: Prints of the Haiku, (All works on loan from Zara Gallery, 553 Pacific Ave., San Francisco, Ca. 94133) Western Association of Art Museums: 270 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94108, 1980, 4 p.m., 1980

Lucy M Hainsworth (Ed.) By the River Nidd: Memories of the Yorkshire villages of Hunsingore, Cattal, Cowthorpe & Walshford, Lucy M Hainsworth: Otter House, Hunsingore, Wetherby, W. Yorkshire, Great Britain, 1995, 184pp.

Edward Everett Hale, 1979, pp. 498 ff 1908a, 1905

Dashiell Hammett, 1981

Jack Hampton*, 1971

  • Beverly Hills booking agent; helped found the Peace and Freedom Party; California Peace and Freedom Party Candidate for the Treasury; Candidate for the Santa Monica City Council. Guitarist, The Mt. Alverno Review1971

Joseph Hansen, 2008

John Harris,* 200820061981

Pat Hartman* Spade Cooley Virtual Venice http://www.virtualvenice.info 2/5/2005b1940s

George T. Hastings Trees of Santa Monica (Revised by Grace L. Heintz), Friends of the Santa Monica Library Committee for Trees of Santa Monica: Santa Monica, CA, (1981), 1976, 1956, 1944

Dr. D.D. Hatfield Los Angeles Aeronautics 1920-1929, 1974

Judge Benjamin and Mrs. Hayes, Diaries1935

Marlin L. Heckman (MLH) Santa Monica in Vintage Postcards, Arcadia Publishing: Chicago, Il, 2002

Jim Heimann Sins of the City: The Real Los Angeles Noir, Chronicle Books: San Francisco, CA, 1999, 159pp.

Jim Heimann and Rip Georges California Crazy: Roadside Vernacular Architecture (Introduction, David Gebhard) Chronicle Books: San Francisco, 1980 (Reprinted 1985, Dai Nippon, Tokyo), 140 pp.

Grace L. Heintz (Revisions) George T. Hastings Trees of Santa Monica, Friends of the Santa Monica Library Committee for Trees of Santa Monica: Santa Monica, CA, (1981), 1976, 1956, 1944

Barry M. Heisler, 1990,

Bruce Henstell* Sunrise and Wealth, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1982

Kevin Herrera Mayor Genser dead at 59, Daily Press,January 11, 2010

Alan Hess Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture, Chronicle Books: San Francisco, CA, 1985

Lee Hickman, 2008

Bob Hicok A Primer The New Yorker, 19 May 2008, p. 48, Preface

Monica Highland Greetings from Southern California, Graphic Arts Center Publishing, Portland, OR, 1988, 111pp.

Harvey W. Hincks, Estimates and plans of the dam under construction at Sepulveda Canyon. 1907. 5 leaves, bound : maps, 1907 [J.D. Schuyler, Folder 18.2], 1961, 1907

Naomi Hirahara Gasa-Gasa Girl Dell: NY, 2005, 287pp., 2008

Naomi Hirahara Summer of the Big Bachi, Bantam Dell: NY, 2004, 287pp.  

Theodore H. Hittell, History of Los Angeles County, Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, 1890, 1908a

Hokushi, 1980, 1966-1965

Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1892

Homer, 2000

Edan Milton Hughes, Artists in California, 1786-1940, Crocker Museum, 2002

Rupert Hughes, 1935

Aldous Huxley, 1999, 199719901981, 1950s, 1948, 1944, 1939 , Intro

  • After Many a Summer Dies the Swan 1939, 1990

 Ibsen Hedda Gabler1989

Luther A. Ingersoll, 1908, 1908a, 1904

  • Century Annals of San Bernardino County, California 1904, 1908a
  • Ingersoll's Century History Santa Monica Bay Cities (Being Book Number Two of Ingersoll's Century Series of California Local History Annals) Prefaced with A Brief History of the State of California A Condensed History of Los Angeles County 1542 to 1908 Supplemented with An Encyclopedia of Local Biography and Embellished with Views of Historic Landmarks and Portraits of Representative People. Luther A. Ingersoll Los Angeles 1908, 512 pp., Biographies, Foreward, 1908, 1908a, 1908b, 1908c, 1908d, 1908e, 1876, 1871, 1860s,1850s, 1840s, 1839
  • Century History of the Santa Monica Bay Cities, 1908

Christopher Isherwood, 19971990, 1959, 1956, 1944

Issa, 1980, 1966-1965

Pico Iyer, 2003

Steven Izenour, 1985

  • Foreword: Alan Hess Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture, Chronicle Books: San Francisco, CA, 1985

Helen Hunt Jackson, 1999, 1984, 1979, 1892, 1880s

  • With Abbot Kinney wrote a study of the Gabrielino Indians, 1984, but best known for Ramona
  • Identified by Whittier as one of the Emerson School of writers, 1892

Helen Hunt Jackson, [1830-1885] Ramona, 1935

Jim Jacoby, 1972

  • Forward, Edwin B. Kantar & Jackson Stanley Gamesman Bridge: Play Better with Kantar, Melvin Powers, Wilshire Book Co.: 12015 Sherman Road, No. Hollywood, CA, 91605, 1972, 177 pp. (Signed in ink, Eddie Kantar)

Robinson Jeffers, 1981, Carmel, 1935

Superintendent J.P. Jones, Annual May 1, 1873-1870 Crown Point Mine ReportU.S. Mineral Resources for 18731943

Roger Jones Windsurfing: Basic and Fun Boarding Technique Harper & Row: San Francisco, 1985, 128pp. 

William Jones, 2004, 2004b, Intro

James Joyce, 1977

  • S. Daedalus, Ulysses, 1977

 Ken Juran The 2001 Meguiar's Award  Popular Mechanics, March 1, 2001, 1956, 1930s, 1909, 1907, 1904

Mark Kac, Enigmas of Chance, Harper and Row: NY, The Sloan Foundation Book Series, 1985, 163 pp., 1984

Franz Kafka, 2004, 1990, 1940s, 1914

  • Might have modeled a character, Karl Rossman in The Man who Disappeared on Chaplin's The Kid . . .", 2004, 1914

Kenny Kahn* The Carny Kid: Survival of a Young Thief, Pendant Press: Marina del Rey, CA, 2005, 224pp. 1940s

Kalidasa, 2004, 2004b, Intro

Mark E. Kann Middle Class Radicalism in Santa Monica, Temple University Press: Philadelphia, 1986

Edwin B. Kantar* Bridge Conventions: A Guide to Understanding Techniques of Modern Bidding, Melvin Powers Self-Improvement Library: Wilshire Book Co., 12015 Sherman Road, No. Hollywood, California 91605, 1972. 133pp.

Edwin B. Kantar Introduction to Defender's Play, Wilshire Book Co., 9731 Variel Ave., Chatsworth, CA, 91311, 1968, 147 pp. (Signed Eddie Kantar)

Edwin B. Kantar & Jackson Stanley Gamesman Bridge: Play Better with Kantar, (Foreward by Jim Jacoby), Melvin Powers, Wilshire Book Co.: 12015 Sherman Road, No. Hollywood, CA, 91605, 1972, 177 pp. (Signed in ink, Eddie Kantar)

Karen Kaplan, What made Pio Pico so, well, ugly? California's last Mexican governor had grotesque features that a neurologist thinks were caused by a metabolic disorder known as acromegaly. Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2008, 2008a

 Paul J. Karlstrom, 1990

Jason Kaufman For the Common Good? American Civic Life and the Golden Age of Fraternity, Oxford University Press: NY, 2002, 286 pp.

Stanley Kauffmann with Bruce Henstell,* (eds.), American Film Criticism: From the Beginnings to Citizen Kane (New York: Liveright, 1972), 68. (1994)

Jack Kerouac, 2001, 1987, 19811950s

  • Beat Novelist, 2001, 1950s

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

Abbot Kinney* [1850-1920], 1980, 1979, 1920, 1880, 1880s, 1870s, 1850

  • Kinney co-wrote with Helen Hunt Jackson a government-sponsored study of California Mission Indians suggesting several reforms, 1979, 1880s

Rudyard Kipling, 1947, 1894

  • Poet, Culture Critic, Racial Theorist, 1947, 1894

August Kleinzahler (Excerpt from) Secondary Sexual Characteristics,London Review of Books 13 December 2007, p. 25

Dan Knapp Offering brains and brawn, a film collection in the Specialized Libraries chronicles the historic Santa Monica fitness venue known as Muscle Beach. New Acquisition Pumps USC Up, 11/28/05 Contributed by A. Weisberg-Roberts*@warwick.ac.uk, 2005b

Resat Ekrem Koçu Istanbul Encyclopedia, 12 vo. (incomplete), 2005, Forward

Alfred Korzybski, 1990, 1950s

Sheila Kuehl, Ken Genser January 10, 2010

Mark Laird and Alicia Weisberg-Roberts (Eds.) Mrs. Delany and Her Circle, Yale Center of British Art and Sir John Soane's Museum In association with Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2009. 294 pp.

D.H. Lawrence, 1990, 1922

Margaret R. Lazzari The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist, Harcourt Brace: NY, 1996. 302 pp.

Homer Lea [1886-1912] The Vermilion Pencil.

General Homer Lea [1886-1912], The Valor of Ignorance, a military work, 1912

Homer Lea [ -1912], 1935, 1912,

Beth Leder-Pack Ken Genser Communitas Award 2009, 2010, 2009

Gypsy Rose Lee, 1990, 1944

  • Author and entertainer, 1990, 1944

Fritz Leiber, 2004a, 1959

  • The Beach at Santa Monica from Venice to Malibu, 1959

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

Gail Levin Synchromism and American Color Abstraction, 1910-1925 George Braziller: NY, 1978, 2001,

Philip Levine, 2005,

  • Breath (Knopf), 2005
  • The Mercy, The Simple Truth, Pulitzer Prize, 2005
  • Reading with Naomi Replansky at Beyond Baroque, 2005

Edward Levinson Labor on the March, ILR Press: Ithaca, NY, 1995 (1938), pp. 172, 173, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1930s

Lévi-Strauss, 2004b

Sinclair Lewis, 1994, 1919

  • Free Air (1919), 1994

Walter Lindley and J.P. Widney California of the South, 1888

  • Quoted in Gebhard and Winter, 1965

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay (1880-1931), 1994, 1920s, 1915, 1913

  • The Kallyope Yell The Forum (1913)
  • General William Booth Enters into Heaven, and Other Poems, The Macmillan Company: N.Y., 1913
  • The Congo and Other Poems, 1915 (1914), reprinted by Dover: NY 1992, The Santa Fe Trail, 1915

J.B. Lippincott, 1913

Lawrence Lipton* 1991, 1987, 19791976, 1974, 1959, 1950s, 1948, 1946, 1938

  • Columnist, Radio Free America The Free Press, 1991
  • Injured as a 70-year old reporter at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention by the police, 1991, 1968
  • Venice West Beat Generation, 1987, late 1950s
  • The Erotic Revolution, 1976
  • The Holy Barbarians, 1976
  • Rainbow at Midnight , 1976
  • Bruno in Venice West and Other Poems, Venice West Publishers: Van Nuys, California, 1976

Charles E. Little, 2000

  • Essayist, Our New Jerusalem, 2000

Dr. Ivan S. Login, 2008, 2008a, 2002

Jack London, Carmel, 1981, 1935

 Philomene Long (- 2007), 2005, 2001

  • Beyond Baroque Advisory Board, 2005, 2001
  • Poet, 2001

 Philomene Long The California Mission Poems (Spanish Trans.: Mariano Zaro), Published in conjunction with the film, The California Missions, Narrated by Martin Sheen, Distributed by the Univeristy of California Extension Media Center, 1991, 42 pp.

Philomene Long The Queen of BohemiaVol. I, Little Red Books (LRB 34), Lummox Press: San Pedro, CA, 2004, unnumbered.

Anita Loos, 1997, 1994, 1984, 1928,

  • "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes," Boni & Liveright: NY, (illustrated by Ralph Barton), 1928
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1997

Anita Loos "But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes," Boni & Liveright: NY, (illustrated by Ralph Barton), 1928, 248pp. Second Printing, 1928

Los Angeles Poets Society, 2008

Amy Lowell, 1994

Malcolm Lowry, 1981,

Charles F. Lummis [1859-1928], 1985, 1935, 1883

Suzanne Lummis, 2006

Terence Lyons The Truly Unforgettable Ken GenserSanta Monica Mirror, vol. 11, no. 32, (photos by Margaret Molloy) January 14-20, 2010. pp. 1, 38.

Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1990, 1927, 1924

  • Treatise on Color, 1924

Lawrence Mace*, 2006, 1994

  • Journal Entry (Deforest "Moe" Most*) September 2006
  • In Search of Whole Rainbows, Unpublished Manuscript, 1994

Lawrence Mace* In Search of Whole Rainbows, Unpublished Manuscript, 1994,

Lawrence Mace* Journal Entry (Deforest "Moe" Most*) September 2006

 William Mangam, 1997

  • William Andrew Clark, Jr. biographer, 1997

Lian Hurst Mann, AIA, From the EditorArchitecture California14. no. 2, November 1992 p. 2, pre-1768, Foreward and Back

Thomas Mann, 1990, 1981, 1948, 1941

  • Dr. Faustus, 1981, 1941

Opher Mansour* Triumph and Punishment: Caravaggio's Victorious Cupid and its Metamorphoses, Caravaggio: Reflections and Refractions III, The Renaissance Society of America, Los Angeles 19-21 March 2009

Ray Manzarek*, 2001,

  • Author and Musician, The Doors, 2001

Ernest Marquez Port of Los Angeles1997

Tina Noel Marrin (Ed.) Garden of Eden on Wheels: Selected Collections from Los Angeles Area Mobile Home and Trailer Parks, Essay by Erna Aljasmets, Contributions from The Museum of Jurassic Technology, Published by The Trustees, 1996, 111 pp. Funded in part by the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department

Susan Vaneta Mason* (1946- )(ed.) The San Francisco Mime Troupe Reader, University of Michigan Press, 2005, 281pp.

Edgar Lee Masters, 1994

James Boyer May, 1971

  • Poet, editor TRACE (1952-), The Mt. Alverno Review, 1971

Crosby Maynard Flight Plan for Tomorrow, McDonnell-Douglas Corp. (1974)

John Arthur Maynard Venice West: The Beat Generation in Southern California, Rutgers University Press: New Brunswick, NJ, 1991. 242pp.

Morrow Mayo, Los Angeles, Knopf: NY, 1933, 1888, 1977

Esther McCoy Irving Gill 1870-1936 Five California Architects, 1960, reprinted in Marvin Rand Irving J. Gill: Architect 1870-1936, Gibbs Smith, Publisher: Salt Lake City, UT, Design, Ahde Lahti; Photographs, Marvin Rand, 2006, 238 pp., 2006a, pp. 219-227, 1960

Horace McCoy* They Shoot Horses Don't They?, 1935, 2006, 1999,

Thomas McGrath, 2005, 1950s

  • Cal State, Los Angeles (Los Angeles State U.) 1954-51, 2005.

John Steven McGroarty (ed.) Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea: With Selected Biography of Actors and Witnesses to the Period of Growth and Achievement, American Historical Society, 1921, v. 2

Ruth McKenney, 1981

Kevin McKeown, Ken Genser 2010

Marshall McLuhan, 1991, 1960s

Robert Aquinas McNally Something in the Genes: Kaiser Permanente's Continuing Commitment to Research The Permanante Journal, 5, 4, Fall 2001

James McManus Poker: Play It Close to the Muzzle and Paws on the TableThe New York Times, 3 December 2005, B23, 2005, 2005b

John McPhee

Carey McWilliams, 2004, 1998, 1990, 1946

  • The poet laureate of California historians, 2004, 1998, 1946

H.L. Mencken (Ed.), Smart Set, 1935,

Knud Merrild (1894-1954), 1990, 1940s, 1922

Robert Merton and Elinor Barber The Travels and Adventures of Serendipity: A study in sociological semantics and the sociology of science Pinceton: NJ, 2004

Deena Metzger*, 2001, 1971

  • Author, mother, poet, teacher, 2001
  • Contributor, The Mt. Alverno Review1971

Bert Meyers, 2008

Leonard Michaels, Cryptology, 26 May 2003 The New Yorker, pages 83-89

Victoria Rembeau Miko*, Joe Miko*'s Swim Records, email, May 31, 2007, 2006

Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1994

Henry Miller, 1990,1981, 1950s, 1948

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

Joaquin Miller, Poet, 1979, 1905

Laurie Miller*, 1979, 1970s,

  • Rock Album Cover Photographer, 1979, 1970s
  • Co-author of Art Pepper's Autobiography;
  • Synanon resident, 1971-1969

Benjamin Fay Mills (1857-), 1979, 1937, 1909, 1905, 1897

John Stuart Mill, 2004, 2004b, Intro

William (Bill) Mohr*, 2007, 2005, 1982, 1970s

  • Poet, Ocean Park poet, 2007, 1982, 1970s
  • Printer, publisher, Getty Fellow, 2007, 1982, 1970s
  • Beyond Baroque National Advisory Board, 2005
  • Professor, California State University, Long Beach, 2007
  • Poetry Readiing, Church in Ocean Park, 2007
  • Hidden Proofs, Bombshelter Press: Los Angeles, CA, 1982, 63pp.
  • Bittersweet Kaleidoscope If Publications: Palos Verdes Estates, CA, 2006, 32 pp.

Bill Mohr Bittersweet Kaleidoscope If Publications: Palos Verdes Estates, CA, 2006, 32 pp.

William (Bill) Mohr*, Hidden Proofs, Bombshelter Press: Los Angeles, CA, 1982. 63 pp.

Joseph Montoya, Remembers artist who did Vietnam POW-MIA mural in Venice To the EditorThe Argonaut, 20 November 2003, 3, 1997,

Tom Moran and Tom Sewell Fantasy by the Sea Peace Press: Culver City, CA, 1980 (1979) (Originally published by Beyond Baroque Foundation with a grant from the Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts)

Hal Morgan Big Time: American Tall-Tale PostCards, St. Martin's Press: NY, 1981, 75 pp.

Richard G. Morgan, 1977

  • Kenneth Patchen Patchen's Lost Plays (Ed. and Introduction: Richard G. Morgan) Capra Press: Santa Barbara, CA, 1977, 93pp. (There are two plays: Don't Look Now (1967) and The City Wears a Slouch Hat (1941), 1977

William Moritz You Can't Get Then From NowThe Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art Journal, 29 Summer, 1981: 27-35, 1990

James (Jim) Douglas Morrison*, 20011997, 1971, 1969, 1968

  • Poet and musician, The Doors, 2001
  • Filmmaker, musician, pop-music performer, poet, 1971
  • For the moment living in France, 1971
  • Contributor and Sponsor, The Mt. Alverno Review1971

James Douglas (Jim) Morrison, The New Creatures, Simon & Shuster: NY, 1969

Philip, Phyllis Morrison and Ray Eames, Powers of 10, 1988, 1977

Mayo Morrow Los Angeles: A History with Side-Shows, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932

Walter Mosley, 2005, 2004, 2002, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1991, 1966, 1964, 1961, 1956, 1953, 1939, Intro

  • Bad Boy Brawly Brown Phoenix: London 2004 (2002), 311 pp. (1964)
  • Black Betty, Pocket Star Books: NY, 1994, 344 pp., 1994, 1961
  • Cinnamon Kiss, Warner Books: NY, 2005. 313pp., 1966, p. 277
  • Gone Fishin' Black Classic: Baltimore, 1997, 244pp., 1946, 1939
  • Little Scarlet, Warner: NY, 2004 (1965), 325 pp.
  • A Little Yellow Dog, W.W. Norton: NY, 1996, 300 pp., (1963)
  • A Red Death Pocket Books: NY, 1991, 245 pp. (1953)
  • White Butterfly, Pocket Books: NY, 1992, 292pp., 1956

Walter Mosley Bad Boy Brawly Brown Phoenix: London 2004 (2002), 311 pp. (1964)

Walter Mosely Black Betty, Pocket Star Books: NY, 1994, 344 pp., 1994, 1961

Walter Mosley Cinnamon Kiss, Warner Books: NY, 2005. 313pp., 1966, p. 277

Walter Mosley Gone Fishin' Black Classic: Baltimore, 1997, 244pp., 1946, 1939

Walter Mosley, Little Scarlet, Warner: NY, 2004 (1965), 325 pp.

Walter Mosley A Little Yellow Dog, W.W. Norton: NY, 1996, 300 pp., (1963)

 Walter Mosley A Red Death Pocket Books: NY, 1991, 245 pp. (1953)

Walter Mosley White Butterfly, Pocket Books: NY, 1992, 292pp., 1956

Elfie Mosse, Librarian, 1908a, 1890

The Mt. Alverno Review: A Quick Anthology of West Coast Verse (ed. Michael C. Ford), Licorice Paper, 1971, 1969, 1962

Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, Painting and Sculpture in Los Angeles, 1900-1945, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980, 2003

Geraldine Moyle, 2010, 2009

  • Tribute and Eulogy, Ken Genser, 2010, 2009
  • Irene Wolt, 2009

John Muir, 2000

Eric Nakamura Rabbits and Robots: Who are kozyndan?Giant RobotUprisings, Asian Pop Culture, (kozyndan cover) p. 64 (detail of The Audience, p. 67), no. 28, 2003

George Jean Nathan (Ed.), Smart Set, 1935

Alyssa Navapanich* Emile Pourroy*, Dalila Pourroy*, and the McGinley* EstateOceanpark.ws, 2005, 2005b 1941, 1919

Alan Neil, 1959

  • piano and liner notes, Patchen Reads to Jazz, 1959

Gordon Newell and Joe Williamson Pacific Coastal Liners, Superior Publishing Co.: Seattle, WA, (Bonanza Books, Crown Publishing: NY),1959, 192 pp. 

Harris Newmark Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913, Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1970, 2002, 1913, 1887, 1853

Marco R. Newmark La Fiesta de Los Angeles of 1894 The Quarterly, Historical Society of Southern California, June 1947, vol. XXIX, No. 2, pp. 101-111 1, 1894

 Dudley Nichols, 1990, 1950s, 1920s

Becky M. Nicolaides, My Blue Heaven: Life and Politics in the Working-Class Suburbs of Los Angeles, 1920-1965, with Photographs by Robbert Flick, The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 2002,

Nietzsche, 1989

Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Lucifer's Hammer Fawcett Crest: New York, 1977.

"Big Daddy" Nord, 1979, 1950s

  • Poet, 1979, 1950s

Charles Nordhoff Resources of California, 1908a

Frank Norris' The Octopus, 1986

J. J. O'Connor and E. F. Robertson George DantzigBiographies of Mathematicians http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Dantzig_George.html, 2005, 1952

Clifford Odets, 1990, 1950s, 1920s

Suzye Ogawa*, 2005

John O'Hara, 1981

Jim Ohlschmidt, 2001

  • Liner Notes The Genius of Joe Pass*, Vestapol 13073 Video, 2001

Charles Olsen, 1991, 1940s

  • Poet; Black Mountain College Faculty, 1991, 1940s

 David Ossman, 1971, 1963

  • (Editor), The Sullen Art, 1963, Poet. Currently one-fourth of a surrealist comedy quartet called The Firesign Theatre, The Mt. Alverno Review1971

Orhan Pamuk Istanbul: Memories and the City Alfred A. Knopf: NY, 2005, Forward

Marlene Park A Romantic in a Frenzied Office: Macdonald-Wright and the Federal Art Projects, 1934-1943  New Deal Federal Arts Project,2003, 1930s, newdeal.feri.org/smw/

Kenneth Patchen [1911-1972], 2004b, 2001, 1991, 1977, 1971, 1967, 1957, 1952, 1941, 1942, 1940s, 1930s

  • Artist, Author, Playwright, Poet, 2004b, 2001, 1991, 1977, 1971, 1967, 1957, 1952, 1941, 1942, 1940s, 1930s
  • Guggenheim Fellowship, 1930s
  • Bit of Life Collected Poems, New Directions Publishing Co., 1952
  • Collected Poems, New Directions Publishing Co., 1952
  • The Lute In The Attic, 1957
  • Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry with the Chamber Jazz Sextet Cadence CLP-3004 (1957)
  • Contributor and Dedicatee, The Mt. Alverno Review, 1971, 1952
  • Patchen's Lost Plays (Ed. and Introduction: Richard G. Morgan) Capra Press: Santa Barbara, CA, 1977, 93pp. (There are two plays:Don't Look Now (1967) and The City Wears a Slouch Hat (1941)
  • Poems of Humor and Protest
  • Playwright, The City Wears a Slouch Hat, a radio play for CBS, for which John Cage composed the score and the sound effects, 1991 1940s, 2001, 1991
  • Tribute by Wanda Coleman, 2001
  • Kenneth Patchen Patchen's Lost Plays (Ed. and Introduction: Richard G. Morgan) Capra Press: Santa Barbara, CA, 1977, 93pp. (There are two plays: Don't Look Now (1967) and The City Wears a Slouch Hat (1941)
  •  Larry Smith Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) Timeline ( Last updated 26 Jun 1996), [2005 KR], 1972, includes many of Patchen's published works.
  • The Selected Poems of Kenneth Patchen, New Directions, 1957

Kenneth Patchen Collected Poems, New Directions Publishing Co., 1952

Kenneth Patchen Patchen's Lost Plays (Ed. and Introduction: Richard G. Morgan) Capra Press: Santa Barbara, CA, 1977, 93pp.

Kenneth Patchen Poems of Humor and Protest

Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry with the Chamber Jazz Sextet Cadence CLP-3004 (1957)

Kenneth Patchen The Selected Poems of Kenneth Patchen, New Directions, 1957

Miriam Patchen, 1971

  • Living in Palo Alto, Dedication, The Mt. Alverno Review, 1971

Ed and Judy Pelletier, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2004b

Art and Laurie Pepper* Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper, Da Capo Press: Introduction by Gary Giddens; Discography by Todd Selbert; Afterward by Laurie Pepper (1979), 1994.

Jed Perl The Urban Mirror: Robert Alter Imagined Cities: Urban Experiences and the Language of the Novel, Yale University Press, 2005?,The New York Times Book Review, 19 June 2005, p. 9, Introduction

S.J. Perelman, 1981

 Jack Peters Chess: Pros find team concept a winner, Los Angeles Times, 2 October 2, 2005, p. E48, 2005b

Kurt Petersen, Ken Genser, 2010

Regina V. Phelan The Gold Chain: A California Family Saga, The Arthur H. Clark Co.: Glendale, CA, Illustrated, 1987, 432 pp.

Ave Pildas Art Deco Los Angeles, 1977. Essay: Liza Williams; Photographs: Ave Pildas, Harper & Row: NY, 1977, 64 pp., 1930s, 1920s

William Pillin* [ - ], 2008, 2006, 1980, 1979, 1963, 1939

  • The Poetry Series of the Church in Ocean Park, 2006
  • Tribute to William Pillan, November 19, 2006
  • Ocean Park Pavane For A Fading Memory, 1963
  • Reprinted in To The End Of Time, Poems New And Selected (1939-1979), illus. by Polia Pillin, Papa Bach Editions: Los Angeles, 1980.

William Pillin Collected Poems, illustrated by Polia Pillin, 1980.

Peter Plagens,* 1990,

  • Artist, Critic, 1990
  • Sunshine Muse, 1990

Edgar Allen Poe, 1989

  • Man of the Crowd, 1989,

Poets include Stuart Perkoff*, Frank Rios, Tony Scibella, Lawrence Lipton*, James Ryan Morris, 1987, 1950s

Virginia Postrel, Hurrell's Glamour, 16pp., 2006

  • Lights! Camera! Glamour!: The Photographs of George Hurrell at the Queen Mary, Long Beach, 2006 and at the Heritage Square Museum, Santa Monica, CA, 2008, Virginia Postrel, Hurrell's Glamour, 16pp., 2008, 2006

Ezra Pound, 1994, 1920

Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven Lucifer's Hammer Fawcett Crest: New York, 1977

Ernie Powell, Ken Genser, 2010

Holly Prado These Mirrors Prove It: Selected Poems and Prose, 1970-2003, Cahuenga Press: Los Angeles, 2004, 427 pp.

Holly Prado From One to the Next, Cahuenga Press, 2008

Jenny Price, 2004b

  • Los Angeles writer. 2004b

Proust, 1989

Wolfgang Puck Adventures in the Kitchen: 175 New Recipes from Spago, Chinois on Main, Postrio and Eureka (Forward, Calvin Trillin) Random House: NY, 1991 265 pp.

Marvin Rand Irving J. Gill: Architect 1870-1936, Gibbs Smith, Publisher: Salt Lake City, UT, Design, Ahde Lahti; Photographs, Marvin Rand, 2006, 238 pp., 2006a, 1916

Cecilia Rasmussen L.A. Then and Now: In 'Whites Only' Era, an Oasis for L.A.'s Blacks Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2005 B2, 1920s

Cecilia Rasmussen, L..A. Then and Now : A 'Carny Kid' Tells Students How He Beat the OddsLos Angeles Times, May 1, 2005, B2

Man Ray, 1990, 1950s, 1940s

  • Ruth, Roses and Revolvers, 1946, 1990

Richard Rayner The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California, Norton: New York, 2008, 223 pp.

Naomi Replansky (b. 1918-), 2005

  • The Dangerous World: New and Selected Poems, 1934-1994, Another Chicago Press: Chicago, IL, 1994

Kenneth Rexroth, 1991

  • Along with Lawrence Lipton* wrote the Escaltor Manifesto, 1991

Craig Rice*, 1997, 1991, 1948, 1946, 1940s, 1938, 1930s

  • One half of whom was Lawrence Lipton, 1991, 1948. 1946, 1938

M.C. Richards, 1991, 1940s

  • Poet; Black Mountain College faculty, 1991, 1940s

Mordechai Richler, 2004

  • The Phantom Tollbooth,

Alva Richmond, 191619141913, 1910, 1909

  • Author, Hiker, Photographer,

Alva B. Richmond Over the Government Trail to Fish Canyon, June 11, 1916

Rilke, 1989

Frederick H. Rindge Happy Days in Southern California Frederick H. Rindge: Cambridge, Mass. and Los Angeles, Calif., 1898, 200pp. Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1908a (Google reprint)

Kelyn Roberts*, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2005b, 2004,2003, 2002, 2001

  • (See Kelyn Roberts Personal Interviews)
  • Ocean Park Web Site aesthetic clumsiness, asides, comments, mistakes, editorial choices, misunderstandings, notes 2007, 2006, 2005,2005b, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001
  • Nora Marshall*'s recollection, told to Kelyn Roberts* 04/29/052005b,, 1940s, 1930s
  • Personal Interviews, 2010, 2009, 2008,

Bruce Robertson, 2002,

Andrew Robison, with Judith Brodie, Ruth E. Fine, Margaret Morgan Grasselli and Sarah Greenough Dürer to Diebenkorn*: Recent Acquisitions of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992

Teresa Rochester OPCO Tackles Architecture, Boulangerie Site and Homeless atAnnual Conference The LookOut News February 2001.

Harriet and Fred Rochlin, Pioneer Jews: A New Life in the Far West, Houghton Mifflin Co.: Boston, 1984. 1907, 1900s, 1892, 1877, 1854, 1853, 1850s

Seldon Rodman The Artist Nobody KnowsNew World Writing, The New American Library: NY, 1952. Pages 151&endash;157, 1952, 1921, 1918, 1898

Lionel Rolfe Literary L.A., Chronicle Books: San Francisco, 1981, 102pp.

  • Some of the authors mentioned: Theodore Dreiser, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, Malcolm Lowry, Henry Miller, Budd Schulberg, John Steinbeck, George Sterling, Nathanael West, 1981
  • The Menuhins: A Family Odyssey

James L. Rolleston The Politics of Quotation: Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project, PMLA, 104, 1, January, 1989, pp. 13-25

Martha Ronk, 2000

  • Poet, Our New Jerusalem, 2000

Biff Rose, 1971.

  • Composer, Musician, Poet, The Mt. Alverno Review, 1971  

Judith K. Rose* Tree Poem, 2004b 

Rhoda Lily Rosen Falling Petals: Stories and Prose Poems, Los Angeles, CA, 1994, 50pp.

Nancy Wilson Ross, 1991, 1930s

  • Lectured to John Cage on Dada and Zen, 1991, 1930s

Martha Roth Goodness, Spinsters Ink: Duluth, MN, 1996, 301pp.

  • Letter, London Review of Book, 24 January, 20008.

Jerome Rothenberg, 2005

  • Poet; National Advisory Board, Beyond Baroque, 2005

Vivian Rothstein Ken Genser 2010

Alla Rubin* There is Nothing in My Suitcases, Medat Publishers: Santa Monica, 2005, 46pp.

Karl Rydgren* [1914-  ] I Remember, Unpublished Ms., 1975 [Reprinted 2005]

Curt Sachs (1881-) World History of the Dance, (Trans, Bessie Schönberg) The Norton Library: N.Y., 1937 (1965).

Carolyn Sackariason 'Sensibility' sought for SM City HallSanta Monica Daily Press, 31 Tuesday May 2005, 4, Issue 171. p. 1

E. Said Orient 2004, 2004b, Intro

Ruth St. Denis ( -1968), 2005b, 1968, 1939, 1921, 1910, 1906, 1904

  • Author, Choreographer, Dancer, Educator, 1921
  • An Unfinished Life, 2005b, 1939, 1910, 1906, 1904.

Mary Anita Sale, 1997, 1930s

  • nee Loos, 1997, 1930s
  • Dancer, screenwriter, 1997, 1930s

Richard Sale, 1997, 1930s

  • Screenwriter, 1997, 1930s

Ludwig Louis Salvator, Los Angeles in the Sunny Seventies: A Flower from the Golden Land, 1876, 1997

Carl Sandburg, 1997, 1994,

William Perry Sanders Days That Are Done, Grafton Publishing Corporation: Los Angeles, U.S.A., 1918, Seven Photo Illustrations, 134 pp.

Edward Sanders 1968: A History in Verse, Black Sparrow Press: Santa Rosa CA, 2000 (1997). 1968

www.smgov.net: City Mourns Ken Genser, January 9, 2010

Sappho, the Poetess, 1921

Aram Saroyan, 2001,

William Saroyan, 1981

Peter Schjeldahl Onward and Upward with the Arts: Dealership, 2 February 2004 The New Yorker, pp. 36 - 41.

Horst Schmidt-Brümmer Venice, California: An Urban Fantasy, Grossman Publishers: NY, (English trans., Feelie Lee) 1973 (Original German Text Verlag Ernst Wasmuth: Tubingen, 1972), 108pp., 1973, 1971

 Budd Schulberg, 1981

  • What Makes Sammy Run?1981

 Andrea Schulte-Peevers and David Peevers, 1996 (1999)

  • Los Angeles, Lonely Planet: Oakland, 2nd ed., 1996(1999), 351pp.

James Willard Schultz, 1935

James Dix (J.D.) Schuyler [1848 -1912], 1915, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1908 1905, 1904, 1903, 1901, 1899

  • The Stockton Daily Independent, 1870s

J.D. Schuyler, Reservoirs for Irrigation, Water Power, and Domestic Water Supply (John Wiley & Sons, 1901; 2nd edition, 1908)

Kara Schwartz,* M.A., Two Poems2007

Paula A. Scott Santa Monica: A History on the Edge Arcadia Press: San Francisco, 2004, 160pp., 2005b

Carolyn See, 2001,

  • Educator, Poet, Writer, 2001
  • Tribute to Kenneth Patchen Tribute, 2001, 1972, 1971

Allan Seeger (1888-1916) I have a Rendezvous with Death, 1916 in Marguerite Wilkinson New Voices: An Introduction to Contemporary Poetry, The Macmillan Co.: New York, 1924 (1919), revised 1921, 454pp. [This volume was obtained in January, 2005 from the Ocean Park Library on-going book sale and is signed and dated Gertrude Morrow, 1927.]

Charles Seeger, 1990,

Ruth Seymour* Philosophers, Fiddlers and Fools: A Farewell 15 Dec., 2006  KCRW.com

William Shakespeare, 2004, 2004b, 1994, Introduction

Ted Shawn Ruth St. Denis Pioneer & Prophet Prospectus San Franciso: John Howell, Pub., John Henry Nash, Printer, List of Subscribers; several plates, 450 limited edition, 1920

Ted Shawn, 1921

  • Author, Choreographer, Dancer, Educator, 1921

Shiki, 1980, 1966-1965

Upton Sinclair, 19811977, 1935, 1930s, 1923, 1920s, 1916, 1910s, 1908, 1902

  • The Jungle, 1981, 1977, 1906
  • I, Candidate for Governor, 1981, 1930s
  • How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future, 1981, 1930s
  • Dragon's Teeth (1942), Pulitzer Prize, 1943, 1981

Larry Smith Kenneth Patchen [1911-1972] Timeline ( Last updated 26 June 1996), [2005 KR], 1972

Barry Smolin Phthalo Records, Los Angeles, CA, Green Galactic, 2006, 2005b

Rebecca Solnit Check out the parking lot, Dante's Inferno, illustrated by Sandow Birk, text adapted by Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders, Chronicle, 218pp. London Review of Books, 26, 13, 8 July 2004, p. 32, 2004b

Will South, Invention and Imagination: Stanton Macdonald-Wright's Santa Monica Library MuralArchives of American Art Journal, 39, nos. 3 & 4 (1999): 11-20, 2003

Grant H. Smith The History of the Comstock Lode 1850-1920, Geology and Mining Series No. 37, University of Nevada Bulletin: Reno, Nevada, vol. XXXVII. 1 July 1943, no. 3, (revised 1966), Ninth printing, 1980. 305 pp.

Jeffery Stanton Bay Cities Directories, 1907 with amendments (In Progress), 20031907

Jeffrey Stanton's 1912 Bay City Directory, (On-going), 2003, 1912

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

 Jeffrey Stanton Santa Monica Pier A History from 1875 to 1990, Donahue Publishing: Los Angeles, CA, 1990

Jeffrey Stanton* Venice of America: 'Coney Island of the Pacific,' Donahue Publishing: Los Angeles, CA, 1987, 176 pp.

Jeffrey Stanton, On Collecting Venice and Ocean Park Post Cards, 2006

Kevin Starr Embattled Dreams California in War and Peace 1940-1950, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK, 2002, 386 pp., 2002

Kevin Starr Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California, Oxford University Press: NY, 1996, 402 pp.

Kevin Starr, Inventing the Dream: California Through the Progressive Era Oxford University Press, 1985, p 87-9, 1933, 1929, 1912, 1910s

Gertrude Stein, 200420011991, 1973, 1930s, 1911

  • Writer, poet, art collector, 2001, 1973, 1911
  • Both Macdonald-Wright and Cage visited her in Paris, seeing her and her brother's art collection, 2004 

John Steinbeck, 1981,

George Sterling, Carmel, 1981, 1935, 1908

Charles Stoker Thicker 'n Thieves, Santa Monica, Calif.: Sidereal Co., 1951

Irving Stone, 1990, 1950s, 1940s

  • novelist, 1990, 1950s, 1940s

Les Storrs, 1974

  • Reporter, Santa Monica Outlook; Managing Editor, U.S. Army Major, Santa Monica City Director of Planning, 1974
  • Santa Monica Portrait of a City Yesterday and Today, Santa Monica Bank: Santa Monica, CA, 1974, 67 pp.

Les Storrs Santa Monica Portrait of a City Yesterday and Today, Santa Monica Bank: Santa Monica, CA, 1974, 67 pp.

Gene Stratton-Porter Freckles, Grossett & Dunlap Publishers: New York, (Inscribed in pencil, Eliza McConnell. 1911.), Decorations by E. Stetson Crawford, Doubleday, Page & Co., 1904, 427 pp.

Sonya Fox Sultan Ken Genser 2010

 Glenn Sundby Ode to Muscle Beach Muscle Beach Alumni Association Newletter (MBAA Newsletter), no. 1, v. 1, 2006, 2006a

Daisetz Suzuki, 1991, 1940s

  • Taught classes in the philosophy of Zen Buddhism at Columbia University, 1940s, 1991

Galya Pillin Tarmu The Heart of the Matter: The Art of Galya Pillin Tarmu, (Jean Chatoff, ed.), Blurb.com, 2009, 30 pp.

 Sara Teasdale, 1994

John Thomas, 2001

  • Poet, 2001

William F. Thomas, 1985

  • Paul Conrad Drawn and Quartered: The Best Political Cartoons (Introduction, William F. Thomas) Harry N. Abrams: NY, 1985, 176 pp.

Calvin Tomkins, Profile: Flying into the LightThe New Yorker, January 13, 2003. pp. 62 to 71,

Linda J. Tomko Dancing Class: Gender, Ethnicity and Social Divide in American Dance, 1890-1920, Indiana University Press, 1999, 284 pp.

Calvin Trillin, Forward, Wolfgang Puck Adventures in the Kitchen: 175 New Recipes from Spago, Chinois on Main, Postrio and Eureka, Random House: NY, 1991 265 pp.

Jim Tully, 1935,

Mark Twain, 1981

Stanislaw Ulam, Adventures of a Mathematician, 1983

 S.S. Van Dyne, 1983, 1981, 1957

  • Mystery writer, art critic for the L.A. Times and editor of the Smart Set and Stanton Macdonald-Wright's brother, Willard Wright 1983

Paul Vangelisti, 2005

  • Poet; Beyond Baroque Advisory Board, 2005

Charles E. Van Loan, 1935,

Virgil, 2004b, 2004

  • Roman poet and character in Dante's Inferno, 2004b, 2004

Lydia Modi Vitale and Steven M. Gelber, New Deal Art: California, Santa Clara, Calif.: de Saisset Art Gallery and Museum, 1976, 2003

D.J. Waldie, 2004, 2000, 1998

  • Our New Jerusalems: Recent Terrains: Terraforming The American West. Photographs By Laurie Brown, Poetry By Martha Ronk, Essay By Charles E. Little; Johns Hopkins University Press: 98 pp., PaperLos Angeles Times Book Review 24 December 2000, Foreward
  • Holy Land: A SuburbanMemoir.

Craig Ward, 1921

  • Actor-Poet, 1921

Charles Dudley Warner, 1977

  • "I did not mean to say that everybody in Southern California is rich-but everybody expects to be rich tomorrow,"

J.J. Warner, 1876

Evelyn Waugh, 1999, 1981, 1948

  • The Loved One 1948, 1990

June Wayne (b. 1918), 19901960s, 1951, 1947, 1946, 1939, 1938, 1935

Phil Wayne Historic Mural Comes Home The Lookout News, 21/12/04, 2004

Gregory Weinstein The Ardent Eighties, International Press: New York, 1928, 182 pp. Obtained at the John Muir Elementary and Olympic High Swap Meet, Ocean Park, February 2, 2008 (Signed by Gregory Weinstein, "To Jacob Mousky, A man with spunk and a smile") Reprinted copies of the book are available from Googlebooks.

Matt Weinstock My L.A., New York: Current Books, 1947

Franz Werfel, 1981,

Lawrence Weschler, 2004, 1998

  • Vermeer in Bosnia, Pantheon Books: NY, 2004, 1998

Nathanael West (-1940), 1999, 19901981, 1939, 1935, 1933

  • Author, Artist, Script Writer, 1981, 1933
  • Miss Lonelyhearts, 1981, 1933
  • The Day of the Locust, 1990, 1981 1939

 Walt Whitman, 2000, 19941991, 1930s, 1926, 1925

  • Leaves of Grass

Facing West From California's Shores Leaves of Grass1926, 1925

Whittier, 1908a

Wilde, 1989

Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, 1935

Austin Strauss,* 2006

Marguerite Wilkinson New Voices: An Introduction to Contemporary Poetry, The Macmillan Co.: New York, 1924 (1919), revised 1921, 454pp. [This volume was obtained in January, 2005 from the Ocean Park Library on-going book sale and is signed and dated Gertrude Morrow, 1927.]

Charles Dwight Willard, The Free Harbor Contest at Los Angeles Los Angeles: Kingsley, Barnes and Neuner Co., 1899 (1952), 1908a

Liza Williams, 1977,

  • In Ave Pildas Art Deco Los Angeles, 1977. Essay: Liza Williams; Photographs: Ave Pildas, Harper & Row: NY, 1977, 64 pp., 1930s, 1920s

Harry Leon Wilson, Carmel, 1935

Merrill Windsor America's Sunset Coast, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1978, 212pp.

Michele Wittig* email to Geraldine Moyle*, The SAMOHI student memorial march for classmate Eddie Lopez on Mar 11, 2006, at 4:57 AM,

Irving Wohlfarth, Et Cetera? The Historian as ChiffonierNew German Critique, 39(1986), pp. 142-68, 1989, Intro

Richard Wolin, 1989

Irene Wolt*, 1977,

Basil Woon Incredible Land New York: Liverright Publishing Corporation, 1933

Willard Huntington Wright [ -1939]* (S.S. Van Dine), 2000, 1990, 1935, Intro

  • [aka S.S. Van Dine],* (Ed.) Smart Set, 1935  

W.B. Yeats, 2000

Al Young, 2008,

  • California Poet Laureate, 2008,
  • Reading, Santa Monica Main Library, 2008

Betty Lou Young Our First Century: The Los Angeles Athletic Club 1880-1980, LAAC Press: Los Angeles, California 1979, 176pp

Betty Lou Young Rustic Canyon and the Story of the Uplifters, 1975

Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182pp.  

Roger Yung Homer Lea Site, 2010, 2009

Nina and Tim Zagat ZagatSurvey 1999: America's Top Restaurants, 236 pp., 1999

Janine Autolitano,* 2008, 2007, 1996

  • 2423 Third St., 2007
  • Artist: Painting, Collage, 2008, 2007
  • Barnsdall Municipal Gallery, 2008
  • Santa Monica College; Otis Art Institute, 2007, 1996

Autolux, 2006

  • Sonic Scenery @ The Natural History Museum, 2006

Automatism, 1999, 1990, 1940s

  • Post-surrealism experiments, 1990, 1940s
  • Knud Merrild's "flux" which anticipates Jackson Pollack, 1999, 1940s

Auto Court with apartments and rooms over the garages in the rear, 1967, 1931

Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA), 1940sa

  • Rated Tourist Facilities, 1940s

Automobiles, 2010, 2005, 2005a, 2004, 2004b, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1997, 1992, 1990, 1987, 1979197719751974, 1971, 1960s, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1951, 1950s, 1935, 1930, 1930s, 1924, 1920s, 1915, 1912, 1910s, 1909, 1907, 1904

  • (See Cars)
  • First Los Angeles horseless carriage, 1979, 1897
  • The Southern Caifornia Automobile Club, 1979, 1900

Founded by a small group of[LAAC members], 1979, 1900

Ralph Hamlin, 1979, 1930s, 1905

  • First motorcycle west of the Rockies, an Orient four cylinder, 1979, 1905
  • Franklin Automobile Dealer, 1979, 1930s 1905

Frankln was the first automobile to reach the top of Mt. Wilson by road, 1979, 1907

Howard Warshaw Wrecked Automobiles, 1990, 1950s

Bugatti, 1979, 1915

Buick, 2005, 1975

Cadillac, 2001

Cameron, 2001

Case, 1979, 1915

Chalmers, 1979, 1915

Chevrolet, 1979, 1915

Mary Kyte's custom-built, chauffeur-driven limousine, 1997,

DeLage, 1979, 1915

Dodge, 1987, 1951

Duesenberg, 2001, 1990, 1955

du Pont, 2004, 2004b

  • 1930 du Pont Model G Merrimac Town Car, 2004, 2004b

Purchased in 1956, at a corner gas station [in Ocean Park?] by J.B. Nethercutt, and restored, 2004, 2004b

Fiat, 1974, 1912, 1910s, 1909

Ford, 2005, 2005a, 1997, 1975, 1974, 1957, 1924

  • Model T Ford, 2005, 1997, 1975, 1924

Ed Howe and his Model T, 1924 (Photographer unknown), 1924

Model A, 1997

  • 1931 Model A, 1997

Fordson, 1974, 1924

Franklin, 1979, 1930s, 1907, 1905

Gobron Brille, 2001

  • 1909 Gobron Brille, 2001

Hercules,1979, 1915

Hispano-Suiza, 2001

Hoch, 1990, 1955

  • Hitler's Auto-Union Hoch, 1990, 1955

Isotta-Fraschini, 20011974, 1912, 1910s

Lancia, 1990, 1955

  • Rudolf Valentino's Lancia, 1990, 1955

Lincoln, 2001, 1974, 1924

Lozier, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Maxwell, 1990, 1979, 1955, 1915

  • Jack Benny's Maxwell, 1990, 1955

Mercedes, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Mercedes-Benz, 2001

Mercer, 1979, 1974, 1915, 1912, 1910s

Moreland, 1990, 1955, 1908

  • 1908 Moreland Fire Engine, 1990, 1955

Napier, 1979, 1915

Packard, 2005, 2001, 1975, 1930s

Peugeot, 19791974, 1915, 1912, 1910s

Pierce-Arrow, 2001

Pope-Hartford, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Porsche, 2002, 1977

Rolls-Royce, 2001, 1990, 1955

  • Clara Bow's Rolls-Royce, 1990, 1955

Rumpler, 1990, 1955, 1921

  • 1921 German Rumpler Drop Car, 1990, 1955

Santa Monica Mayor Ken Genser's drop-top Saab, 2010

Saxon Six , 2005, 1975

Simplex, 1979, 1915

Studebaker, 2005, 1975

Stutz, 1979, 1915

Stutz, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Sunbeam, 1974, 1912, 1910s

The Venice Grand Prix, 1915

Westinghouse, 2001

  • 1907 Westinghouse, 2001

Automobile Age, 1986, 1949, 1940s, 1930s, 1915,

Automobile Dealers, 2005, 1987, 1979, 1975, 1974, 1951, 1930s, 1924, 1905

  • Barish,
  • Dodge Dealers sponsored the Lawrence Welk Show on KTLA, 1987, 1951
  • Franklin Automobile Dealer, 1979, 1930s 1905
  • Ralph Hamlin, 1979, 1930s, 1905

First motorcycle west of the Rockies, an Orient four cylinder, 1979, 1905

Franklin Automobile Dealer, 1979, 1930s 1905

Frankln was the first automobile to reach the top of Mt. Wilson by road, 1979, 1907

W.L. Heinickle, 1974, 1924

  • Lincoln Ford Fordson (Phone 61007 Venice), Main and Navy, 1974, 1924

Studebaker Dealer, 2005, 1975

The Automobile Industry, 1995, 1936

Automobile Museums, Shows, Libraries, Collections 2004, 2004b2001, 2000, 1958, 1956, 1930

  • Hollywood Autocade. 1990, 1974, 1956, 1955, 1908

La Monica Ballroom, 1990, 1955

Included Hitler's Auto-Union Hoch, a $16,500 Dusenberg. Rudolf Valentino's Lancia, Jack Benny's Maxwell, 1908 Moreland Fire Engine, Clara Bow's Rolls-Royce, 1921 German Rumpler Drop Car, an amphibious vehicle designed to be dropped from dirigibles, 1990, 1955

The Cars of the Stars, 1956

Sign on the outside of the Santa Monica Ballroom, 1974, 1956

The Nethercutt* Automotive Research Library and Archives, 2004, 2004b, 2001, 2000

  • Housed in the Nethercutt* Museum, 2004, 2004b, 2000

Nethercutt* Museum, 2004, 2004b, 2000

  • Sylmar, 2004, 2004b

Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Automobile Show, 2004, 2004b, 1992, 1958, 1956, 1930

  • "Best in Show", 1958, J.B. Nethercutt*'s restored 1930 du Pont Model G Merrimac Town Car, purchased in 1956, at a corner gas station [in Ocean Park?] 2004, 2004b
  • Nethercutt* won 6 "Best in Shows" between 1958 and 1992, more than any other individual, 2004, 2004b
  • The Nethercutt* Trophy was inaugurated in 1992, 2004, 2004b

Auto Races, Racers, Machines, 1974, 1915, 1912, 1910s

  • Automobile Racing, included these automotive makes, 1974, 1912, 1910s, 1909

Fiat, 1974, 1912, 1910s, 1909

Isotta-Fraschini, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Lozier, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Mercedes, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Mercer, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Peugeot, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Pope-Hartford, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Stutz, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Sunbeam, 1974, 1912, 1910s

Earl Cooper, 1974, 1910s

Ralph de Palma, 1974, 1910s

Peter de Paolo, 1974, 1910s

Barney Oldfield, 1974, 1915, 1910s

Eddie Pullen, 1974, 1910s

Santa Monica Road Races, 1974, 1912, 1910s, 1909

The Venice Grand Prix, 1915

Teddy Tetzlaff, 1974, 1912

  • In the 1912 Santa Monica Road Race he drove a Fiat, 1974, 1912

Auto Inn Garage, 144 Pier, 2003, 1912

Auto Supply, 1920s

  • Crescent Tire & Supply Corporation, 1920s

2001-2009 Main St., Ocean Park, 1920s

Automotive Garages, 2003, 19121907

  • Auto Inn Garage, 144 Pier, 2003, 1912
  • Midway Garage, Autos, Speedway & Windward, 2003, 1912
  • Ocean Park Garage, 1119 Main St., O.P., 2003, 1907
  • Venice Garage, Power House Building, Venice, 2003, 1907

Automotive Independence, 2004b

Automotive Industry, 1940s

  • (See Auto, Automobile, Cars)
  • Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA), 1940sa

Rated Tourist Facilities, 1940s

Avalon, California 90704, 1997, 1960, 1946,1935Assorted Post Cards

  • on the edge of a little bay whose waters have a peculiar translucent quality, making it possible to see bottom at a depth of thirty or forty feet. . . .
  • 544. After Sundown at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California Post Card, Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles, Calif., JT, 1946

 Avalon Art Colony, 1999, 1996, 1890s

  • Catalina Island, 1999, 1996, 1890s

 The Avalon (Ballroom), 19971968

  • San Francisco Rock Venue at which the Fugs played, 1997, 1968
  • Jim Morrison of the Doors was back stage, 1997, 1968

Avalon Bay, 1990, 1935

  • Steamship service between the Santa Monica Pier and Catalina, 1990, 1935

Allen Avanessian, 2004,

  • Headset Space Settings Plug Research LP, cd and vinyl, PR50 CD & DLP, 2004

Avant Gardes,

Avenue D, 2005, 2005b

  • Just Keep DancingMusic For Robots vol. 1, Music for Robots LP, CD comp 2005, 2005b

236-An Avenue of Palms, California Post Card Edward H. Mitchell, Publisher, San Francisco, KR, 1909

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

Aviation, Aeronautics, Aircraft Industry, 2003. 1995, 1974, 1941, 1940s, 1938, 1937, 1935, 1932, 1930s, 1929, 1924, 1921, 1920, 1920s, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1912, 1910

  • "The two high spots of Los Angeles sports were the first aviation meet ever held in the world-and the Olympic Games.
  • "The aviation show was in 1910 on a high mesa of the old Dominguez ranch, near the scene of the Battle of the San Pedro where Mervine's American sailors retreated before [p. 186] the ancient pueblo cannon . . . [p. 186] There were only two aviators who figured to any extent-a Frenchman named Paulhan . . . The other flyer was Glenn Curtiss a pioneer manufacturer who came to sell planes . . .
  •  Aircraft, Airplanes, 1974, 1924, 1921, 1920, 1917

The Cloudster, first airplane capable of flying across the continent non-stop, (at Chelsea and Wilshire?) 1974, 1921, 1920

Douglas Army World Flight Biplanes, 1974, 1924

Wood and fabric biplanes were powered by World War I Liberty engines, 1974, 1924

Martin Bombers, 1974, 1917

Anti-aircraft guns, 1974, 1941

The Army World Flight, 1974, 1924, 1920s

Clover Field, 1974, 1924

The Connecticut Aircraft Co., 1974, 1915, 1914

  • Donald W. Douglas, consultant, design and construction of aircraft, 1974, 1915, 1914

Glenn Curtiss a pioneer manufacturer who came to sell planes . . .

David R. Davis, 1974, 1921, 1920

  • Financial backer for the Donald W. Douglas design and manufacturing the Cloudster, first airplane capable of flying across the continent non-stop, (at Chelsea and Wilshire?) 1974, 1921, 1920

Donald W. Douglas, 1974, 1924, 1915, 1914, 1912, 1909

  • Graduate and Faculty, MIT, 1974, 1915, 1914, 1912
  • Consultant, designer, construction, The Connecticut Aircraft Co., 1974, 1915, 1914
  • Brought by Glenn L. Martin to Los Angeles, 1974, 1915
  • Designed and built the prototype Martin Bomber, 1974, 1917
  • Designed and built the Cloudster, 1974, 1921, 1920
  • Torpedo bombers, 1974. 1920

Requesed Douglas to design and build torpedo bombers, 1974, 1920

The U.S. Navy ordered thirty-eight torpedo bombers from Douglas in 1922, 1974

Head of the Douglas Aircraft Corporation, 1974

The Douglas Aircraft Corporation, 1995, 1974, 1940s. 1938, 1937, 1935, 1930s, 1929, 1925. 1924, 1922, 1920

  • Santa Monica, California , 1995, 1974, 1940s, 1938, 1937, 1935, 1930s, 1929, 1925, 1924, 1922, 1920,
  • Moved their manufacturing to a site adjacent to the Santa Monica Airport, 1974, 1929
  • The Douglas Aircraft Co. company became one of the largest in the industry, using methods of construction which were an example for the industry, 1974, 1930s. 1929
  • Many smaller supporting industries arose to support the Douglas Cloverfield Plant, 1974, 1940s, 1930s, 1929
  • World War II. At the peak of production in the war years, the company had a total of 160,000 employees in six plants, with close to 40,000 of them in the home plant in Santa Monica, 1974, 1940s
  • Became McDonnell-Douglas and its Santa Monica plant phased out, 1974,

The Garrett Corporation, 1974, 1930s

  • Harry H. Wetzel, 1974, 1930s

Vice president of Douglas, 1974, 1930s

Dr. D.D. Hatfield Los Angeles Aeronautics 1920-1929

  • Prof., Aviation History, Northrop Institute of Technology, 1974

Charles Lindbergh, Clover Field, 1974

Glenn L. Martin , 1974, 1915

  • Brought Donald W. Douglasto Los Angeles to join Martin's organization, 1974, 1915

The Martin Bomber, 1974, 1917

  • Prototype designed by Donald W. Douglas at the Martin factory in Cleveland, Ohio, designed for mass production, first flight of this design was August 17, 1917, 1974

The Martin Company, 1974, 1916, 1915

  • Donald W. Douglas worked for the Martin Co. in Los Angeles from 1915 to 1916 before being called to Washington, D.C. to work for the Army Signal Corp., 1974, 1916, 1915

Crosby Maynard Flight Plan for Tomorrow, McDonnell-Douglas Corp. (1974).

McDonnell-Douglas Aviation, 1974,

  • Santa Monica plant phased out, 1974

North American Aviation, 1974, 1930s

  • "Dutch" Kindelberger and Leland Atwood, 1974, 1930s
  • Former Douglas executives, 1974, 1930s

John K. Northrop, 1974, 1932, 1930s

  • Aeronautical engineer with Douglas, 1974
  • Originator of the so-called multi-cellular wing, 1974
  • Designer of the "flying wing," a tailless airplane, 1974
  • The Northrop Corporation, 1974, 1930s,

Douglas subsidary, 1974, 1930s

John K. Northrop , President and chief engineer, 1974, 1930s

The Northrop Corporation, 1974, 1932, 1930s,

  • Douglas subsidary, 1974, 1932, 1930s
  • John K. Northrop , President and chief engineer, 1974, 1932, 1930s
  • Merged with Douglas, 1974

At Los Angeles First Air Show, Frenchman named Paulhan, 1935, 1910

Will Rogers, 1974, 1930s

Santa Monica Municipal Airport, 1974,

  • (Once Clover Field, 1974, 1924)

Torpedo bombers, 1974. 1920

  • The United States Navy Requesed Douglas to design and build torpedo bombers, 1974, 1920

World War II center of aviation was Santa Monica, 2003, 1940s

Avocado, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2005b1976

  • 2421 Third, Santa Monica, 90504, 2007. 2006. 2005, 2005b1976

Aaron Avshalomov, 1996

  • Conductor, composer,1996
  • Shanghai,1996
  • Grandfather of David Avshalomov,1996

Daniel Avshalomov, 1996

  • Viola, 1996

David Avshalomov,* [1946- ], 2009, 2008, 20072006200520042004b, 20031996, 1987, 1982, 1989-1980, 1972

  • Born New York City, 1996, 1946
  • Hollister Court, 2007, 2004
  • Composition Premiers, 2009, 2008
  • Composer, Conductor, Singer, Project Manager, 2007, 1996

First orchestral work, Siege, 1996, 1972

Spring Rondo, 1996, 1972

Conductor of the Santa Monica Chamber Orchestra, 2004, 1989-1980

Songs of Life Songs of Death on poems of Emily Dickinson, 2003

Setting Blake's complete Songs of Innocence and Experience for a cappella choir, 2004

Composer of Choral Work sung in English, by Cantori Domini, Sunday, May 27, 2007 4:00 PM St. Augustine's by the Sea, 2007

Choral Work Performance, Canticle 14 ("I bend the knee"), 2009, 2006

  • Long Beach Camerata Singers, a program of all Broadway musical numbers on Saturday May 16-choral, solos, and small ensembles, 2009

Bass, 2007

  • Vocalist In Recital, Santa Monica Public Library, 2007
  • Composer and singer of Choral Work sung in English, by Cantori Domini, Sunday, May 27, 2007 4:00 PM St. Augustine's by the Sea,2007

Santa Monica Chamber Orchestra, 1987, 1982

  • Conductor, Director, Board Member, 1987, 1982
  • Celebration of the Arts, Ocean Park, Santa Monica Chamber Orchestra, 1982

Doris Avshalomov, 1996

  • Poet, former teacher, and trained singer, 1996

Jacob Avshalomov, 1996

  • Conductor, composer, 1996
  • Portland , OR, 1996
  • Father of David Avashalomov,1996

Jesse Avshalomov*, 1996

Zachary Avshalomov*, 2004, 1996

  • Hollister Court, 2004

Excerpts from the liner notes to Three Generations Avshalomov Daniel plays Viola Music by David, Jacob & Aaron Troy 216 Albany Records1996

Awe, 1943, 1880, 1870s, 1860s

  • Beauty and Majesty, 1943
  • The magnificent forests surrounding Lake Tahoe constituted the major supply for years. No later visitor could conceive of the majesty and beauty fed into the maws of thos voracious sawmills, 1943, 1880, 1870s, 1860s

Axe, 2001

  • Restaurant, 2001
  • 1009 Abbot Kinney Blvd., 2001

Daedelus* Axe Murderation Remixes Phthalo, PHTH 045LP, 2LP, vinyl, 2005

  • Daedelus*, Eight Frozen Modules, Lybithth, Phthalocyanine, Jason Potratz, Venetian Snares, Gerald Wenzel, One Way, It's Every Way
  • C. Brand, Cover Art 2005, 2005b

A.L. Ayala Roofing, 2006

  • David E. Ayala*, Pres., 2006, 1960s
  • 220 So. Glasgow Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301
  • ayalaroofing@sbcglobal.net

David E. Ayala,* 2006, 1960s, 1950s

  • Pres., A.L. Ayala Roofing 2006, 1960s
  • Graduate Washington Elementary School, John Adams Junior High, SAMOHI, 1960s, 1950s

(Mrs.) James J. Ayers, 1947, 1894

  • Patroness, 1894 La Fiesta de Los Angeles, 1947, 1894

Aylesford Corporation, 2008, 2006

  • Ashraf LeBlanc, on Behalf of Tenants @ 440 Raymond Avenue, 2008, 200

 Anne Ayres, 2004, 1998

  • The gallery director at the Otis Institute, 2004, 1998

Azusa, 1952

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