1911 (1910) (1912) (1900-1910) (1910-1920) Table of Contents
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., 1911 See Text
Fraser's Million Dollar Pier, Ocean Park, Calif., Eager and Eager, Architects, Los Angeles color postcard, ca. 1911-Randy Young Collection See Image and Text
Kensington Apartments, Santa Monica, 1911, See Image and Text
The Park at Santa Monica, Cal., 1911 See Image
James W. Lunsford The Ocean and the Sunset, The Hills and the Clouds: Looking at Santa Monica, illustrated by Alice N. Lunsford, 1983, 1911 See Text
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. pp. 219-227, 2006a, 1911 See Text
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) 1911 See Text
Harold Osmer & Phil Harms Real Road Racing: The Santa Monica Road Races, Harold L. Osmer Publishing: Chatsworth, CA 1999, 1911, 1910, 1910s, 1909 See Text
Santa Monica Planning
Division Santa Monica Landmarks Tour,
2003.
40 John and Anna George* House, circa 1911 See
Text
The James D. Schuyler* Papers, SCHU, Water Resources Center Archives, University of California, Berkeley, 1961 See Text
2507 Third Street. Craftsman residence (Third Street Historic District) built by John Waite for A.M. Waite in 1911. 1999, 1992, 1990, 1911 See Image and Text
Notes:
"In 1911 Huntington's system was bought out by the Southern Pacific Railroad, which had finally decided to join with Los Angeles's booster businessmen. Huntington maintained a smaller company, the Los Angeles Raillway Company, which he called the "yellow cars," in contrast to the SP subsidary Pacific Electric Railroad's "Big Red" cars . . ." p. 249 Gottlieb and Wolt, 1977
Documents
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.,
" . . .
"The Washington School that [had risen] out of the ashes of the old one the same year (1908) gave the neighborhood its first fine brick building. Cement sidewalks had been laid around the entire block, but weeds and wild flowers still grew unmolested in the streets. The new building contained twelve rooms, was of two-story construction, and commanded a view of the Santa Monica-Ocean Park strand. The slope of the hill permitted the extension of the building downward, creating a sub-story. Before three years were passed (1911), space in the sub-story room had been converted into classroom space. [47. Pearl, op. cit., p. 27.]
" . . .
"After a lively campaign, in which the women of the city again played an important part, the election was held on Tuesday, January 24, 1911. Bonds in the amount of $200,000 were voted to the high school district to meet the cost of a new site and the necessary buildings to establish the high school on the top of Prospect Hill. Out of the 875 votes cast, 768 favored the bonds. [55. Board Minutes, Jan. 30, 1911.] There were, of course, a few individuals who felt that the site on Prospect Hill was ill advised; but its location halfway between the north and south sections of the town ultimately did much to unify the district.
" . . .
Frank W. Thomas, elected in 1911, was the first principal of the new high school, which opened in its new location with an enrollment of 450 students and a staff of twenty-three teachers.
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The Curriculum
"The general courses of the curriculum in Santa Monica High School have always been maintained at a high standard. The subjects first taught on the new campus were: modern and classic languages, history, English, science, commercial subjects, manual training, domestic science, and physical education."
Fraser's Million Dollar Pier, Ocean Park, Calif., Eager and Eager, Archt., Los Angeles, color postcard, ca. 1911
Fraser's Million Dollar Pier (Ocean Park Pier), Eager and Eager Architects, Los Angeles, color postcard, ca. 1911-Randy Young Collection Physical desc: postcard : col. Subject: Fraser's Pier Subject: Ocean Park Pier Subject: Amusement parks Subject: Ca. 1911 Subject: Color Subject: Piers Subject: Postcards Credit line: Santa Monica Public Library Image Archives/ Source: donated to the Library Collection: Randy Young Date: 1911 Image number: RY30 Preview image:
2306-Kensington Apartments, Santa Monica, California, Postmarked 1911. (Edw. H. Mitchell San Francisco, California)
Picture Post Card #2306 Kensington Apartments, Santa Monica, California Made in America by Edw. H. Mitchell in San Francisco, California. Franked with a green Benjamin Franklin One Cent; Cancelled with Stars and Waving Bars and Date Stamped Santa Monica Oct 29, 1911.
Addressed to
"Oct-29-11
Dear Friends,
Rec'd your card . . . how are you and Rex also tell him I would be pleased to hear from him any time. I knew you would have said good bye if you had thought I really was going west but you see you can't sometimes most always tell what I am going to do; Everything is spontaneous combustion like out here but desert look good to me. We'll look for an ans. soon. Bye, Bye . . . . Your friend, Ernest
The Park at Santa Monica, Cal., Postmarked, 1911. (Newman Post Card Co. Los Angeles San Francisco; Van Orn . . . Colorprinting, Los Angeles) F4 On the Road of a Thousand Wonders. 1911
Picture Post Card The Park at Santa Monica, Cal., Published by the Newman Post Card Co. of Los Angeles and San Francisco. No. F4 On the Road of a Thousand Wonders. [Originally sent from Santa Monica on October 12 to California, Michigan, but then California was corrected to Grand Rapids and then was sent from Chicago, Ill on October 16, 1911.] Franked with a green Benjamin Franklin One Cent.
S.M. Cal-11-11 Friend Liz (I have given you a new name see!)
"Well how are you and why don't you write-a call if nothing more I would be pleased to hear from you any time. How is Rex.
By By, Ernest
James W. Lunsford The Ocean and the Sunset, The Hills and the Clouds: Looking at Santa Monica, illustrated by Alice N. Lunsford, 1983, 1911
Ocean Park
"22. Power House Theater, 3116 Second Street. A small theater operating in a former electric power station located on Second Street just south of Marine. The building, constructed about 1911, once supplied electrical power to the "Big Red Cars" that operated in the beach communities."
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. pp. 219-227, 2006a, 1911
"In 1911, Gill persuaded the Riverside Cement Company to let him design barracks for Mexican laborers and their families. This was the first time that an industrial concern had attempted to create a green and pleasant environment for its unskilled Mexican laborers, instead of following the usual custom of throwing up shacks. Gill's sketch for the project showed two quadrangles, separated by an avenue of eucalyptus. The four outer sides of both quadrangles were continuous walls, and all rooms opened onto the garden in the center. A pergola stretched along one side.
"The finished barracks are no longer in existence but photographs show that the material was clapboard siding and that instead of Gill's twin quadrangles, a single one was built. However, the scheme still had the virtue of enclosing a garden, and Gill's hand could be seen in the large vine-covered patio."
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) 1911
The City
"When it was incorporated as a "sixth class city" on February 15th, 1904, Venice was named Ocean Park. It was overseen by a five-member Board of Trustees. The trustees, the city clerk, recorder, treasurer and school board members were all elected officials.
"But there was also a separate "Ocean Park" section in the neighboring city of Santa Monica to the north, and of course Kinney's popular resort within the municipal limits of the incorporated city of Ocean Park was called Venice. Because of the confusion, the name was officially changed to Venice by popular vote in 1911."
Harold Osmer & Phil Harms Real Road Racing: The Santa Monica Road Races, Harold L. Osmer Publishing: Chatsworth, CA 1999, 1911, 1910, 1910s, 1909
"The 1911 Santa Monica race was held on October 14."
""Bert [Dingley] has been readied for the race today by Roger Cornell, who is probably the greatest physical conditioner in America, and who has prepared most of the big fighters for their supreme contests."
""Every day Dingley has been rubbed down with an electric vibrator to steady his nerves, and his hands and arms have had special treatment. Between races, Cornell will take care of him much after the manner that boxers are restored in their corners between rounds."" Los Angeles Times
Santa Monica Planning Division Santa Monica Landmarks Tour, 2003.
40 John and Anna George* House, circa
1911
2424 Fourth Street
Architect: Unknown
Designated 17 March 1981
"Situated on the crest of a hill, this California Craftsman bungalow features include a large double columned front porch, several large picture windows, a widow's walk which faces the ocean, and a glassed in morning room. The large front door is pierced by three vertical channels of beveled glass. During restoration of the house in the early 1980's the structure was repainted its original gray color and a small second floor additon was constructed.
"The Georges were a prominent local family. John George was a City Council member and his wife was an active clubwoman." p.18
Jeffrey
Stanton Venice of America: 'Coney Island of the Pacific,'
Donahue Publishing: Los Angeles, CA, 1987. 176 pp., 1911,
Chapter 2; Coney Island of the Pacific (1907-1912)
"The Venice/Ocean Park area had become the finest amusement center on the west coast . . . Besides the innovative rides, dance halls, theaters, plunges, and bowling alleys, there were a dozen places for a game of chance. Hype and innovation were the rule, and it was on the Venice Pier that Felix Simmonds, a concessionaire, claimed to have invented the hamburger. "
The James D. Schuyler* Papers, SCHU, Water Resources Center Archives, University of California, Berkeley, 1961
2507 Third Street. Craftsman residence (Third Street Historic District) built by John Waite for A.M. Waite in 1911. Photographed in 1992 by Leslie Heumann & Associates for City ofSanta Monica Historic Resources Inventory , 1999, 1992, 1990, 1911
http://www.smpl.org/archive/0246/IMG0022.JPG
The Dutch Wind Mill, Cliff House Beach, San Francisco, California Post Card, Newman Post Card Co., Los Angeles, San Francisco, No. V 283, 1911, JT,
Franked with the once cent green Franklin and cancelled July, 1911, in Ashland, addressed to Mrs. E.A. Miller, 24 West Pedergosa, Santa Barbara, California, Dear brother and sisters: Got away . . . at 9:40 every berth in our car taken. I have a lower and feel O.K. With love, Janice
