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Burt A. Folkart Ray Eames, 73; Member of Noted Design Team, Los Angeles Times Obituary, November, 1988 See Image and Text

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

Connie Jenkins Unburied, 1988, o/c, 52" x 84"
Paintings, Koplin Gallery, 8225 1/2 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046 (213) 656-3378, September 10-October 8, 1988 Opening Reception: Saturday,September 10, 3-5 p.m. See Image and Text

Tony Scott Baron Michele Leone* [ June 8, 1909-November 26, 1988], 1983  See Text

Amanda Schacter (ed.) Santa Monica Landmarks Santa Monica Landmarks Commission, 1990.
8 Santa Monica Municipal Pier  See Text

 

 

 

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Ray Eames, 1988
 
 

 
 
 

 
 

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

     Ray Eames, collaborator with her late husband in a design firm that produced innovative and philosophical statements in furniture, films, toys, museum shows and architecture, died Sunday.
     A part of the widely heralded "Office of Charles and Ray Eames," she was 73. She died at Cedars Sinai Medical Center of the complications of cancer on the same date her husband had died 10 years earlier.
     Charles Eames was a young designer in 1940 who had just created the first molded plywood chair, winning two first prizes in an international competition sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
     She was Ray Kaiser, an artist who had studied under abstractionist Hans Hoffman in New York and who had her first showing in 1937 as part of the American Abstract Artists exhibit at Riverside Museum.
     She made some drawings of Charles Eames' chair.
     A year later they married and came to California, whre she painted covers for Arts & Architecture magazine and began to help her husband with his concepts.
     It was a personal and professional involvement that lasted until his death. They worked side by side in an evolvement of glider fuselages, functional furniture, motion pictures that offered the smell of freshly baked bread and motion pictures that offered, on seven screens, a simultaneous look, at how Americans live. The latter film was shown throughout the American Exhibition in Moscow in 1959.
     They also designed their home in Pacific Palisades, their office in Venice and an exhibit of the 18th Century which centered on the lives of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson and was seen widely in Europe and the United States.
     When they entertained, it was not at the home they had built from old industrial parts but at their factory, serving dinner near the drafting tables.
     She continued to accrue honors after her husband's death, among them the Women's Building Vesta Award for significant contributions in design art and an honorary doctorate from the Otis Parsons Art Institute.
     She had just completed work on a history of the Eames office and earlier had co-written, with Philip and Phyllis Morrison, "Powers of 10," based on an Eames exhibit that dealt with the scales of the universe.
     She is survived by a brother, Maurice, a daughter, Lucia Demetrios, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
 

 

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

 

[Front Dust Cover pictures F-161 A Carload of Bathing Beauties, Santa Monica, Cal., Unknown Publisher, MH; 4069 Santa Monica, Cal. Santa Monica Bathing Scene, MH; 1883- A Carload of Mammoth Navel Oranges From S.P. 79265, Copyright 1909, Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco; MH]

Penny Dreams:

     N.R. "Nat" Sherman, owner of the Western Publishing and Novelty Company, said in 1969, before 1940 "the reproduction wasn't really worth talking about, it wasn't good. From 1940 to 1950, the linen finish gave you your best card. After that came Kodachrome and everything changed." . . . "During World War II, paper rationing did not apply to the postcard industry . . .'

By The Glad Sea Waves:

Bathing in the Surf Ocean Park, Cal., (12532) c. 1910, MH

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     "From the very beginning, the middle-class on vacation in Southern California flocked by the hundreds of thousands to Santa Monica, Ocean Park, and Venice. Convenient public transportation-Red Cars which had lines throughout the county-converged at this hospitable shore. Every twenty minutes those cars disgorged their eager cargo of sun-and-sea worshippers who dispersed across the sand in a happy frenzy. Here, packed in tighter than the proverbial sardines, people huddled under umbrellas of every stripe; they flung themselves with abandon into the shallow, inviting surf. They walked hand in hand along the cliff tops of Santa Monica . . .

     "Santa Monica, Ocean Park, and Venice had everything. The Bristol Pier and the Concrete Pier are gone now, but part of the Pleasure Pier still stands, with one of the loveliest carousels in the world . . . you might dine in style at the Bristol Cafe or the Nat Goodwin . . . The thrifty might rent a cabana for the day, taking the Red Car home, sunburned, sand-flecked, but happy; the well-off might stay at the Miramar or the Sovereign Hotel.

     "Down in Venice there was dancing, the miniature railway, and that last word in redundancy, the indoor pool at the Ocean Park Bath House . . .

3020-Happy Youngsters on the Beach, c. 1910, MH
Yachting on the Pacific, M. Rieder, Publ. Los Angeles, Cal., 8025 Made in Germany c. 1905, MH
317:-Beach Road and Entrance to Topanga Canyon, near Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1920, MH
S.M. 41 Palatial Home and Malibu Shoreline, Roosevelt Highway, Near Santa Monica, California, 1A-H482 c. 1920, MH
S.M. 8 Along the Palisades, Santa Monica, California. c. 1920, MH
Overlooking the Ocean From the Palisades, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1910, MH
S.M.2 Santa Monica Canyon, Santa Monica, California., c. 1910, MH
SM-37-Beach Homes of the Stars along the Palisades, Santa Monica, California, (1B-H2165), c. 1940, MH
Cafe Nat Goodwin, Santa Monica, Cal., Entrance, c. 1925, MH
The Bristol Cafe, Santa Monica, Cal., c. 1910, MH
SM-15. Pleasure Pier, Santa Monica, California, (117438) c. 1925, MH
6804. Bristol Pier, Santa Monica, California, c. 1910, MH
Famous Camera Obscura, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1910, MH
SM-16-Daily Scene on the Beach at Santa Monica, California (Photo by "Dick" Whitington)(1B-H2163), c. 1945, MH
Miramar Hotel & Bungalows-Santa Monica, California, c. 1940, MH
803-Beach and Roller Coaster, Ocean Park, California., c. 1910, MH
2409-Broad Walk between Venice and Ocean Park, California, c. 1910, MH
The "Bath Beautiful" Ocean Park Bath House Ocean Park, California, "Some people drink filtered water. We bathe in it." c. 1920, MH
2882-Ocean Front, Looking South, Ocean Park, California, c.1910, MH
F-22 Beach Scene, Venice, California, c. 1925, MH
The Real L.A.
303:-Marion Davies and Her Colonial Beach Home, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1920, MH
819-Beach Home of Cary Grant, Santa Monica California, (1B-H1017) c. 1945, MH

Paradise

The Palisades, Santa Monica, California, F 156, c. 1910, MH

  • Publishers: 1988, 1909,
    • Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco, 1988, 1909
      • 1883- A Carload of Mammoth Navel Oranges From . . . S.P. 79265, Copyright 1909; MH
    • M. Rieder, Publ. Los Angeles, Cal., Made in Germany, 1988,
      • Yachting on the Pacific, 8025; MH
    • Unknown Publisher: 1988
      • Bathing in the Surf Ocean Park, Cal., (12532) c. 1910; MH
        • {A circle of polished seashells surrounding bathers in surf.}
      • Overlooking the Ocean From the Palisades, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1910, MH
      • The Palisades, Santa Monica, California, F 156, c. 1910, MH
      • S.M.2 Santa Monica Canyon, Santa Monica, California., c. 1910, MH
      • The Bristol Cafe, Santa Monica, Cal., c. 1910, MH
      • Famous Camera Obscura, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1910, MH
      • F-161 A Carload of Bathing Beauties, Santa Monica, Cal., c. 1925; MH
        • [They appear to be on the California Incline.]
      • 3020-Happy Youngsters on the Beach, c. 1910, MH
      • 4069 Santa Monica, Cal. Santa Monica Bathing Scene; MH
        • {Just south of Santa Monica's Municiple Pier.}
      • 6804. Bristol Pier, Santa Monica, California, c. 1910, MH
      • 803-Beach and Roller Coaster, Ocean Park, California., c. 1910, MH
      • 2409-Broad Walk between Venice and Ocean Park, California, c. 1910, MH
      • 2882-Ocean Front, Looking South, Ocean Park, California, c.1910
      • 317:-Beach Road and Entrace to Topanga Canyon, near Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1920, MH
      • S.M. 8 Along the Palisades, Santa Monica, California. c. 1920, MH
      • The "Bath Beautiful" Ocean Park Bath House Ocean Park, California, "Some people drink filtered water. We bathe in it." c. 1920, MH
      • 303:-Marion Davies and Her Colonial Beach Home, Santa Monica, Calif., c. 1920, MH
      • Cafe Nat Goodwin, Santa Monica, Cal., Entrance, c. 1925, MH
      • SM-15. Pleasure Pier, Santa Monica, California, (117438) c. 1925, MH
      • S.M. 41 Palatial Home and Malibu Shoreline, Roosevelt Highway, Near Santa Monica, California, (1A-H482), c. 1920, MH
      • F-22 Beach Scene, Venice, California, c. 1925, MH
      • SM-16-Daily Scene on the Beach at Santa Monica, California (Photo by "Dick" Whitington)(1B-H2163), c. 1945, MH
      • SM-37-Beach Homes of the Stars along the Palisades, Santa Monica, California, c. 1940 (1B-H2165), MH
      • Miramar Hotel & ?Bungalows-Santa Monica, California, c. 1940, MH
      • 819-Beach Home of Cary Grant, Santa Monica California, (1B-H1017) c. 1945
    • Western Publishing and Novelty Co., 1988, 1969

 

 

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Connie Jenkins* Paintings, Koplin Gallery, Sept. 10-October 8, 1988

Unburied, 1988, o/c, 52" x 84"

 

 

 

Connie Jenkins Unburied, 1988, o/c, 52" x 84"

Paintings, Koplin Gallery, 8225 1/2 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046 (213) 656-3378, September 10-October 8, 1988 Opening Reception: Saturday,September 10, 3-5 p.m.

 

 

 

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Tony Scott Baron Michele Leone *(b. June 8, 1909 d. November 26, 1988)

Professional Wrestling Pioneer. Thanks to the invention of television, Baron Leone became one of pro-wrestling's most famous personalities, becoming better known than Gorgeous George. While appearing at a television store in Southern California, Leone attracted over 1000 fans and autographed photos for each. In May of 1952, Leone fought Lou Thesz in Los Angeles and set wrestling history, the event brought in $103,277 at the gate. In 1955 Leone retired from wrestling and later moved to Santa Monica . . .[Read More] (Bio by: Tony Scott)

Plot: Mausoleum, Basement

 

 

 

 

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Amanda Schacter (ed.) Santa Monica Landmarks Santa Monica Landmarks Commission, 1990.
8 Santa Monica Municipal Pier
West end of Colorado Boulevard
Built: 1909, 1917, 1924
Designated 17 August 1976

      "The Santa Monica Pier was originally two separately owned, adjacent piers: the Municipal Pier built in 1909, and the Pleasure Pier, built in 1916 by Charles I.D. Loof and privately owned. While the Municipal Pier was for strolling and fishing, Loof constructed amusement and food establishments on the Pleasure Pier, including the exotic Hippodrome building to house the Pier's carousel. Loof sold the Pleasure Pier in 1924 to a corporation which lengthened it that year and built the famed La Monica Ballroom. Although the ballroom was demolished in 1963, in its hey (sic) day the massive structure could accommodate as many as 10,000 people. The City has owned both Piers since the 1950's and, in 1970, assumed direct management. Since the 1970's the Piers have been known collectively as the Santa Monica Pier.

     "The Hippodrome has housed three carousels over the years. The first carousel, installed by Loof, remained until 1939, when it was replaced by a carousel that had previously been located at the old Pacific Ocean Park Pier. The current carousel was built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company in 1922 and was moved from Nashville, Tennessee to the Santa Monica Pier in 1947. The Hippodrome building was designated a National Historical Landmark in 1988. In addition, the entire Pier was named a County Historical Landmark in 1975.

     "Other buildings of interest on the Pier include the Billiard Building, constructed on the the Pier in 1923, and the building know today as Sinbad's, originally constructed next to the Billiard Building in the early 1920s. The building remained there until 1929, when it was moved to its present location, adjacent to the site of the La Monica Ballroom. It served as the home of the La Monica Dancing Company and Hoyt's Chesapeake Cafe until the use changed in 1955 to "Sinbad's" restaurant."

 

 

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