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Santa Monica Pier: The Last Great Pleasure Pier with Author James Harris
Author and historian James Harris presents the highly anticipated expanded edition of his celebrated book, “Santa Monica Pier: America's Last Great Pleasure Pier.”
The Santa Monica Pier embodies a compelling saga of resilience-battling forces of nature and political currents, adapting through evolving times. More than a tourist attraction, it has become a tangible slice of history, embodying the spirit of resilience and adaptation that defines California.
Presented at the Santa Monica History Museum July 17, 2024
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Housing Solutions and the Future of Housing in Santa Monica
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Santa Monica History Museum presents an engaging panel discussion centered on "Housing Solutions and the Future of Housing in Santa Monica." With insight from local experts in the field of housing development; and moderated by Frances Anderton, renowned for her work on KCRW's DNA: Design and Architecture and author of "Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles." Our panelists bring a we...
Stand Ups For History, Supporting the Santa Monica History Museum 2023
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Hosted by Nicole Blaine, Co-founder of The Crow Comedy Club in Santa Monica, Stand Ups for History presents outstanding comic headliners Judy Carter, Brent Weinbach from Comedy Central, Kira Soltanovich, as seen on Netflix, the brilliant Christie Bahna, and the fabulous Samara Sin. Also in the house the most celebrated Chefs in town, including Los Angeles icon Chef Mary Sue Milliken, Chef Sandr...
Experience the Broadway Neighborhood with Snapchat AR and SMHM
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In June of 2023 in partnership with SNAP we created an exciting new way to share the story of how the I-10 freeway expansion forever altered Santa Monica’s Broadway Neighborhood. The Quinn Research Center and the Santa Monica History Museum worked closely with Snapchat and Lens Creator Andre Elijah to ensure that each historical element of the museum's Broadway to Freeway exhibition could be ac...
SMHM: Building A Bigger Tent
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During our recent museum celebration, Stand Ups for History, we shared with guests and sponsors a deep dive into our ongoing commitment to build a bigger tent, one that fully embraces the rich, diverse experience and history of the Santa Monica Bay Area. Santa Monica History Museum santamonicahistory.org 1325 7th Street. Santa Monica CA 90401 More ways to connect with us: IG: @SantaMonicaHistor...
Experience the Broadway Neighborhood with Snapchat AR and SMHM
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Snapchat's augmented reality capabilities offer us an exciting new way to share the story of how the I-10 freeway expansion forever altered Santa Monica’s Broadway Neighborhood. The Quinn Research Center and the Santa Monica History Museum worked closely with Snapchat and Lens Creator Andre Elijah to ensure that each historical element of the museum's Broadway to Freeway exhibition could be acc...
Voices of the Broadway Neighborhood: Velma Latimer Johnson
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Excerpt, 2010 audio-only interview with Santa Monica resident Velma Latimer Johnson. Included in our exhibition: Broadway to Freeway: Life and Times of a Vibrant Community. Now extended through April 30, 2023, only at the Santa Monica History Museum. Web: santamonicahistory.org IG: santamonicahistorymuseum TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@santamonicahistory Facebook: santamoni...
Minute Exhibit: The Looff Pier Hippodrome
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Minute Exhibit: The Looff Pier Hippodrome Website: santamonicahistory.org Join us online for more: IG: santamonicahistorymuseum TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@santamonicahistory Twitter: smhistorymuseum Facebook: santamonicahistorymuseum
Coming Out West: LGBTQ+ Elders Share Their Stories
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June 1 - December 17, 2023 Coming Out West: LGBTQ Elders Share Their Stories. With oral histories, ephemera, art & historical objects from LGBTQ elders with ties to Santa Monica and Los Angeles. Featuring Judy Abdo, Terri de le Peña, Don Bachardy, Chuck Williams, Mia Yamamoto, L. Frank, Jewel Thais-Williams, and Marianne Diaz. June 1 through December 17, 2023 santamonicahistory.org/exhibitions/...
SMHM Center for Oral History: Terri de la Peña
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Santa Monica-born author Terri de la Peña is a descendant of the Marquez and Reyes families, Californios whose history and influence are inextricably tied to Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Bay area. Terri shares stories of growing up in Santa Monica and her family's rich history and deep historical roots. Excerpted from an interview archived at the Santa Monica History Museum. To see the une...
Surf And Rescue: George Freeth and the Birth of California Beach Culture with Author Patrick Moser
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Author Patrick presents the history of George Freeth who brought surfing to Venice Beach and all of Southern California. In the early 1900s, Freeth taught surfing and swimming, including coaching legendary waterman and Olympian Duke Kahanamoku. While working for visionary Abbot Kinney in Venice, and at beaches and bath houses in San Diego, Long Beach, Redondo, and Santa Monica, Freeth establish...
SMHM Center for Oral History: Ted Tetsudo Tanaka
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SMHM Center for Oral History: Ted Tetsudo Tanaka
History of Santa Monica's Broadway Neighborhood
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History of Santa Monica's Broadway Neighborhood
CLOSING APRIL 16, 2023: Broadway to Freeway: Life and Times of a Vibrant Community
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CLOSING APRIL 16, 2023: Broadway to Freeway: Life and Times of a Vibrant Community
SMHM Center for Oral History: Carolyne Edwards, co-founder of the Quinn Research Center
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SMHM Center for Oral History: Carolyne Edwards, co-founder of the Quinn Research Center
Minute Exhibit: Memorial Day in Santa Monica, California
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Minute Exhibit: Memorial Day in Santa Monica, California
Minute Exhibit: Come Along to Santa Monica, 1916
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Minute Exhibit: Come Along to Santa Monica, 1916
Tongva: E'kwa'shem "We are still here"
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Tongva: E'kwa'shem "We are still here"
All is Possible: Women's Suffrage in California
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All is Possible: Women's Suffrage in California
How to make a Confetti Cannon
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How to make a Confetti Cannon
SMHM Center for Oral History: Ted Tanaka
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SMHM Center for Oral History: Ted Tanaka
Throwback Thursdays: African American Leisure Sites in California
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Throwback Thursdays: African American Leisure Sites in California
A Town in the News: The Battle of Santa Monica Bay
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A Town in the News: The Battle of Santa Monica Bay
Throwback Thursdays: LA's Newspaperwomen
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Throwback Thursdays: LA's Newspaperwomen
Throwback Thursdays: The Santa Monica Pier
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Throwback Thursdays: The Santa Monica Pier
The History of the Miramar
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The History of the Miramar
Throwback Thursdays: Pacific Ocean Park Pier
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Throwback Thursdays: Pacific Ocean Park Pier
Throwback Thursdays: How They Built Westwood
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Throwback Thursdays: How They Built Westwood
Throwback Thursdays: US Incarceration of Japanese-Americans during WWII
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Throwback Thursdays: US Incarceration of Japanese-Americans during WWII
Hands on History Craft Activity: How to Make a Ferris Wheel
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Hands on History Craft Activity: How to Make a Ferris Wheel

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  • @barbarastarr8791
    @barbarastarr8791 23 дні тому

    In the late 1940's my cousins and I lived on Frazier Ave in Ocean Park The beach was the playground for the three of us . children. We were warned never to go under the Pier. There was a story that a child had been attacked by a predator and the Pier was off limits. The beach was fine!

  • @alexkalish8288
    @alexkalish8288 Місяць тому

    As a son of Santa Monica I have to say that pier was one of my earliest and fondest memories. Fishing off the pier or catching a fishing boat there early in the morning and bring back a burlap bag full of fish. In the 50's Santa Monica beach was completely safe for a kid to hang out at the beach with a couple friends all day, I learned to surf there. The sign over the pier a work of art imprinted in the brain of all who lived there. My father was fishing there when the 33 Long Beach earthquake hit - I will have to buy the book and thanks for the background.

    • @SantaMonicaHistory
      @SantaMonicaHistory Місяць тому

      Great memories, thanks for sharing. The new edition of the book is wonderful, truly a beautiful edition.

  • @onazram1
    @onazram1 2 місяці тому

    This was fantastic, I would like to know what they considered an "unsavory" crowd that led to it shutting down...

  • @gregoryhill1266
    @gregoryhill1266 3 місяці тому

    Harold Dunnigan was fantastic. He saved my bacon, and changed my life. He was great at Malibu Park Jr. High, Samohi, and Olympic High. What a man.

  • @jngfitness2001
    @jngfitness2001 5 місяців тому

    Nice synopsis! Thank you!! 😎💪🏽

  • @ksandnp
    @ksandnp 10 місяців тому

    Our family histories are very similar. And my family is from Chihuahua too. But somewhere we just shortened the last name to Peña.

  • @armandolopez8983
    @armandolopez8983 11 місяців тому

    Great video. LA has many, many secrets!

  • @manp1039
    @manp1039 11 місяців тому

    is this more like a trailer? is there a longer more complete video of this?

  • @jenniferwolters5881
    @jenniferwolters5881 Рік тому

    you saved my life

  • @annelinstatter5211
    @annelinstatter5211 Рік тому

    Fascinating history of the two families who received land grants in Santa Monica Canyon--la Boca de Santa Monica --the Entrada area --and also their descendants--and also their ancestors in Baja CA, New Mexico, including Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in the Inquisition.

  • @paultaylor9730
    @paultaylor9730 2 роки тому

    thank you ted, for leaving us this testimony. too many went to their graves carrying this injustice with shame...

  • @jamescimarusti8471
    @jamescimarusti8471 2 роки тому

    Great presentation! I believe the actress with Tony Dow is NOT Cheryl Holdridge but is actually Beverly Washburn who also had appeared on "Leave It To Beaver." I'd also heard that the "Rotor" from POP ended up as the "Spin Out" at Magic Mountain.

  • @agnidas5816
    @agnidas5816 2 роки тому

    1:17 - ooof . Rare picture of a natural female bodybuilder from the old days.

  • @MeadeSkeltonMusic
    @MeadeSkeltonMusic 2 роки тому

    Back when it was nice and clean and clear of riff raff and other elements.

  • @rotano
    @rotano 2 роки тому

    Just bought their book - so stoked to find this lecture and presentation! Excellent piece of history with lots of great pictures. Thanks!

  • @johnjones.3427
    @johnjones.3427 2 роки тому

    Every city should have a muscle beach,well for the ppl that are body beautiful, nothing wrong with it.

  • @foof99999
    @foof99999 2 роки тому

    I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video. What amazing history that you have shared! Thank you very much!

  • @Danny-di2zk
    @Danny-di2zk 2 роки тому

    Santa Monica the original muscle Beach

  • @NelsonMontana1234
    @NelsonMontana1234 2 роки тому

    I interviewed Pudgy Stockton many years back. She told some fascinating stories of that time.

  • @alexkalish8288
    @alexkalish8288 2 роки тому

    I lived there as a kid from about 1958-1965. I moved from Santa Monica - my dad moved there in 1946. I must visit the museum... great history presentation.

  • @JOECANDELA22
    @JOECANDELA22 2 роки тому

    There was a period of time between the bodybuilders being removed from Santa Monica and then moving down to Venice when the bodybuilders moved the equipment to a building a a few blocks east of Santa Monica. The equipment was placed in a dank basement of a building and became known as "The Dungeon". The builders trained there until Joe Gold, a retired merchant marine, in 1965, built Gold's Gym on Pacific Avenue in Venice. Supposedly, several of the bodybuilders pitched in a built Gold's out of mostly cinder blocks and cement.The building had no A/C or heat, had a skylight and front and back door they kept open to let the sea breeze cool off the place. The Venice 'Pit" came along later at that time in the mid-60's. Ric Drasin has some great videos here on YT where he talks about IT. Nice job on this video.

    • @gregpettis1113
      @gregpettis1113 2 роки тому

      Steve reeves worked out in Santa Monica

  • @dantean
    @dantean 2 роки тому

    One has to assume they will call it "Original Muscle Beach" until the world shows some signs of caring. That day has yet to come. Face it: they blew it the first time around and now it's too little, too late. That's life.

  • @nitai154
    @nitai154 2 роки тому

    To think those people were considered “ unsavory “ or “ fringe “…. People who were into health and physical culture. If they only knew what today’s “ fringe “ or “unsavory “ types are nowadays. I had the pleasure of meeting George Eifferman in person while he worked as a personal trainer at Las Vegas Athletic Club. Although he was past his prime he still was Muscular and in shape. What a great personality also he gave me his card and I cherish it to this day. Steve Reeves.. John C Grimek all the greats … our current “ body builders “ of today are the most unhealthiest people ever and they’re sadly dying off early in life. Back in the day … only a handful took gear and for low doses and most didn’t like it and stopped using it. That’s why they for the most part had the longest lifespans compared to the “ bodybuilders” of today.

  • @christianmendozatapia295
    @christianmendozatapia295 2 роки тому

    It's a shame. Once all the white folks left, it turned into a hell hole. Now we call it "needle beach" because you can step on a dirty Needle. Come back white folks!!!!

  • @alexkalish8288
    @alexkalish8288 2 роки тому

    Nice to see this, I grew up in Santa Monica in the 50's and early 60's. It was a wonderful place to be a kid - POP and the Santa Monica airport were my favorite haunts as a kid. With 4 times the population now, it's not the same place.

    • @gregpettis1113
      @gregpettis1113 2 роки тому

      I heard that there are hardly any white people there. I don't know if that's true

  • @donk.johnson7346
    @donk.johnson7346 2 роки тому

    My first memories of POP were mixed with fun and terror. My 7th grade home room teacher took us there on a field trip. Everything went great until we were headed back to the bus, when this jerky kid decided to show off for some girl. There were these railroad tracks that were placed in the ground for car stops. About 4 feet high. They have sharp edges on the tops. So this kid tried to leapfrog over one of them and missed. It caught his leg and ripped a big gash inside his thigh. He was lucky he didn't rip his balls off, or worse. We had to take him into the medical station and get him stitched back up. That was the first time I saw the insides of a human leg.

  • @donk.johnson7346
    @donk.johnson7346 2 роки тому

    The end of the TV program The Fugitive was shot there,

  • @donk.johnson7346
    @donk.johnson7346 2 роки тому

    They had one of those bucket rides in Magic Mountain, in July 1979 a couple died when the bucket fell off the cable in high winds.

  • @donk.johnson7346
    @donk.johnson7346 2 роки тому

    I was in the 7th grade and our class went to POP. I returned a few years later and saw The Smother's Brothers perform. Then in 1968 I saw Janis Joplin and Big Brother at the old ballroom.

  • @nelsonmcatee3721
    @nelsonmcatee3721 2 роки тому

    Wasn't Santa Monica the end destination of Route 66?

  • @WendyBrickman
    @WendyBrickman 2 роки тому

    Very informative! Thank you!

  • @WendyBrickman
    @WendyBrickman 2 роки тому

    I lived in various parts of Westwood for many years. Great information and photos. Thanks for sharing!

  • @bigh6530
    @bigh6530 2 роки тому

    It’s not how you start, it’s how you end and as of now it’s not looking so hot.

  • @itsgleneaton4883
    @itsgleneaton4883 2 роки тому

    The more these pieces of history are seen the chances of bringing them back become greater.

  • @clauramoore
    @clauramoore 2 роки тому

    Super Ultra Cool and Awesome

  • @DavidGutierrez-nt7ov
    @DavidGutierrez-nt7ov 2 роки тому

    Great History. Thanks for sharing this!👍

  • @edmourgagnon1504
    @edmourgagnon1504 2 роки тому

    This is where Jack La Lanne entered the stage...

  • @keepdrafting
    @keepdrafting 2 роки тому

    A film called "The Witch Who Came from the Sea" (1976) has some great footage of the POP area during it's 'ruins' period. Some of the best I've come across since 'The Slams' (1973).

  • @mrmopar8939
    @mrmopar8939 3 роки тому

    Kids watching in 2021, Who are those different looking people? Those are white people kids, they lived in California a long time ago.

    • @gregpettis1113
      @gregpettis1113 2 роки тому

      Are there no white people in California?

  • @foof99999
    @foof99999 3 роки тому

    What fun finding this music and bringing it to life! Thank you for sharing it!!

  • @christianandresd.v.m.8359
    @christianandresd.v.m.8359 3 роки тому

    He was a fantastic High School counselor at Santa Monica College in the late 1980s. His advice changed the trajectory of my life.

  • @MeMeDaVinci
    @MeMeDaVinci 3 роки тому

    I love 💕 this!

  • @philipandersson4932
    @philipandersson4932 3 роки тому

    Very interesting video! Feel super nostalgic about the pier even though I have never been there 😄

  • @jan6485
    @jan6485 3 роки тому

    Thank you this is priceless

  • @kasperhansen9042
    @kasperhansen9042 3 роки тому

    I wish this would come back.

  • @neppiesworld9432
    @neppiesworld9432 3 роки тому

    This was cool and so informative!

  • @jeffreybabino8161
    @jeffreybabino8161 3 роки тому

    Really cool to see how muscle beach started

  • @richardpaulkillian8747
    @richardpaulkillian8747 3 роки тому

    My Father, Sylvester Paul Killian was the owner of Palisades Glass & Mirror Shop 111 Broadway in Santa Monica, CA from 1922 to 1944. I still have thousands of feet of 16 MM.film from that era. Contact rpkillian@gmail.com 702/732-4871. Rob, call me.

  • @melissapugash7094
    @melissapugash7094 3 роки тому

    As a homeowner in Westwood who moved here in 2016, I am delighted to have this history of my neighborhood. Thank you!