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From the
beginning, Santa Monica has been at the forefront of
California culture. Now, author Louise Gabriel explores
the town’s colorful history in Early Santa Monica,
the newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s Image of
America series.
With over 200
vintage photographs,
highlights of Early Santa Monica include chapters
dedicated to the formation of the town and its
development, the “Pleasure Piers” and beautiful beaches.
The book’s images cover a fun city with its sports,
tennis and golf champions and car races that brought
Santa Monica fame; bathing beauty contests; the famous
Gold Coast; celebrities who lived in Santa Monica,
including hometown girl Shirley Temple and Marion Davies
and Donald Douglas, and World War II.
Mail order this book here
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