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Ferris Wheel Ornament
$27.00Ferris Wheel turns using the silver crank on its side. Place on a tree or place in a tiny amusement park. Brightly colored with four park goers in the gondolas.
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Jack’s At The Beach
Price range: $0.00 through $145.00PHOTO REPRINT
Jack’s At The Beach, 1975Started in 1917 by Jack Compselides in Ocean Park, “Jack’s at the Beach” was located at 2820 Ocean Front and was one of the popular restaurants during the 1950s
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You might also like the book: Signs of Santa Monica
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Santa Monica Bay – Paradise by the Sea
$29.95SANTA MONICA BAY is a sweeping illustrated history of the region with hundreds of archival illustrations and contemporary photographs by Fred Basten.
We have several of Fred Basten‘s images in our collections.
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Glenn Sundby and George Long
Price range: $0.00 through $145.00PHOTO REPRINT
Glenn Sundby is being lifted by his partner, George Wayne Long, former wrestler and bodybuilder. Sundby became interested in gymnastics after seeing the Hollywood stuntmen, bodybuilders and gymnasts at Muscle Beach during his high school years. Being five foot five and slim, he was a natural “top man” for many of the stunts.Archive Details | Print Details
You might also like the book: Remembering Muscle Beach
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Santa Monica 1950-2010
$21.99In vintage photographs, local author Louise B. Gabriel and the Santa Monica Historical Society share the history of the area. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images, giving readers a unique opportunity to reconnect to the history that shaped their community.
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Harvelle’s Cafe
Price range: $0.00 through $145.00PHOTO REPRINT
Harvelle’s Cafe, mid 1900sHarvelle’s Cafe, located at 1432 Fourth Street, was newly opened and ready for business.
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You might also like the book: Signs of Santa Monica
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Santa Monica Pleasure Pier: A Look Back to 1917 from Today
$34.95This book is a side-by-side comparison that juxtaposes the past and present in ways that put today’s landscape in the greater historical play. A book of a book from the Stephen Raul Anaya Collection, a rare and mostly unseen look at the Santa Monica Pleasure Pier and its surroundings from 1917.
Historical insights provided by our museum archivist, Sara Crown!
Santa Monica History From our Museum Founder
Explore and Discover the rich Santa Monica history as told by our museum founder Louise B. Gabriel. Louise authored two books about Santa Monica. Early Santa Monica takes you on a tour through Santa Monica’s beginnings. Santa Monica, 1950-2010, with more than 200 photographs, shows you the rich diversity of the city’s businesses, events, attractions, and celebrities that helped shaped the city it is today!
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