Rare Books
Santa Monica and Ocean Park residence and business directory
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q. Santa Monica - Ocean Park
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.
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Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica
Visual Materials
Image of people riding the Sea Serpent roller coaster and Sea Spin ride at the Pacific Ocean Amusement Park at Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California, in 1958. The Ocean Skyway bubble cars are riding along a cable above the park at center and the Santa Monica Pier and beach clubs are in the distance.
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Ocean Park Pier, Santa Monica
Visual Materials
Image of people walking along the Ocean Park Pier with the Dome Theater at center and the Lighthouse slide at left with the Toonerville Fun House across from it, at Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California.
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