Looking to celebrate Read Across America Day? Our smart pals at the Santa Monica Library have always gone the extra mile - just like in 1979, when staff handed off books to motorists near Santa Monica College.
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Outlook Collection (1998.1.498)
Today is Presidents' Day. President John F. Kennedy departing the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills.
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Bob Smith Collection (1998.2.140) 1962
Travel back to Valentine’s Day, 1952! This Glancing Magazine cover shows Helen and Markal of Venice sharing a Leap Year moment. “Watch your step, fellow!” Love and history go hand in hand. How did you celebrate Valentine’s Day as a kid? ❤️
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Courtesy Quinn Research Center
Seaside Park, south of the Santa Monica Pier, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019 as Bay Street Beach. It was a safe gathering spot for people of color.
Learn more: http://ow.ly/j38150MhScm
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SMHM Collection (36.2.102) undated
On February 10, 1858 in New York City, the YWCA was founded. Dedicated to eliminating racism and empowering women they are one of the oldest women's organizations in the U.S.
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Neysa McMein 1919, https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3g03687
Admission for Trailblazers is always free.
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Come get your history on! We open at 11:00. See you soon.
Explore the evolution of African American and intercultural food traditions in Southern California.
https://santamonicahistory.org/exhibition/food-and-family
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Winter storm, February 1938, with flooding to residential Venice, tossed vessels onshore in Santa Monica. Yes, that's a view from Westminster and Riviera.
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Today, February 4, is the birthday of photographer George Tate (1920-1992).
To learn more about this celebrated photographer, visit us on GA&C for a tour of our Tate Collection:
https://ow.ly/55JU50XXHGG
George Tate Collection (2009.109.512) 1952
Today, February 4, is the birthday of photographer George Tate (1920-1992).
To learn more about this celebrated photographer, visit us on GA&C for a tour of our Tate Collection:
https://ow.ly/55JU50XXHGG
George Tate Collection (2009.109.512) 1952
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Frank Barnes, President of the Santa Monica chapter of the NAACP. In 1948, as a result of his activity in connection with picketing the Santa Monica Sears store, he was suspended from his postal carrier job on a charge of disloyalty to the government.
Bill Beebe Collection (3.2.8069) 1948
Explore the evolution of African American and intercultural food traditions in Southern California.
https://santamonicahistory.org/exhibition/food-and-family
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Hilliard Lawson. Santa Monica City Councilperson. 1973.
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Bill Beebe Collection (3.2.3597), 1960
This week, in 1983, winter was the boss, claiming 100 feet of the Santa Monica Pier and heavily damaging the Venice Pier.
Gnar, right?
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SMHM Collection & Outlook Collection
(2018.8.49) (2018.8.35) (2018.8.28) (1998.1.855)
Opening Reception, Saturday, January 24, 2pm-4pm. Museum admission will be free all day. Explore the evolution of African American and intercultural food traditions in Southern California.
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"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy"
Martin Luther King, Jr. at UCLA
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Outlook Collection (1998.1.229) (1998.1.230) 1965
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Opening Reception, Saturday January 24, 2pm-4pm. Museum admission will be free all day. Explore the evolution of African American and intercultural food traditions in Southern California.
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"It takes no compromise to give people their rights... It takes no survey to remove repression."
-Harvey Milk
LGBTQ History is American History
Black Wings...
There's a sound of wings on the wind,
A faint, far, hum swells to a din -
Down from the heights a shadow flings;
It is the shadow of "Black Wings"...
-Vernon Brunson, 1933
On Now in the Quinn at SMHM: From the Ground Up, The Life of Vernon Brunson.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the women and men who do the important work of Mothering. Bring your fav Mama vibe person to the museum; admission is free for both of you today!
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Bill Beebe Collection, (3.2.4713) 1941 by Emerson Gaze. Women’s Motor Corps Color Guard
Evening Outlook newspaper staff, 1932
Today is World Press Freedom Day, honoring the principle of Freedom of the Press. In many nations, publications and news are censored. What countries do you think of when considering censorship?
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SMHM Outlook Collection (1998.1.1275)
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Vernon Brunson exhibition poster, on now at the Santa Monica History Museum
On Now. Only at Santa Monica History Museum.
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Children searching through library card catalog as librarian looks on.
Happy National Library Workers Day! Celebrating the dedicated heroes who keep libraries vibrant and communities culturally literate, unless you live in a place where knowledge is considered subversive (yes, we said it). Thank you for your passion and tenacity.
We're here all weekend 11-5.
See you soon.
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1350 7th Street. Between SM Blvd and Arizona
Exterior, Henshey's Department Store 1940. Located in the Tegner Building, 4th Street, and Santa Monica Boulevard from 1925 to 1992. Founded by Harry C. Henshey and partners, it was Santa Monica's first department store.
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Bill Beebe Collection (3.2.6172)
An unidentified man, dressed in a suit, is standing in a field watching workers doing stoop labor.
Today, we honor Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta. Labor leaders, community organizers, and co-founders of the United Farm Workers
In 2014 President Obama designated March 31st as a Federal Commemorative Holiday observing Cesar Chavez Day.
Santa Monica History Museum Collection (36.2.2226) undated
Whole lotta shaking going on! Didya feel it & did your MyShake app give you a heads up? Earthquake NW of Malibu.
