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On August 23, 1930 this statewide Kiwanis ClubConference was photographed in front of the Hermosa Beach Biltmore.The Kiwanis have always had a a very visible and active role in Hermosa with its annual Christmas Tree lot,Builder's Club for young people and scholarships. The Kiwanis were involved in the construction of the Clock Tower at Pier Plaza. Kiwanis is also involved with the Hermosa Beach Sister City, Loreto, Mexico.

Loreto is a large fishing village that was the site of the first fishing village that was the site of the first Catholic mission in California over 300 years ago.An exchange program established by Joe Diaz between middle school students is conducted each year between Hermosa and Loreto in Baja California, Mexico in the spring when students spend a week visiting each others city's.

Overexposure was never more of an issue than in 1935. When visitors who travelled to Hermosa Beach via the Red Car were instructed to not "just roll up their pant legs" this protest was a notice to all bathers and a bit antiquated towards the dress code of the previous generation. This law was observed under the watchful eye of Hermosa Beach's finest.

Richard Douglas King was born on December 31, 1879 in Jackson, Tennessee, where he would later become a prolific yet not-well-known architect. In 1911, he moved to Los Angeles, where he went on to produce many of his most well known works. King practiced solo for the majority of his career, although he did have a brief partnership with El
Richard Douglas King was born on December 31, 1879 in Jackson, Tennessee, where he would later become a prolific yet not-well-known architect. In 1911, he moved to Los Angeles, where he went on to produce many of his most well known works. King practiced solo for the majority of his career, although he did have a brief partnership with Ellis Wing Taylor. in the 1910s.
King married Margaret P. King and they had one daughter together. He died while inspecting a ship for the Maritime Commission on July 31, 1945 and was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery.[4]
King's notable works in Southern California include:

The Vetter Windmill, first located on Valley Drive near Pier Avenue it provided water for the extensive flowers fields of Hermosa that used to stretch from Pier Avenue to 21st street. The Vetter Windmill has been standing in Hermosa Beach since 1907. Vetter Windmill was restored and moved to Greenwood Park on the corner of Aviation and Pa
The Vetter Windmill, first located on Valley Drive near Pier Avenue it provided water for the extensive flowers fields of Hermosa that used to stretch from Pier Avenue to 21st street. The Vetter Windmill has been standing in Hermosa Beach since 1907. Vetter Windmill was restored and moved to Greenwood Park on the corner of Aviation and Pacific Coast Highway.The Vetter Windmill, a Hermosa Beach Landmark, today rest at Greenwood Park, a small park at the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Aviation Boulevard in Hermosa Beach. A symbol of the city's past, it was once an integral business icon, erected in 1907 to provide the power to the irrigate, the hillside flower farms located on Ardmore Avenue and Sixteenth Street. Japanese, Dutch and Greek immigrants grew flowers in Hermosa Beach, and loaded them often at two and 3 AM on rail, cars and trucks to be sold the next morning at mark in Los Angeles.

Building a better pyramid in Hermosa Beach meant the kind of enthusiasm shown here by these boys. The boys often earned extra money performing acrobats for visitors to the Pier and Strand areas. Standing around, c. 1932, but never loitering, are (kneeling) Jim Kerwin, Darryl "Slasher" Smith and two unidentified boys;(handstanding and sta
Building a better pyramid in Hermosa Beach meant the kind of enthusiasm shown here by these boys. The boys often earned extra money performing acrobats for visitors to the Pier and Strand areas. Standing around, c. 1932, but never loitering, are (kneeling) Jim Kerwin, Darryl "Slasher" Smith and two unidentified boys;(handstanding and standing) George Herchman, Donnie :
"Ding" Grannis, Joe Kerwin, and Ted Kerwin and Marion Hebner (handstanding on top) Fred Kerwin.

In the halcyon days of surfing, a lot of guys made their own boards. Greg Noll, nicknamed "The Bull" is seen here in 1950 age 14 learning the craft that would help him make help make him become one of the central figures in Surfing. "Board making was a social deal", Noel wrote. "The word would get out that the so-and-so had a chunk of red
In the halcyon days of surfing, a lot of guys made their own boards. Greg Noll, nicknamed "The Bull" is seen here in 1950 age 14 learning the craft that would help him make help make him become one of the central figures in Surfing. "Board making was a social deal", Noel wrote. "The word would get out that the so-and-so had a chunk of redwood or balsa and everyone would go over to the guy's garage with a beer, a know?". Here this cast of formidable characters includes, from left to right, Noel, Stu Linder, Bergie Bergstrom (on the ukulele), Dick Medvie and John McFarland> Linder went an Academy award as part of an editing team and JOHN Frankenheimer‘s Grand Prix
(1966). It was nominated for Barry Levinson's, Rainman in (1988) Linder also edited more than 10 Films for former El Porter resident Levinson.

John Hiss settled in Hermosa Beach in the early 1900s. Bringing his family and building skills to the yet to be incorporated city. Hiss built the first school Ocean View School on Prospect. High on the hill the school building still exists near Fort Lots of Fun just around the corner from Hermosa View School.

Explore the rich history of the early families who settled in Hermosa Beach. From the Hiss family, who built the first school, to the Mattesons, who established the first bank, each family contributed significantly to the community's development. Learn about their stories and how they shaped the city we know today.

The Matteson family on a fine summer day standing on the original Hermosa Beach Pier.Ralph Matteson was a commercial builder who built the first bank at the corner of Pier Avenue and Hermosa Avenue and built the Metropolitan Theater. Many of his buildings still stand today not only in Hermosa but, throughout the city of Los Angeles.

The Veter Windmill has been standing in Hermosa Beach since 1907. First located on Valley Drive near Pier Avenue it provided water for the extensive flowers fields of Hermosa that used to stretch from Pier Avenue to 21st street. The fields used to grow aster and carnations that sold throughout the city of Los Angeles transported by the freight line that used to run along today's green belt. Vetter Windmill was restored and moved to Greenwood Park on the corner of Aviation and Pacific Coast Highway.

The Kerwin family came to Hermosa Beach opening their family bakery on Pier Avenue. Mary Kerwin married John Hiss son of th first mayor of Hemrosa Beach. The couple then raised eleven children and the entire family lived and worked in the bakery. Many of the Kerwins became the first lifeguards of the city and became early member so the Hermosa Beach Surfing Club. The original building that was the Kerwin Bakery is currently Palmia Restaurant.

The official seal of the City of Hermosa Beach was designed by graphic designer John T Hales, and adopted by the city in September 1965. Hales painstakingly pieced together the seal together with his son Donald and wife, Lorraine. The seal ingredients included 3,000 pieces of Italian tile with beach pebbles and shells. Sharing his appreciation was Quentin "Boots" Thelen then Mayor of Hermosa Beach. Hales was an avid historian keeping records for many years of Hermosa's civic, city and day to day highlights in binders that are stored in the archives at the Hermosa Museum located at 710 Pier Avenue.


In 2007, the first Hermosa Centennial Mural was unveiled on September 30, 2007. Over the past 18 years the mural faded and in need of an update. After many discussions, it was determined that the mural would be repainted and updated. Several components were added that had been missed in the first version. The new mural reflects of the beautiful history of Hermosa Beach.

Over the past year our mural artist Dawn Whitney-Hall painted in the old Warner Brothers studio offices in San Pedro. Quietly creating each panel one at a time until all ten panels were completed. The panels were then transported to Hermosa Beach and were installed for the January 10, 2026 to be unveiled before city officials, residents, family and friends.

Our team is made up of talented and passionate volunteers, artists, builders and producers who share a common goal: to make the world a more beautiful and inspiring place. We're dedicated to our craft, and to bring art and beauty into the world.



The Insomniac Cafe and Bookstore was located on Pier Avenue operated for two years before being closed by the city of Hermosa Beach. The building was torn down and left vacant for many years. It is currently the site of Loreto Plaza. The image that appears on the mural was taken from this photograph taken in the alley behind the Insomnaic .

This iconic image of legendary surf champion Dewey Weber photographed by surf legend Leroy Grannis at 22nd Street. Weber and Grannis epitomized the surfing legends of their time both raised in Hermosa Beach. Dewey was also the model for the original cartoon character of Buster Brown for Buster Brown shoes-not bad notoriety for a barefoot guy. Dewey became a yo-yo champion as teen. Dewey then developed a the "hot dog style" of surfing after newly designed foam boards afforded him the ability to make quick and tight maneuvers. Generations of surfers have loved this image captured at 22nd street in Hermosa.Then began shaping and selling his surfboards out of his shop on Pacific Coast Highway. Created a

For the last fifty years Mike Lacey the owner of the Comedy and Magic Club has brought the best comedians of the day to Hermosa Beach. Jay Leno has appeared at the club on Sundays for over thirty years. Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfield, Kevin Neelan to name a few have performed at the club stage over the years as well. Lacey, also has one of the most extensive collections of theatrical posters and costumes.

For the last fifty years Mike Lacey the owner of the Comedy and Magic Club has brought the best comedians of the day to Hermosa Beach. Jay Leno has appeared at the club on Sundays for over thirty years. Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfield, Kevin Neelan to name a few have performed at the club stage over the years as well. Lacey, also has one of the most extensive collections of theatrical posters and costumes.

LeRoy "Granny" Grannis (August 12, 1917 – February 3, 2011) was a veteran photographer. His portfolio of photography of surfing and related sea images from the 1960s enjoys a reputation that led The New York Times to dub him "the godfather of surf photography." He was born in Hermosa Beach, California. Living a beachfront childhood, by the age of five Grannis was taken swimming and bodysurfing by his father. Soon Grannis made himself a bellyboard from a piece of wood and rode it during vacations in his mother's home state of Florida. In 1931, at age 14, his father gave him a 6' x 2' pine board from which he hacked a kneeboard using a drawknife[1]. At Hermosa Pier, stand up surfing was popular, so he began borrowing boards until he could get his own. Later, he struggled to balance surf time with family and work as a member of the Palos Verdes Surf Club, second only in America to the Corona Del Mar Surf Board Club, which was established in the late 1920s. Unable to afford an education at UCLA during the Depression, Grannis dropped out and found work as a carpenter, junkyard de-tinner and spent some years at Standard Oil. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps (now the Air Force) in 1943, serving as a pilot flying supply lines to troops in combat and remaining on active reserve until retiring as a major in 1977. Several fellow surf club members were employed with Pacific Bell, and Grannis joined them in 1946.
Peace and new opportunities
He had already begun to venture into photography, and several of his pictures were featured in photo pioneer and close friend John Heath "Doc" Ball's[2] 1946 book California Surfriders. He surfed the occasional contest during the 1950s, gradually settling into the role of assisting Hoppy Swarts at the controls during the early years of the United States Surfing Association. The telephone company job had given him an ulcer by 1959 and his doctor advised him to take up a hobby, and Ball suggested more serious photography.
His work soon appeared in prominent surf culture magazines of the time including Surfer, Reef and Surfing Illustrated. He quickly became one of the sport's most important documentarians. Other photographers were shooting from the water, but they were forced to return to land to reload. Grannis developed a rubber-lined box that enabled him to change film in the lineup. He spent the decade in California and Hawaii, capturing the best surfers in the world riding the best surf. He was a photo editor of Surfing Illustrated and of International Surfing, which he co-founded.[3] He was named Grand Master of the 2007 Hermosa Beach Art Walk "Salute to 100 Summers." [3]
Some awards and accomplishments
He was elected to the International Surfing Hall of Fame as the number one lensman in 1966 and in 2002 was awarded SIMA's Lifetime Achievement Award. Grannis was the subject of The Surfer's Journal's first ode to master photographers in 1998 with a 1998 hardback compilation of Grannis' 1960s photos entitled Photo:Grannis, and his work was later featured in Stacy Peralta's 2004 award-winning documentary of the sport, Riding Giants. In 2005, M+B Gallery in Los Angeles gave Grannis his first art gallery exhibition and since then, his photographs have been exhibited at galleries, art fairs and museums both at home and abroad, including New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London and Antwerp. In 2006, Taschen published LeRoy Grannis: Birth of a Culture as a limited-edition, signed collector's edition monograph. Due to the extreme popularity of the book, TASCHEN has since released two additional popular editions of the book.
As said by Jason Borte, "Leroy Grannis wasn't the first to depict the California lifestyle with his photos. It wasn't his idea to begin shooting in the first place. His contributions to surfing photography occurred over a brief 12-year period, and he hasn't much bothered with it since 1971. Nevertheless, most of the great images from the '60s golden age of surfing, regardless of the magazine, bear the inscription "Photo: Grannis".[4] In 1971, fed up with increased competition for the perfect angle, Grannis quit shooting surfing and soon found himself involved in hang gliding. The sport balanced surfing in his life, and he held a brief stint as photographer for Hang Gliding magazine. Several injuries, including a badly fractured leg in 1981, caused him to find a new outlet. This time it was windsurfing. Until the late 1980s, Grannis both engaged in and photographed the sport.
Grannis moved with his wife to Carlsbad, California, after retiring from Pacific Bell in 1977. Grannis married Katie LaVerne Tracy in 1939, when she was 20, and the couple had four children- Kit, Frank, Nancy, and John, six grandchildren- Robert, Cindy, Alan, Elizabeth, Alana, and Kaylee, and three great-grandchildren- Casey, Emily, and Dane, and two great-great grandchildren during their 69-year marriage before Katie died on December 3, 2008, at age 89.

Bing Copeland began surfing in 1949, at age 13, at the Manhattan Beach pier with his friend Greg Noll, who was a bait boy on the end of the pier. Bing and Greg were surfing gremmies that began their friendship hanging on the railing watching the older guys surf the big heavy redwood boards.
One of the older guys, Dale Velzy, was a lifeguard on the pier at the time and loaned them an 8 foot 80 lbs redwood surfboard to try out. From then on, Bing was hooked as was his friend Greg. Both of them hung around Velzy’s first shop for years helping sweep up, gluing up balsa blanks, shaping wood fins and repairing boards.
Bing attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach until he graduated in 1954. That summer Bing, along with Greg, Vardeman and Hap Jacobs, became lifeguards, which allowed them to earn enough money for a trip to Hawaii. In September of 1955, at 19, Bing flew to Hawaii. He started out in a Waikiki rental and then moved to a Makaha Quonset hut with his friends, Sonny Vardeman, Rick Stoner, Steve Vorhees, Mike Bright, and George Kapoo, where they gradually learned to ride the big surf with the mentoring of George Downing, Buzzy Trent and Peter Cole. With their funds running low, Bing and Rick Stoner both went into the Coast Guards and were luckily assigned to a ship in Hawaii for the next 2 years where they spent all their leave-time surfing and pioneering much of the North Shore.
In 1958 Bing along with Rick Stoner decided to sail around the world. They first sailed to Tahiti then continued on to Fiji and eventually New Zealand where they introduced modern surfing and surfboards to the Kiwi’s.
Bing opened his first surf shop in the fall of 1959 with his friend Rick Stoner and became one of the major surfboard manufactures of the sixties and early seventy’s. A year after they opened, Rick decided to sell Bing his portion of the business thus came Bing Surfboards.
The business grew at an exponential rate, and Bing expanded his factory to include a glassing area and a team of first-rate shapers, including Dick Mobley, Mike Eaton, Dan Bendiksen, John Mobley, Wayne Land, and George Lanning and then eventually Dick Brewer also joined the team.
At one point, the factory produced up to 40 surfboards a day. In addition to his board-building team, Bing also had a star team of riders, including David Nuuhiwa, Dru Harrison, Chris Schlickenmeyer, and Rolf Aurness just to name a few.
The late 60s was the beginning of the end for the major manufacturers. It was a time of the “back yard board” and “no label” surfboards. Bing along with his master shapers and new designers, the Campbell Brothers, transitioned to shorter boards with a few models, but despite Bing Surfboard’s continued popularity, sales declined and it became obvious to Bing that the business may not survive. It was also around this time that Bing and his wife, Conlee, decided it might be best to move their young family away from the drug scene that had developed surrounding Hermosa Beach. Bing decided to pursue a career change and moved his family to Idaho.
In 1974, G&S took on the license of Bing Surfboards then Mike Eaton continued the Bing legacy through the 80s and 90s. Until one day in Baja in 2000, where Bing and his family spend their winters, Bing was surfing one of his favorite spots and a car pulled up with a group of young guys. One of the guys approached Bing and claimed to owe him some royalty money for some Bing & Rick surfboards that he had made for Rick Surfboards.
This young man then offered to make Bing’s boards if he was ever interested. Bing casually mentioned this to his good friend Mike Eaton, who had been building the boards up until then, and Mike was happy to pass along the legacy to the new generation of surfboard shapers. This young man was Matt Calvani. To this day, Bing and his family live in the mountains of Idaho and spend their winters surfing in the warm waters of southern Baja, not forgetting to stop in on Matt and his surfboard manufacturing team located in Encinitas, CA.
Herbert "Bing" Copeland opened Bing Surfboards on the Hermosa Beach waterfront in 1960. His name was to become one of the best-known brands throughout the '60s and into the '70s. Speaking of Bing's name, have you ever wondered how he got the name "Bing"? Well, I have, so I asked him. Here's what he had to say: "Actually, I was born Herbert Bingham Copeland III. When I was two years old, my babysitter didn't like calling me "Herbie" so she shortened my middle name and just started calling me Bing. It's been that way ever since."
Bing was born in Torrance, California in 1936 and grew up just a few blocks from the Manhattan Beach pier. When he was 12, Dale Velzy--working as a lifeguard at the time--asked Bing if he wanted to try one of his old boards. As Bing recalls, "the board was about eight feet long and weighed about eighty pounds...we pearled for the first ten or so waves but then finally I remember standing up and riding straight off all the way to the beach." I knew at that moment that this was the sport for me."
Dale Velzy mentored many of the best-known shapers of the '60s and early '70s, and Bing Copeland was one of them. In the early '50s, he helped Velzy by gluing up balsa blanks, shaping wood fins, sanding boards, but "mostly sweeping up balsa shavings." He also worked as a lifeguard between 1954 and 1955, the savings from which allowed him to make his first trip to Hawaii in September 1955. Money ran out in a few months, so Bing and good friend Rick Stoner joined the Coast Guard. Fortunate enough to be stationed near Honolulu, they surfed Ala Moana every afternoon and the North Shore during their annual 30-day leave.
Discharged in late '57, Bing went back to surfing and lifeguarding in California. But within months, he was off again, this time crewing on a 42-foot sailboat with Rick Stoner to Hawaii, Tahiti, Moorea and beyond. They ended up in New Zealand in November of 1958, where they surfed for two months. Before leaving, they built eight or ten boards for members of a local surf club, which led them to open Bing and Rick Surfboards on the Hermosa Beach strand in October of 1959. A year later, Bing bought out Rick and Bing Surfboards was born. By 1965, production had reached 40 boards a day.
Bing Copeland influenced surfing in many ways and worked with some of best-known surfers of the time. Names like Donald Takayama and David Nuuhiwa were included on the list of famous Bing team riders; Takayama is also a very talented shaper and introduced the Bing Donald Takayama Model. He also helped develop two extremely popular Bing models bearing the Nuuhiwa name--the "Noserider" and the "Lightweight"--of which an estimated 10,000 units were sold between 1965 and 1967. In 1967, surfboard designer Dick Brewer shaped the Bing Pipeliner, a model that Brewer still shapes today. In 1973, Bing produced a trademarked Bonzer model, a design introduced a year earlier and one of the first to use three fins--now a standard on all performance shortboards.
By 1974, Bing licensed his popular name and moved his family to Idaho, where he lives at least half of each year. He spends winters in Baja, where he still surfs 3 or 4 days a week. Bing Copeland has been extremely gracious about sharing both his insights and his adventures during the greatest days the sport has ever known. Today, talented surfboard shaper Matt Calvani and well-known '60s surfer Lance Carson have teamed up to make Bing surfboards and clothing available once again. They have a website that's worth the visit have a look at www.classicbingsurfboards.com.

Howard Rumsey (November 7, 1917 – July 15, 2015)[1] was an American jazz double-bassist known for his leadership of the Lighthouse All-Stars in the 1950s.
Biography
Born in Brawley, California, United States,[2] Rumsey first began playing the piano, followed by the drums and finally the bass.[2] After jobs with Vido Musso and Johnnie Davis, Rumsey became part of Stan Kenton's first band.[2] Rumsey soon left Kenton after an argument. He played with Charlie Barnet and Barney Bigard before taking a short hiatus from music.[2] Following this absence, Rumsey returned to the Los Angeles jazz scene to form the group the Lighthouse All-Stars.[2] For most of the 1950s this group played each Sunday at the Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach.[2] During its lifetime, the Lighthouse All-Stars were one of the primary modern jazz institutions on the west coast, providing a home for many Los Angeles musicians.[3]
The Lighthouse All-Stars
In early 1949, Rumsey was in search of a playing job and came across the Lighthouse Club on Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach, which he felt would be an ideal place to play music. The Lighthouse was built in 1934 as a restaurant named Verpilates. In 1940, the business changed hands, and under new ownership it was turned into a Polynesian-styled club named the Lighthouse, primarily serving merchant seamen. In 1948, the club was sold to John Levine.[4] After convincing Levine to permit the playing of jazz in the club, Rumsey played his first show on Sunday 29 May 1949, to immediate success.
The first Lighthouse All-Stars was a group made up of Los Angeles musicians who had been a part of the Central Avenue scene in the 1940s, including Teddy Edwards, Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes, Frank Patchen, Bobby White, and Keith Williams. This band lasted for a time before Rumsey changed personnel to feature a new wave of players. The second edition of the Lighthouse All-Stars featured Jimmy Giuffre, Shorty Rogers, and Shelly Manne. The success of this group soon landed them with a recording contract for Les Koenig's Contemporary Records. Not only were the Lighthouse All-Stars recording for Contemporary, but many of the members of the group were also leading sessions for this same label.
After Rogers, Giuffre and Manne left together in 1953 for a job at The Haig, Rumsey had to recreate his band yet again. This third edition featured Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Rolf Ericson, and Max Roach. This band took part in a historic recording on 13 September 1953, Roach's first show with the group, which would feature both Chet Baker and Miles Davis, along with Russ Freeman and Lorraine Geller.
With the eventual breakup of this edition, the chairs were filled by various other notable musicians throughout the following years. In his book West Coast Jazz, author Ted Gioia claims to have listed over seventy-five musicians who were once members of the group.[5] By the early 1960s interest in jazz in Los Angeles had greatly faded and the group came to its demise.[2] From 1971 to 1985, Rumsey owned and operated Concerts By The Sea in Redondo Beach, California,[2] a "distinctive club that provided an ideal tiered, concert-seating venue (seating 200) which offered the finest jazz in the Los Angeles area".[6]
Rumsey died from complications of pneumonia in Newport Beach, California, at the age of 97.[1]
With Chet Baker
With Miles Davis
With Stan Kenton
With Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers
With Art Pepper
With Stan Getz


In 1926 a group of South Bay Businessmen sold memberships for construction and operation of an exclusive professional men's club. It was named THE SURF AND SAND BEACH CLUB. A few years after its construction, in 1929, it was sold to the Los Angeles Athletic Association, but was again sold, this time to private interests, when the City Fathers could not agree on giving the Association private beach rights.
At the beginning of World War II the now-named Hermosa Biltmore Hotel was converted into a 120-room hotel. Each room contained a toilet and wash bowl, over half the rooms a private bath, several with connecting baths. Every room completely renovated and new bed, springs, mattress and furniture and numerous new rugs in the first half of 1955
CONSTRUCTION.
This 6-story reinforced concrete building is Class A construction and was built at a cost of $840,000.00; with furnishings of $286,000.00. Its foundation is of concrete piling which goes into blue clay and averages forty-two (42) feet in depth. The Hermosa Biltmore Hotel can never be washed out by the ocean, so strong and deep its foundation.
THE ROOF
Sun bathing is enjoyed on the spacious and unencumbered roof of the Hotel, and there are unlimited possibilities for remodeling this roof for Starlight Dancing and daytime lounging. The restful view takes in a panorama encompassing Catalina Island to the Southwest, the lovely Palos Verdes Hills to the South, Los Angeles and environs due East, Hollywood Hills to the North. Malibu and Ventura Coastline to the Northwest. Completing the panorama, and giving it ever new hues, are the brilliant ever-changing sunsets on the blue Pacific.
THE SECOND FLOOR
The entire second floor has been equipped for recreation. Three large rooms are used for dancing and banquets. The ballroom extends across the entire front of the building and is 198' long, and faces the ocean and beach. It is two stories high and the acoustics are excellent. The floor is hardwood laid in cement slab, and is highly finished for dancing. This area can be used entire or can be divided into two separate rooms by means of soundproof folding doors, making one ballroom or banquet room, an area of approximately 138' X 40' with raised bandstand and walk-in fireplace at the south end, and a 40' set-in bar. This space will accommodate about 1500 guests. The north ballroom space is 50' X 40' and will accommodate approximately 1000 guests, and similarly has a raised bandstand and a 40' bar. The thick-carpeted foyer, well-ventilated men's and ladies' restrooms, and a checkroom immediately adjoin the ballrooms. For cabaret style dancing, chairs and tables for 1000 guests and service for 2500 are available.
THE MEZZANINE
This floor is composed of two large offices for the hotel, what was once a health studio, a large completely equipped kitchen and clubroom presently named the KEY ROOM.
The room which used to have the health studio is equipped with Howard steam cabinets, Gyro-Wave chair, massage tables, slenderizing tables, Finnish style steam rooms, dressing rooms, showers, approximately 20 booths, and weights and cycles for reducing and exercising.
The KEY ROOM has its own scroll-shaped bar, seating 15 persons. The room is completely carpeted except for a small dancing space which can be converted into dining space when needed. The tables and booths will seat 50 diners-and-dancers. This room has been decorated in the past by an outstanding Hollywood Cocktail and Lounge designer and decorator. The overhead indirect lighting fixtures are especially designed to carry out the Key Motif, and are an attractions in themselves. This room faces the spacious beach and blue Pacific.
The KITCHEN adjoining is large, and completely equipped with a deep freeze, 10' square walk-in refrigerator, gas, steam, dishwasher, Rainier 3-tier oven, Hobart mixer, Timkin vegetable peeler, Cass charcoal broiler, french fryer, double unit steam table, 4-urn McKie coffee maker, Hobart meat slicing machine and complete dinner and silver service for 2500 guests.
THE LOBBY
The first floor lobby as been recently remodeled and redecorated. One feels the tranquillity of lush tropical quiet as one enters this coral and jungle-green lounge. The decor, so skillfully planned and executed, actually creates a three-dimensional effect by reason of the lavish tropical colors blended and balanced by true artistic skill. Coral lamp shades and brown and coral upholstered lounges and chairs complete this inviting atmosphere.
Leading off the lobby is a cocktail room and a cocktail bar, Coffee Shop with complete kitchen and a room where a cigar and magazine stand was at one time. Also on the first floor is a large swimming pool with men's and ladies' dressing rooms.
THE COFFEE SHOP KITCHEN is equipped with 2 reach-in refrigerators, 14' steam table, range and grill, french fryer, meat slicer (Hobart), ice cream cabinet and miscellaneous work tables. There is feeding space for employees in the kitchen. Seating capacity in the Coffee Ship: 15 at the counter and 35 at the tables. It is carpeted and decorated in Marine motif and has copper lighting fixtures. The kitchen can be closed off and steam table and grill, the 2-urn coffee-maker and refrigerator can take care of the lighter trade.
The COCKTAIL ROOM is by name the CITY ROOM. It is finished in light natural wood and decorated in natural-wood-framed enlarged sepia photographs of city scenes. The luxurious lounge chairs are upholstered in antique imitation lather. There is seating accommodation for 200 guests. A dance floor and baby grand piano and deep carpeting complete this beautiful, cozy, relaxing fun room.
The COCKTAIL BAR adjoins the CITY ROOM and is decorated in sport plaid with natural wood finish. The bar stools and upholstered chairs here are of antique imitation leather also, and will accommodate 100 guests. It opens directly onto the beach and is a highly popular place for strollers and bathers. Television and juke box are for the pleasure of the guests. The bar has 2 stations and 2 cash registers with 3 work keys on each. There are 3 large beer boxes and unlimited glass service.
The SWIMMING POOL is 60' X 25' and water is chlorinated and heated. Men's and women's dressing rooms are immediately adjoining the plunge which opens onto the Strand and beach. In summer it clears $1,000.00 net and enjoys an even better take during the winter months.
PARKING AREA
Adequate space for guests' cars is hotel-owned and adjacent to the Hotel. In the case of overflow, numerous parking lots are available within a stone's throw of the Hotel entrance.
LOCATION
Please notice that this Hotel is but 12 minutes from the Los Angeles International Airport and is the nearest hotel to it. The Pacific Coast Highway (101) runs but four blocks east of the ocean front, making the HERMOSA BILTMORE HOTEL an ideal resting and stopping point for travelers.
VALUE
The REPLACEMENT VALUE of this structure at present-day costs is $2,250,000.00. The sale price of the Hotel is $800,000.00 with 10% down or some cash or trade; long term on the balance; 3-1/2% or 4% interest. Make offer.
HERMOSA BILTMORE HOTEL,
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA(The costs given for the Hermosa Beach Biltmore Hotel are from the sales brochure and can not be verified in any manner.

The Tongva (/ˈtɒŋvə/ TONG-və) are an Indigenous people of California .
Tongva is the most widely circulated endonym among the people, used by Narcisa Higuera in 1905 to refer to inhabitants in the vicinity of Mission San Gabriel.Some people who identify as direct lineal descendants[5] of the people advocate the use of their ancestral name Kizh as an endonym.
The Tongva, along with neighboring groups such as the Chumash, played an important role in the cultural and economic dynamics of the region at the time of European encounter. They had developed an extensive trade network through te'aats (plank-built boats). Their food and material culture was based on an Indigenous worldview that positioned humans as one strand in a web of life (as expressed in their creation stories). Over time, different communities came to speak distinct dialects of the Tongva language, part of the Takic subgroup of the Uto-Aztecan language family. There may have been five or more such languages (three on the southernmost Channel Islands and at least two on the mainland)
Shakespeare Beach was located at the city's northern border with Manhattan Beach, where the Pacific Electric Red Car Line came into the city. When the Shakespeare Tract was divided into parcels,the streets that were created were named after noteworthy English poets and writers. Such as Homer , Longfellow, and Tennyson, to name a few. This was an attempt to create an artists colony in Hermosa Beach.

The Pacific Eletric Car Line ran parallel to the beach down from Marina del Rey, past Playa del Rey, through El Segundo to Manhattan, Hermosa and Redondo Beaches. It was a favorite mode of transportation for the Los Angeles and Hollywood crowds to get to the big resort of Redondo Beach.In 1914, Pacific Electric laid stronger rails for bigger trains. The tracks dividing the northbound and south bound lanes of Hermosa Avenue were pulled out in 1941..

John R. and Moya L. MacFaden had seven children.
The house at 3301 Strand in Hermosa Beach hosted friends of the children, extended family, dignitaries both local and international. The house was rarely quiet.
John R. was a big personality. He and Moya loved to entertain. Throwing numerous parties including the 4th of July parade which included a cannon being shot off every hour on the hour from 8AM to 8PM.
John R. graduated from Redondo Union High School in 1927. He was instrumental in bringing the Olympics back to Los Angeles in 1984.

Warren and Dottie Miller based his film company Warren Miller Productions located at 505 Pier Avenue in Hermosa Beach for over 40 years. Miller made documentaries about surfing, skiing, snowboarding and other sports and were direct precursors to the rise of extreme sports. Miller's more than 75 feature length films include Skiing a la Carte(1978) and Endless Winter(19955). Known as the "king of sports movie maker," Miller was once described in the Los Angeles Times as a "combination of Jean Claude-Killy, Robert Redford, Ingrid Bergman and Woody Allen". The Millers lived at 3417 The Strand in Hermosa Beach.

The Seawrights, Roy and Bunny, are seen in silhouette on the beach in 1924. Roy W. Seawright was special effects technician for the movies. Bunny was one of the top female water sports athletes of her day. Roy's special effects work can be seen in Laurel and Hardy films as Babes in Toyland (1934), Way out West (1937) and Saps at Sea (1940), as well as other films like Topper (1937) with Cary Grant, Captain Caution (1940 ) and Victor Mature, and The Big Cat (1949) with Lon McCallister. For three years in a row, Seawright was nominated for an academy award for Best Effects in the following movies: Topper Takes a Trip (1939)One Million Years BC (1940) and Topper Returns (1941) The Seawright's made their home at 2627 The Strand for more than 60 years.

Legendary surf photographer LeRoy Grannis honored
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