2010 Annual Picnic Total Success!
Santa Maria Barbeque Grills For The Culver City Historical Society’s Annual Picnic
Jim Rodrigues, owner of Culver City’s Santa Maria Barbeque restaurant (9552 Washington Blvd), prepared a genuine Santa Maria style barbeque for this year’s Annual CCHS Picnic which was held at the Vets Park picnic area, on Wednesday evening, July 21st.
An ARC Update
From Nancy Draper, daughter of Rufus Harrington: This photo looks to be of a young Jackie Cooper learning how to “train” a large elephant. Bill & Madelyn Hann were kind enough to present it to the ARC on Nancy’s behalf.
by Winston Gieseke
Vice President, Museum/ARC
Projects Completed for Summer Visitors to Enjoy
Things are shaping up nicely this summer at the Archives & Resource Center (ARC).
Martha & Sol Sigall have recently completed an extensive project organizing the Society’s collection of MGM production photos. Extra special thanks go to Society member David Pelayo for providing an important piece of this puzzle in the form of a list of film titles that corresponded with the studio’s original production numbers.
Notes from Your City Historian
Julie Lugo Cerra, Historian
By Julie Lugo Cerra
Research Demands Accuracy
There are so many avenues to travel while gathering information. Accuracy is paramount, but not so easy to achieve. This is why we use multiple sources of information. In earlier times, we had publications, public records—and people. Library visits were made in person…
Annual Picnic Meeting & Gala!
Veterans Memorial Park
Wednesday Evening, July 21, 2010
Veterans Memorial Park picnic area
Soft drinks and conversation: 5:30 p.m.
Catered dinner served: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
This year’s Annual Culver City Historical Society meeting and picnic will be catered on-site by Culver City’s own Santa Maria BBQ restaurant (9552 Washington Blvd). Dinner includes tender Choice-Grade tri-tip beef and plump Grade A chickens, their tasty chili beans, potato salad, green salad, garlic bread, Santa Maria’s special barbeque sauce, home made-cookies and soft drinks. The price for everything is $25 per person, and reservations are required. SAVE: If reservations are paid for in advance by Friday, July 16, the price is $20 per person. Use the handy form below to secure your place at this fun-filled event.
A Word from Our President
by Stu Freeman
Under the guidance of our VP, Museum/ARC, Winston Gieseke, and the help of our great volunteers, we have uncovered many interesting and unique items in our Archives. I’d like to tell you about a very remarkable document that is currently on display at the ARC: a publication of the Culver City Evening Star News, dated Friday, August 18, 1944, called “The Honor Roll.”
It is a special edition of the newspaper that pictured and listed all of the men and women from Culver City who served in World War II. It lists their addresses, their school affiliations and where and how they were serving.
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