{"id":19032,"date":"2019-11-03T08:48:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T16:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/?p=19032"},"modified":"2019-11-03T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T01:52:49","slug":"muscle-beach-santa-monica-california-1949-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/11\/03\/muscle-beach-santa-monica-california-1949-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Muscle Beach, Santa Monica , California, 1949"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19033\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/11\/03\/muscle-beach-santa-monica-california-1949-2\/muscle-beach-venice-california-1949\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Muscle-Beach-Venice-California-1949.png?fit=1596%2C940&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1596,940\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Muscle Beach, Venice, California, 1949\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Muscle-Beach-Venice-California-1949.png?fit=300%2C177&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Muscle-Beach-Venice-California-1949.png?fit=640%2C377&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19033\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Muscle-Beach-Venice-California-1949.png?resize=640%2C377&ssl=1\" alt=\"Muscle Beach, Venice, California, 1949\" width=\"640\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Muscle-Beach-Venice-California-1949.png?resize=1024%2C603&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Muscle-Beach-Venice-California-1949.png?resize=300%2C177&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Muscle-Beach-Venice-California-1949.png?resize=768%2C452&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Muscle-Beach-Venice-California-1949.png?w=1596&ssl=1 1596w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Muscle-Beach-Venice-California-1949.png?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>From the looks of it, this 1949 photo of Muscle Beach along the Venice boardwalk was taken on a busy summer weekend. Those caf\u00e9s selling 25-cent jumbo malts, 10-cent snow cones and candied apples and cotton candy now sell $5 tee-shirts and $10 sunglasses. But the sign that I really like is on the right: \u201cPhysical Services.\u201d I wasn\u2019t sure what they were selling until I read the fine print: classes in tumbling, balancing, gymnastics, and adagio. So now I\u2019m wondering: does anybody teach adagio anymore?<\/h3>\n<h3>Patrice says: “<em>Back in 1949 Muscle Beach was actually in Santa Monica, just south of SM Pier. It moved to Venice I believe in late 50s or early 60s. And it was on the correct name of the “boardwalk” which is Ocean Front Walk<\/em>.”<\/h3>\n<h3>A much quieter early morning shot of the Muscle Beach outdoor gym in June 2018:<\/h3>\n<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/martinturnbull.com\/2019\/11\/03\/muscle-beach-santa-monica-california-1949-2\/june-2018-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/June-2018.png?fit=1872%2C816&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1872,816\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"June 2018\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/June-2018.png?fit=300%2C131&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/June-2018.png?fit=640%2C279&ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19034\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/June-2018.png?resize=640%2C279&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/June-2018.png?resize=1024%2C446&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/June-2018.png?resize=300%2C131&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/June-2018.png?resize=768%2C335&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/June-2018.png?w=1872&ssl=1 1872w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/martinturnbull.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/June-2018.png?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the looks of it, this 1949 photo of Muscle Beach along the Venice boardwalk was taken on a busy summer weekend. 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