Culver City Timeline

Pre 1900s – The Very Early Days
1781
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City of Los Angeles is established
 
1819
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Rancho La Ballona is established by the Machado/Talamantes families
 
1822
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California becomes a territory of the Republic of Mexico
 
1850
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California achieves statehood
 
1865
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La Ballona School is constructed
 
1900 – 1920s – Early Culver City & the arrival of first studios
1907
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Ivy Substation is constructed; listed today on the National Registry
 
1910
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Harry Culver arrives in California
 
1913
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Culver announces plans for Culver City
 
1915
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First major studio built: Ince/Triangle Studios; today Sony Pictures Studios
 
1917
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Culver City incorporates; population 550
 
1918
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Goldwyn Studios purchases Ince/Triangle Studios
 
1919
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Second major studio built: Ince Studios; today The Culver Studios
 
 
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Third major studio built: Hal Roach Studios
 
 
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First Culver City movie theatre opens with 300 seats
 
1920s – Nightclubs Arrive
Films produced and/or distributed from studios operating in Culver City:
1924: He Who Gets Slapped; 1926: Ben Hur; 1927: The King of Kings; 1928: The Cameraman; 1929: The Kiss
Nightclubs:
Frank Sebastian’s Cotton Club, Fatty Arbuckle’s Plantation Café, and King’s Tropical Inn were the rage featuring the likes of Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton
1921
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Chamber of Commerce is founded
 
1922
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Beginning of manufacturing industry in Culver City
 
1924
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (M-G-M) is founded
 
 
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Will Rogers opens the Meralta Movie Theatre
 
 
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Thomas Ince dies
 
 
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Culver constructs a six story skyscraper hotel on site of Culver City movie theatre
 
1925
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American Legion Building is constructed over the city's first swimming pool
 
 
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First hospital built: Hull Building
 
 
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Cecil B. De Mille purchases Ince Studios and renames it De Mille Studios
 
 
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Washington Building is constructed; listed today on the National Registry
 
1927
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Cecil B. DeMille is given Special Police Officer status in Culver City
 
 
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First park is named Victory Park; today known as Carlson Park
 
1928
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First building is constructed as Culver City’s City Hall
 
 
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Culver City Planning Commission is created
 
 
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Culver City's municipal bus line is founded
 
 
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DeMille Studios merges with Pathe Studios
 
1929
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Citizen Building is constructed; listed today on the National Registry
 
 
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First sound stages built on MGM lot
 
 
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Leo the Lion first roars on film
 
 
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Lantana is adopted as city flower
 
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