In “Sun Seekers — The Cure of California,” author Lyra Kilston tells the story of the state’s self-identification with such trends.
By Erin Blakemore March 31 at 8:00 AM Between 1848 and 1855, miners unearthed 750,000 pounds of gold in California. But the state didn’t just tempt those in search of the precious metal. California had another kind of gold to offer: the warmth of a seemingly endless summer that, some claimed, conferred health on whoever soaked in the sun’s plentiful rays.
The first wave of sun seekers hoped the state’s famously warm, sunny climate would cure tuberculosis and other ailments. The book reproduces some of the advertisements that lured people to “the Sanatorium of the World.” She lingers over the story of Philip Lovell, a naturopath who gained fame through a health column in the Los Angeles Times. In 1929, he debuted what he called the Health House: a Richard Neutra-designed home whose modernistic, glassy design encouraged long sun soaks and clean living.
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