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Trancas Beach, Highway 101, Rancho Malibu

Description: Image of Broad Beach near Trancas Canyon along the Roosevelt Highway (later Pacific Coast Highway) in Malibu, California, looking south towards Point Dume. The lighthouse-shaped home, known as Trancas Lighthouse, was the home of actress Pauline Frederick. The boat shaped home was the house of businessman Freeman Ford.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1940s
Call number: photCL_555_06_2014
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Boat and lighthouse homes on Oxnard-Santa Monica Blvd., Roosevelt Highway

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Image of Broad Beach near Trancas Canyon along the Roosevelt Highway (later Pacific Coast Highway) in Malibu, California, showing the mimetic architecture of a lighthouse-shaped beach house, known as Trancas Lighthouse, built for actress Pauline Frederick and the boat-shaped home built for businessman Freeman Ford.

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Trancas Canyon, Highway 101, Rancho Malibu

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Image of the coastline looking south towards Point Dume, Roosevelt Highway (later Pacific Coast Highway), and beach houses along Broad Beach near Trancas Canyon at Rancho Malibu, California, with a cafe and billboard visible.

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Lighthouse house and boat house, Broad Beach, Malibu

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Image of the Trancas Lighthouse house of actress Pauline Fredrick and boat house of businessman Freeman Ford on Broad Beach in Malibu, California.

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Highway 101 - Midway Santa Monica to Oxnard, Calif

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Image of the coastline looking south towards Point Dume from the Roosevelt Highway (later Pacific Coast Highway), and beach houses along Broad Beach near Trancas Canyon at Rancho Malibu, California, with the Malibu Trading Post, Cafe, cafe, Gilmore gas station, and a "Malibu Beaches" billboard visible.

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Highway 101 at the Malibu Beach Colony

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Elevated view of the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, with the beach houses of the Motion Picture Colony at right and the Malibu Beach Cafe and gasoline station and garage at left.

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Highway 101 at Malibu Beach Colony, Calif

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Image of storefronts and automobiles, including a Woodie, at 23807 Malibu Road along the Pacific Coast Highway at the Malibu Beach Colony in Malibu, California. Signs advertise "Malibu Beach," "Art Jones real estate," "Mountain land and ranches," "Beach lots," "Malibu Inn," "Cafe," and a service station.

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Trancas Beach, Highway 101, Rancho Malibu

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