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Highway 101 - Midway Santa Monica to Oxnard, Calif

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1940s
Call number: photCL_555_06_2042
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Trancas Canyon, Highway 101, Rancho Malibu

Visual Materials

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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Trancas Beach, Highway 101, Rancho Malibu

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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.

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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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Oxnard-Santa Monica Highway, Calif. (Roosevelt Highway)

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Image of an automobile on the Roosevelt Highway (later the Pacific Coast Highway), next to rocks on the beach and Pacific Ocean, near Point Mugu and north of Malibu and south of the city of Oxnard, California.

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"Malibu" No. of Santa Monica

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Image of the coastline, beach road, and Malibu Pier, with Malibu Point and Point Dume, in the distance in Malibu, California.

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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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Highway 101 - Midway Santa Monica to Oxnard, Calif

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