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Beach homes of the motion picture stars, Santa Monica, Cal

Description: Image of a section of celebrity beach houses along Palisades Beach Road (part of the Roosevelt Highway and later the Pacific Coast Highway) in Santa Monica, California, with the mansion of actress Marion Davies (which later became Ocean House, or the Oceanhouse Hotel and Sand and Sea Beach Club), in the foreground. The Sorrento Beach Club is seen in front of the California Incline road amid the bluffs at left and the Santa Monica Pier and Santa Monica Yacht Harbor breakwater are seen in the distance.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1930s
Call number: photCL_555_06_2156
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library

Santa Monica, Cal

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Image of Sunset Trail from Linda Vista Park (present day Palisades Park) to Palisades Beach Road in Santa Monica, California. A sign hangs from a rustic wooden archway that reads "Sunset Trail to Palisades Beach Road." The 99 Steps can be seen over the Beach Road (later part of Pacific Coast Highway) at left and the Long Wharf is visible in the distance.

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Santa Monica beach and Palisades

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Image of automobiles parked along the Beach Road (later Pacific Coast Highway) between the cliffs of Palisades Park at left and the back of the Santa Monica Athletic Club at right in Santa Monica, California. The Santa Monica Pier with the Whirlwind Dipper roller coaster and La Monica Ballroom is at center of image.

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Palisades Beach Road, Santa Monica

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Elevated view of houses along the beach in Santa Monica, California, looking south from the bluffs of Palisades Park, with railroad tracks and the Palisades Beach Road (part of the Roosevelt Highway, later Pacific Coast Highway), below, and the Santa Monica Pier and Ocean Park Pier visible in the distance. The mansion beach house of actress Marion Davies (which later became the Ocean House, or Oceanhouse hotel, and Sand and Sea Beach Club) is visible with multiple fireplaces in the foreground.

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Beach Clubs along Coast Highway-Santa Monica, Calif

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Image of the Palisades Beach Road (part of the Roosevelt Highway and later Pacific Coast Highway), with the Deauville Club (with tower), Santa Monica Athletic Club, and Wavecrest Club, at left, and Palisades Park and bluffs at right.

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Santa Monica - Bel-Air Bay Club site

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Image of people overlooking the Santa Monica Bay and beach from the site of the upper clubhouse of the Bel-Air Bay Club site in 1927, with the lower clubhouse building under construction in the foreground on the beach in Pacific Palisades, California. Automobiles can be seen along the Beach Road (later the Roosevelt Highway and Pacific Coast Highway), and Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Pier are visible in the distance.

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Marion Davies Beach Home, Santa Monica, California

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Aerial view of Ocean House (or the Oceanhouse Hotel) and the Sand and Sea Beach Club on the property that was formerly the mansion of actress Marion Davies on the beach in Santa Monica, California, with Palisades Beach Road (part of Pacific Coast Highway) and the bluffs below Palisades Park in the background.

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Beach homes of the motion picture stars, Santa Monica, Cal

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