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Marion Davies Beach Home, Santa Monica, California

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1947 or later
Call number: photCL_555_06_2158
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog

Marion Davies's Ocean House

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Image of the mansion beach house of actress Marion Davies (which later became Ocean House, or the Oceanhouse Hotel, and Sand and Sea Beach Club) in Santa Monica, California, with the bluffs below Palisades Park visible in the background.

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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 homes of the motion picture stars, Santa Monica, Cal

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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.

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Palisades Beach Road

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Image of houses along the beach in Santa Monica, California, looking south from a bluff of Palisades Park with the Palisades Beach Road (part of Pacific Coast Highway) below and the California Incline, Santa Monica Pier, and Santa Monica Yacht Harbor breakwater visible in the distance. Ocean House, or the Oceanhouse Hotel, and Sand and Sea Beach Club that had been built as the beach house of actress Marion Davies, appears at center right (with multiple fireplaces).

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At the beach in Santa Monica

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Image of a woman holding an umbrella for shade while sitting on the beach with a boy and girl lying on the sand in Santa Monica, California, with the bluffs in the background.

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Aerial view of Santa Monica beach and bluff, Santa Monica, California

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Aerial view of the beach and the Palisade Bluffs in Santa Monica, California, showing Palisades Park above and the Pacific Coast Highway with automobiles below.

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Marion Davies Beach Home, Santa Monica, California

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