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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Aerial view of the Malibu Lagoon at left and the Adamson House at 23200 Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, built for Malibu Ranch superintendent Merritt Huntley Adamson and Rhoda Rindge Adamson (the daughter of Frederick Hastings Rindge and May Knight Rindge).
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Image of the Spanish Colonial Revival beach house built for Malibu Ranch superintendent Merritt Huntley Adamson and Rhoda Rindge Adamson (the daughter of Frederick Hastings Rindge and May Knight Rindge) at 23200 Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, as seen from the Roosevelt Highway (later Pacific Coast Highway), with a brick wall in the foreground, palm trees, and ocean.
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Morgan, Walls and Clements, architects. 25 drawings, includes plot plans, floor plans, bath house, swimming pool, rope fence, details. The Adamson House is now part of Malibu Lagoon State Beach park.
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Manuscripts
Series of printed court volumes related to various lawsuits over right-of-way on Rancho Malibu. Included are 12 transcript volumes from Rindge Company v. F.H. Joyner et al. (1916), as well as an appellant's opening brief in California v. May K. Rindge et al. (1914, copy belonging to May K. Rindge); an appellant's brief reply in California v. May K. Rindge (1916, copy belonging to the Rindge Company); a transcript on appeal from Merritt H. Adamson v. County of Los Angeles (1920, copy belonging to May K. Rindge); a transcript on appeal in County of Los Angeles v. Rindge Company et al. (1920); an appellant's brief reply in County of Los Angeles v. Rindge Company et al. (1920); a transcript on appeal from Marblehead Land Company v. County of Los Angeles et al. / County of Los Angeles v. Rindge Company et al. (1920); a transcript on appeal from California, by the Department of Public Works of the State of California v. Marblehead Land Company and Hueneme, Malibu, and Port Los Angeles Railway (1925); and an appellant's opening brief in County of Los Angeles v. Marblehead Land Company et al. (1928).
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Aerial view of the unfinished mansion and property known as Rindge Castle, on Laudamus Hill in Malibu Canyon, California, owned by May Knight Rindge.
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Image of the Serra Retreat in Malibu, California, on the property that was previously known as Rindge Castle, on Laudamus Hill and owned by May Knight Rindge.
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