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Palisades, Santa Monica

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Description: View of the coast road (later part of Pacific Coast Highway) along the beach in Santa Monica, California, showing automobiles, beach houses, and other buildings, as well as railroad tracks running along the side of the road. The Santa Monica Bath House is in the far distance at the base of a short pier. The bluffs of the Palisades and part of the California Incline road leading to the coast road are on the right.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1920s
Call number: photCL_555_01_1328
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library

Palisades Park and Beach, Santa Monica, Calif

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View of the California Incline road with automobiles, leading down from bluffs and Palisades Park, above the beach in Santa Monica, California. The Pacific Coast Highway, beach houses, the Santa Monica Pier with the La Monica Ballroom at its center, and other buildings are also in this view, with Ocean Park amusement piers are in the distance.

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Aerial view of the California Incline, Santa Monica, California

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Aerial view of the coastline in Santa Monica, California, showing the California Incline road running through the bluffs, with beach houses along the coast and Palisades Park and buildings above.

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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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The Palisades, Santa Monica

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Image of the California Incline and Palisades bluffs, lined with rustic wood fence, leading down to the beach at Santa Monica, California.

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The Palisades and the California Incline, Santa Monica

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View of the bluffs above the beach in Santa Monica, California, with a rustic wood fence bordering the California Incline road and in front of palm trees in Palisades Park above. There are century plants in the center, and the mountains in background.

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Palisades, Santa Monica

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