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Title: The Cliff House and Seal Rocks, San Francisco, California
Date Created and/or Issued: Card dates to before 1938
note is from 1950
Contributing Institution: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection: Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Collectables
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Description: The Cliff House, first built in 1858, stands on a cliff in western San Francisco overlooking the famous Seal Rocks. This postcard features the third Cliff House, which opened in 1909 and stood as such until it was extensively remodeled in 1938. Printed on reverse: The Original Cliff House, renowned for its food and hospitality, was built in 1858; the present one in 1907. It is situated on the westernmost point of San Francisco overlooking the far-famed Golden Gate and the Seal Rocks, on which hundreds of "seals" (actually California Sea Lions) disport thensleves. Written on reverse: "Dear Doris: It is wonderful to be back 'West' again. Thought of you girls when we went here at Cliff House and at L.A. Farmer's Mart. Days just go too fast out here. You know how it is. Janet"
Type: Image
Identifier: http://cdm15730.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15730coll18/id/2325
Subject: Malibu Historical Collection
Source: Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Ephemera 0129: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8w95gpb
Relation: Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Collectables

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