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. "Beach homes of the motion picture stars, Santa Monica, Cal. 550"--text, on negative. Title transcribed from negative; date devised by cataloger based on the history of the breakwater, which was built in 1934, and the style of cars visible in the image. Related item is a view from a similar location.
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