Image / Will Rogers State Park near Santa Monica, California

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Title: Will Rogers State Park near Santa Monica, California
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1960
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 former ranch house of humorist Will Rogers became a State Historic Park in 1944. It is located in the Santa Monica Mountains in Palisades, California. On reverse: [printed] "A 186-acre park and ranch home of the late Will Rogers, contains many trophies, curious and works of art collected by the famous cowboy actor and humorist, over period of years." [in pen] "To give you the news of the hour. I've moved back to my former place- 169 Montery Blvd., Hermosa Beach. Glad to be back. That Loma Drive was strictly for the birds. I grew to loathe it. No comparison with where I now am. Love, Austin." Postmark: August 26, 1961.
Type: Image
Identifier: http://cdm15730.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15730coll18/id/1304
Subject: Pacific Palisades (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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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