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Title
McCarthy Album 10, Photograph 013
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996
Date Created and/or Issued
1935
Publication Information
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Contributing Institution
California State Archives
Collection
McCarthy (William M.) Photograph Collection
Rights Information
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Description
Caption: "Thelma Todd's Tavern - Santa Monica," c. 1935. Built in 1928 for Hollywood actress Thelma Todd, the restaurant overlooked the Pacific Ocean at Malibu. Todd lived in the home above the tavern, where she was found dead in December 1935, under mysterious circumstances.
Type
image
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb10-013
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/items/show/9733
http://exhibits.sos.ca.gov/files/original/488ddc8010698ef0fde196f83a9e1fa9.jpg
Language
English
Subject
Thelma Todd's Tavern, Santa Monica
Place
Santa Monica, California
Source
Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)

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