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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Upper photo: view of the Pacific Coast Highway looking west towards a lighthouse. The road runs along the shore at right between the calm ocean at left and the steep cliffs at right. The lighthouse consists of a long rectangular building with a tall tower at left. The Santa Monica Mountains are visible in the background. Bottom photo: close-up view towards Castle Rock. Castle rock was leveled in the mid 1950's and is now paved over. Middle photo: view towards the Villa del Leon (Leon Kauffmann residence), located at 17948 Porto Marina Way, in Pacific Palisades. Designed by Kenneth MacDonald Jr. and built in 1927, it is one of the largest villas in Southern California.
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1756_xxxx_b0079 ark:/21198/zz002b1964
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Transportation Environment Castle Rock (Topanga, Calif.) Coastlines--California--Santa Monica Bay California Highway 1 (Calif.) Dwellings--California--Pacific Palisades Landmarks Villa de Leon (Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
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