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Title
Villa de Leon (Leon Kauffmann residence) and the coast beyond, Pacific Palisades, 1929
Contributor
University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository)
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer)
Villa de Leon (Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Calif.) (subject)
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Bartlett (Adelbert) Papers
Rights Information
copyrighted
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Description
34.042062963450476
-118.56623411178589
Exterior view of the Villa de Leon and the coastline of Pacific Palisades and Topanga beyond, from Porto Marina Way. The entry way of the Italianate villa is framed by nude statues on tall pillars and a car is parked just within the entry. To the left is a paved terrace with a stairway down to a terraced garden overlooking the ocean.
The Villa de Leon is located at 17948 Porto Marina Way. Designed by Kenneth MacDonald Jr. and built in 1927, it is one of the largest villas in Southern California.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 1459-1460-1461-1462, 8/8/29, Leon Kauffman home, Castellamarre
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic negative
Identifier
edu.ucla.library.specialCollections.bartlett:378
uclamss_1300_0367
ark:/21198/zz002bdhzb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Dwellings -- California -- Pacific Palisades
Coastlines -- California -- Santa Monica Bay
Place
California
Los Angeles
Pacific Palisades
Relation
Adelbert Bartlett Papers. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA

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