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Title
Marion Davies Beach Home, Santa Monica, California
Creator
Kopec (Photographer)
Date Created and/or Issued
1947
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Aerial view of Ocean House (or the Oceanhouse Hotel) and the Sand and Sea Beach Club on the property that was formerly the mansion of actress Marion Davies on the beach in Santa Monica, California, with Palisades Beach Road (part of Pacific Coast Highway) and the bluffs below Palisades Park in the background.
"Marion Davies Beach Home, Santa Monica, California" "549" "Kopec" and "Bob Plunkett"--text, on negative. Title transcribed from negative; date devised by cataloger based on indications that the mansion has been converted to the Oceanhouse Hotel and the Sand and Sea Beach Club due to the parking lot at left and the visitors on the beach.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photograph : film negative ; sheet 12.5 x 17.5 cm
Identifier
photCL_555
488600
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/18620
Subject
Davies, Marion, 1897-1961--Homes and haunts
Pacific Coast Highway
Palisades Park (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Beaches
Cliffs
Entertainers--Homes and haunts
Hotels
Private clubs
Photographs. (aat)
Aerial views. (aat)
Place
Santa Monica (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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