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The Will Rogers Ranch House in the Santa Monica Mountains, Overlooking the Pacific Not Far From Beverly Hills, California

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Title: The Will Rogers Ranch House in the Santa Monica Mountains, Overlooking the Pacific Not Far From Beverly Hills, California
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1940
Contributing Institution: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection: Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Collectables
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Description: This postcard shows the ranch house of humorist Will Rogers, where he lived with his family between 1928 and 1935. The ranch and grounds became a State Historic Park in 1944. It is located in the Santa Monica Mountains in Palisades, California. Although the postmark is 1951, the postcard probably dates to abut a decade earlier. On reverse: [in pen] "Dear Rosemary, You'll be glad to know that I did much better Monday then I did when you were here. The 1st full day open, 10 times better! Just in time to pay some bills." Postmark: July 28, 1951.
Type: Image
Identifier: http://cdm15730.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15730coll18/id/1313
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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