Image of Fred and Florence Roberts sitting in a horse drawn buggy with their sons Jim and Jack Roberts on either side on horseback, in Solstice Canyon, Malibu, California. This is a copy negative (a photograph of another photograph). "Fred, Flo, Jack and Jim Roberts" was note with item as it was received. Title based on note with item as it was received; date devised by cataloger based on history of the Roberts Family in Solstice Canyon and related items. This photograph is part of a group of copy negatives identified as "Fred and Florence Roberts, Rancho Rumba, Malibu." Fred L. Roberts (died 1976) was a grocer who founded Roberts Public Market in Santa Monica; he and his wife, Florence Roberts, owned a ranch in Solstice Canyon, Malibu (see Los Angeles Times, "Funeral Services to Be Held for Businessman Fred Roberts, August 7, 1976, page d8).
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