Palisades cliff face with Santa Monica Beach below, Santa Monica, circa 1950

Item Overview

Title

Palisades cliff face with Santa Monica Beach below, Santa Monica, circa 1950

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

[circa 1950]

Date

1950

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Bird's-eye view from Palisades Park (the area between Alta Ave. and Palisades Ave.) towards beach houses along Pacific Coast Highway (addresses between 704 and 609) and Santa Monica Beach below.
The wood rail fence viewed atop the cliff at left replaced the original rustic eucalyptus branch fence. The project was completed around 1946.

Caption

Handwritten on edge of negative: 2883 P26
Text from negative sleeve: 2883. P22 to P31. Santa Monica. Beach Road from Palisades Park movie homes. 1946. 1950.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs
bird's-eye views

Location

California--Santa Monica

Longitude

34.02283

Latitude

-118.510285

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Dwellings--California--Santa Monica
California Highway 1 (Calif.)
Santa Monica State Beach Park (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Beaches--California--Santa Monica
Palisades Park (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Parks--California--Santa Monica