View facing west towards the Castillo del Mar under construction on the Pacific Palisades coast, Los Angeles, circa 1927

Item Overview

Title

View facing west towards the Castillo del Mar under construction on the Pacific Palisades coast, Los Angeles, circa 1927

Date Created

[circa 1927]

Date

1927

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Notes

Description

View of the Santa Monica Bay coastline from Posetano Road facing west towards the Castillo del Mar, under construction, at 17531 Posetano Road. The Castillo del Mar once belonged to director Roland West and his actress wife Jewel Carmen. In the distance above the coast is the Villa Leon (17948 Porto Marina Way). A footbridge crosses over the Pacific Coast Highway and Castle Rock is visible beyond, in the middle distance.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Dimensions

6.75 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

West, Roland, 1885-1952
Carmen, Jewel, 1897-
Castillo del Mar (Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.039982630818876

Latitude

-118.55770468711853

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Environment
Castle Rock (Topanga, Calif.)
Coastlines--California--Santa Monica Bay
California Highway 1 (Calif.)
Dwellings--California--Pacific Palisades