Widening and improvement work of the Roosevelt Highway and California incline, Santa Monica, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Widening and improvement work of the Roosevelt Highway and California incline, Santa Monica, 1935

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Architect

Verge, Gene, Sr., 1893-1953

Date Created

1935

Date

1935

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

View of construction workers in the process of widening Roosevelt Highway (Pacific Coast Highway) next to the California incline. Behind them are the Beverly Beach Club (left) and Sorrento Beach Club and palisades cliff (right).
The basilica style Beverly Beach Club building was designed by architect Gene Verge Sr. The building now houses the Jonathan Club.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Coast Highway Opening, 1935, Santa Monica, Mayor Carter etc. Wash.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Sorrento Beach Club (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Jonathan Beach Club (Santa Monica, Calif.)

Location

California--Santa Monica

Longitude

34.020109

Latitude

-118.506145

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Clubhouses--California--Santa Monica
Road construction--California--Santa Monica
California Highway 1 (Calif.)
Construction workers--California--Santa Monica