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Description:: Portions of Santa Monica High School were destroyed during the earthquake of 1933. Its reconstruction fell under the Works Project Administration (WPA). The project was completed in 1939.
Date:: February 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The Casa de Don Dolores Sepúlveda was an adobe home an adobe home located near San Vicente Springs at South Bundy Drive and Nebraska Ave. José Dolores Sepúlveda, b. 1826-1905, was the son of Francisco Sepúlveda, holder of the original land grant for Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica. The home was once part of Rancho San Vicente.
Date:: December 20, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photograph of a young woman looking out at the ocean. She wears a head scarf and short dress with bare feet. She stands on a patch or broken pevement at the head of a stairway to the beach below. To her right are a row of palm trees running adjacent to a coastline drive - probably Channel Drive near the Biltmore Hotel. In the background, the California coastline stretches into the distance.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: A woman in silhouette stands on a strip of land between a road and the beach below. She stands next to one of several palm trees adjacent to the highway, upon which two cars can be viewed. She looks out toward the ocean. In the background, the California coastline stretches into the distance. Above, the sun peeks through the tops of the palm trees. The road is probably Channel Drive, near the Biltmore Hotel.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: A woman in silhouette ascends a concrete stairway that leads to a beach. At ground level lies a strip of land separating the road from the beach below. In view are palm trees lining the grassy path, cars making their way along the highway, and a man walking against traffic near the curb. In the background, the sun sets over the California coastline. The road is probably Channel Drive, near the Biltmore Hotel.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Windemere Hotel (formerly Windermere), with lawn and trees in foreground, woman and girl on lawn, sign reading Hotel Windermere By-t[he Sea]
Date:: 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The Casa del Mar Beach Club and Hotel is a beachside resort. It was built in a Neo-Renaissance-Mediterranean Revival style in 1926.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: P. H. Philbin, of Chicago, a former owner of the Sorrento Beach Club building, had planned a 12-story apartment building on the site in 1953. The project included utilizing the massive concrete Sorrento Beach Club structure which had been abandoned in an unfinished state. The project was controversial, as some property owners felt that it would mar the beauty of the Santa Monica Palisades Park.
Date:: 1952
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: This image is a view of the cliffs at Palisades Park, Santa Monica and the highway and beach below. In the background, the Santa Monica Pier can be seen.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: The Casa del Mar Beach Club and Hotel is a beachside resort. It was built in a Neo-Renaissance-Mediterranean Revival style in 1926.
Date:: [1950s]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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