Names: Marion Davies Estate (Santa Monica, Calif.) - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Birdseye view from Palisades Park towards Marion Davies' beach house on the shore of Santa Monica Bay in Santa Monica, with the beach visible beyond. Across the highway from the beach estate are parked cars, street railroad tracks, utility poles and the brush-covered base of the palisades cliff.
Date:: [circa 1930-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Upper photo: view of a wide dirt road on the face of a cliff in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, 1910-1920. The road is at center and leads from the top of the cliffs at left down to the beach at right. It is lined with a rustic eucalyptus branch fence and several large plants. A tall rock formation can be seen towards the bottom of the road at right. The beach is visible in the distance at center and right. Several tall mountains form a range in the background.
Date:: [circa 1905-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Twelve post card views of beaches in Topanga, Santa Monica and Venice, California, advertised as a set called "Snappy Snaps, Local California Views." Santa Monica views include Marion Davies' beach house, castle rock and the palisades cliffs. Venice Beach views show sunbathers. Castle rock was leveled in the mid 1950's and is now paved over.
Date:: [circa 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: Bird's-eye view of Marion Davies residence and Santa Monica shoreline, with cliffs in left foreground, Pacific Coast Highway in midground, beach, ocean and Santa Monica Pier in background
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Exterior view of colonial style mansion, with beach in foreground and cliffs in background
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photographs housed in this negative sleeve (labeled “P53-P56”) feature Marion Davies’ home. Two (P55 and P56) show the original rustic fence lining the path at Palisades Park. That fence was replaced around 1946. This photo was likely taken in 1939. See image ark nos. 21198/zz002d4zrr and 21198/zz002d4zpq.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Photographs housed in this negative sleeve (labeled “P53-P56”) feature Marion Davies’ home. Two (P55 and P56) show the original rustic fence lining the path at Palisades Park. That fence was replaced around 1946. This photo was likely taken in 1939. See image ark nos. 21198/zz002d4zrr and 21198/zz002d4zpq.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Bird's-eye view facing northwest from Palisades Park towards Marion Davies' house on Santa Monica Beach, with Will Rogers Beach visible beyond.
Date:: 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Bird's-eye view of Marion Davies residence and Santa Monica shoreline, with cliffs in left foreground, Pacific Coast Highway in midground, beach, ocean and Santa Monica Pier in background
Date:: 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Bird's-eye view facing southeast along the cliff face below Palisades Park towards Santa Monica Beach and the Pacific Coast Highway, taken from the area of Montana Ave. Marion Davies beach house is the second structure on the right.
Date:: 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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