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Marion Davies and her colonial beach home, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Marion Davies and her colonial beach home, Santa Monica, Calif.
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Identifier
clloy_019
Title
Marion
Davies
and her
colonial
beach
home
,
Santa
Monica
,
Calif
.
Creator
Unknown
Date Published
circa
1930
Subject (Topic)
Beaches--California--Santa
Monica
;
Celebrities--Dwellings--California--Santa
Monica
;
Subject (Name)
Davies
,
Marion
,
1897-1961--Homes
and
haunts
;
Subject (Place)
Santa
Monica
(Calif.)
;
Type
image
Form/Genre
Postcards
Physical Description
1
postcard
:
Color
;
9
x
14
cm
.
Institution
Department
of
Archives
and
Special
Collections
,
William
H
.
Hannon
Library
,
Loyola
Marymount
University
Country of Creation
US
Copyright Status
public
domain
Copyright Statement
http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher
M
.
Kashower
Co
.
Place of Publication
Los
Angeles
,
California
Language
eng
Description
A
view
looking
northeast
towards
Marion
Davies
'
colonial
beach
home
. In the
foreground
,
Marion
Davies
appears
to be
diving
for a
ball
. The
Santa
Monica
palisades
are in the
background
.
Historical Background
In the
early
twentieth
century
, the
Santa
Monica
Land
and
Water
Company
began
to
sell
lots
on the
beach
to the
general
public
, and
residential
neighborhoods
began
to
spring
up
along
Santa
Monica
Bay
. As the
1920s
motion
picture
industry
created
movie
stars
,
producers
, and
directors
,
Hollywood
celebrities
began
buying
homes
on the
beach
.
Santa
Monica
quickly
became
known
as "The
Gold
Coast
" for its
richly
extravagant
residences
.
William
Randolph
Hearst
built
the
largest
and
most
expensive
home
on the
Santa
Monica
beach
at the
time
for his
mistress
,
silent
film
star
Marion
Davies
. The
Georgian
style
home
was
designed
by
Julia
Morgan
and
built
in
stages
from
1926
to
1930
, and was
located
at
415
Pacific
Coast
Highway
. The
house
boasted
118
rooms
and
55
bathrooms
.
Davies
sold
the
house
in
1945
. The
main
house
was
dismantled
around
1956
. The
remaining
estate
later
became
the
Sand
&
Sea
Club
,
which
operated
from
1960
to
1990
. In
1980
the
North
Guest
House
of
Marion
Davies
Estate
was
designated
a
Santa
Monica
Landmark
.
Publisher's Identifier
Series number: 303
Source
Werner
von
Boltenstern
Postcard
Collection
ARK Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt4x0nd90h
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