Santa Monica CA View Pacific Coast Hwy, c 1940's
Scope and Contents note
View looking northward on Hwy 1, also known as Pacific Coast Hwy or Palisades Beach Rd. This image is south of the prior image CHS/LAACC-0063. This image was taken from atop the bluff on the east side of the roadway. Visible in this image, from south to north is the Miramar Beach Club (demolished 1950's) which is just north of the Miramar Trailer Park, not visible in the lower part of this view. The Beach Club advertises $10.00 per year membership with no monthly dues. Just past the Beach Club, a street sign shows the speed limit to be 25 mph, and just past that is a diamond shaped Coca-Cola sign followed by Wassel's Lunch Counter with both a sign at street front advertising sandwiches, coffee, cold drinks, 7-Up, hamburgers, hot dogs, home made pies, and Coca-Cola, and another sign facing the beach advertising Coca-Cola. Just north of Wassell's Lunch is a 2 story beach house featuring multiple gables along the roofline both on the facade facing the street, the side facing the courtyard and the rear facing the beach. At the time of this research (2009) this structure still stands at 1038 Palisades Beach Rd. The rest of the buildings south of this house up to and including the Miramar Trailer park, have been demolished at one time or another to make one large city owned parking lot. Farther north beyond Wassell's can be seen the Jonathan Club at 850 Palisades Rd and across the street farther north the Sorrento. Many 1930's and 1940's vintage automobiles are parked along bot sides of the highway. Two images nearly identical taken from the same vantage point. Both labeled " Highway #101 - Santa Monica Bay Area"
Dates
- Creation: c 1940's
Creator
- From the Collection: Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce (Organization)
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Extent
From the Collection: 146.01 Linear Feet (143 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
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