Lighthouse-shaped building, beach, and cliffs, Pacific Palisades, 1930

Description

3-story building with lighthouse tower, with beach with sunbathers and umbrellas in foreground, parking lot in midground, cliffs in background, -118.52840960025787, 34.03134070294187, Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 926 927 Huntington Palisades, 1930, 448, 14, See story. Photo by Adelbert Bartlett, 535 15th Street, Santa Monica, Calif. Activities on Will Rogers beach in front of his "lighthouse" cafe and soft drink stand, which is below $2,000,000 estate of Miss Virginia McCormick on the Intl. harvester millions (on point above) See negs of house proper. One view shows Los Angeles city life guard launching boatload of co-eds assisted by their "eds" [Struck out: 287R1694], This lighthouse building was purchased by Will Rogers in 1928 (Cf. Los Angeles Times article Lighthouse Sold to Will Rogers, December 2, 1928). It was not a functioning lighthouse. It was demolished in 1972., Handwritten at edge of negative: 926, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.