Pepperdine University Special Collections & University Archives collect, organize, preserve, and make available materials with enduring historic value that can be used to support research, teaching, administrative activities, and community involvement. Materials included here focus on the pictorial historical record of Malibu and Los Angeles in Southern California.
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Completed in 1908, this 15 mile standard gauge railway was built by May Rindge, the matriarch of the Rindge family that owned the expansive Rancho Malibu, ... (read more)
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An early beach road, also known as "The Track" winds through the rocky beach of the Big Rock area of Malibu, connecting Santa Monica to the ... (read more)
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A wildfire endangers a house on the Pacific Coast Highway as it spreads down Las Flores Canyon in eastern Malibu. Firefighters rush to save the homes. ... (read more)
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There is a scene in one of the Thin Man movie series that shows the same trip: San Francisco to Oakland (actually to the race track ... (read more)
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Actors and locals gather on the beach just east of the Malibu Pier during a reenactment of the 1542 beach landing by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. This ... (read more)
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The Malibu Remuda, a two-day celebration of Malibu's culture and heritage held September 27-28, 1947, took its name from the corral that vaqueros would use to ... (read more)
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The Malibu Remuda, a two-day celebration of Malibu's culture and heritage held September 27-28, 1947, took its name from the corral that vaqueros would use to ... (read more)
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Three models, possibly beauty contestants, pose in this publicity photo for the Malibu Remuda, a two-day celebration of Malibu's culture and heritage held September 27-28, 1947. ... (read more)
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A firefighter races by a squad car during an effort to contain the "Newton" wild fire that raged on December 26, 1956. The fire scorched the ... (read more)
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A view looking south from the rim of Pacific Palisades, overlooking the original "99 Steps" which provided access to the northern portion of Santa Monica beach. ... (read more)
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Two Pepperdine University students walking on Malibu's Surfrider Beach with the Malibu Pier in the background. (read more)
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Two Pepperdine University students viewing a small fishing boat and the coastline looking east from the Malibu Pier. (read more)
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Two Pepperdine University students talking on the Malibu Pier. The coastline is in the background. (read more)
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Two Pepperdine University students talking on the Malibu Pier. Alice's Restaurant is in the background. (read more)
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Two Pepperdine University students dine at Alice's Restaurant on the Malibu Pier, which can be seen in the background. (read more)
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Pepperdine University's Malibu campus as it appears in the distance viewed from the beach lined with Malibu Colony homes. (read more)
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Pepperdine University students assist actor Burgess Meredith (right) with an emergency sandbag seawall to keep surging storm waters at bay. In all, close to 300 Pepperdine ... (read more)
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Pepperdine University students on horseback in the Dume Point area of Malibu, California, around 1980. Pepperdine University's equestrian education program began in the mid 1970s. (read more)
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Dean Earl V. Pullias and Dean of Women Hattie Marsh stand at the open doors of the 79th Street entrance to the Pepperdine College Administration Building. ... (read more)
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When several Pepperdine students who had been serving in the armed forces returned to campus in their military uniforms in 1944, there was a spontaneous processional ... (read more)
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Payson Library's northern entrance as it appeared prior to its expansion in 1986. (read more)
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This photo was taken in 1968 during a visit by Pepperdine College administrators and benefactors to the newly acquired land in Malibu that would soon serve ... (read more)
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This short film captures a drive from San Francisco to Oakland, California on the upper deck of the Bay Bridge in about 1940, a few years ... (read more)
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This rare film from Pepperdine University Library's Special Collections & University Archives captures floats in procession during the Tournament of Roses parade in 1939, which was ... (read more)
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Built originally in 1930 by I. M. Hattem as a "drive-in market"--a precursor to today's shopping malls--Hattem's Shopping Center would later be purchased by Pepperdine College ... (read more)
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