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Breaking Ocean Surf Along the Malibu Coastline (1927)

A view along a sandy California beach showing rhythmic ocean breakers washing ashore beneath hazy coastal mountain ridges. — Breaking Ocean Surf Along the Malibu Coastline (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Exploring the rugged coastal margins of Southern California in 1927, Donald A. Hall Sr. framed incoming wave sets washing onto the beach, with the Santa Monica Mountains rising through marine haze.