Santa Monica Palisades Bluffs and Coastal Rail Line (1927)

Eroded sandstone bluffs of the Santa Monica Palisades showing wooden cribbing, telephone poles, and coastal railway tracks at the base. — Santa Monica Palisades Bluffs and Coastal Rail Line (1927) · Donald A. Hall Estate Collection

Before extensive modern paving and stabilization, Donald A. Hall Sr. documented the rugged, natural sandstone bluffs of the Santa Monica Palisades in 1927. The composition records early infrastructure, including timber telephone poles, erosion barriers, and tracks along the Pacific shore.