Something in the water?
A vignette featuring
Barbara Stanwyck's Marwyck Estate, in Northridge, circa 1936.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life...dff0ff9e6.html
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Stanwyck became a business partner with her agent, Zeppo Marx, in a thoroughbred breeding and training ranch named Marwyck Ranch. Marx and Stanwyck each purchased 10 acres of land adjacent to the northern edge of Marwyck and built large Hollywood style ranch houses. Paul Revere Williams was commissioned to design Barbara’s 6,500 sq. ft., two story home with four fireplaces, eight bathrooms, five bedrooms, a three car garage, tennis court and large swimming pool. The ranch owners’ properties were located on a knoll overlooking the 130 acre horse ranch and farmland. . . . . 1940 Stanwyck sold her home to comic actor Jack Oakie. In the same year she sold her share of Marwyck Ranch to Marx. . . . . The Stanywck property was renamed Oakridge by Jack Oakie. The house on 9.47 acres still exists today with restoration plans in progress. http://www.theoakridgeestate.com/history-stanwyck.html
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A more detailed history here:
http://www.theoakridgeestate.com/history-ranch.html
Hard to tell how this played during the Depression.
Packard Pizza Delivery?
Photog Eisenstaedt in the photo.
Time for a saddle
More NLA coverage on Stanwyck:
http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=29649 not counting any double indemnity posts.