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English
Contributing Institution:
Pepperdine University. Special Collections and University Archives.
Title: Lani Netter Collection of Malibu Photographs
Identifier/Call Number: 0118
Physical Description:
0.42 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1890-1990
Abstract: The collection comprises the photographs of a
then and now style photo album of Malibu, California, compiled by longtime Malibu resident Lani Netter in 1974. Content includes historical
prints, ranging from 1890 to 1958, and Netter's own photographs from 1974 (bulk) and about 1990, which together depict various
people, events, and locations from Malibu's history.
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[Box/folder# or item name], Lani Netter Collection of Malibu Photographs, Collection no. 0118, Malibu Historical Collection,
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries, Pepperdine University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was given to Pepperdine University by Lani Netter on March 29, 2013.
Lani Netter is a film producer who lives with her family in Malibu, California. She was born and raised in Malibu on Latigo
Shore Drive, attending the Marlborough School in Los Angeles and then Pepperdine University. Netter is the President of Lani
Netter Productions, self-described as a values-based production company that reflects her deep commitment to Christianity.
She is also involved with several charities and is the founder of the Simon Hero Foundation, an educational initiative based
on the oral history of Holocaust survivors. She is married to film producer Gil Netter and they have two children.
Lani Netter assembled this photograph album as a class project while a senior in high school in the spring of 1974. Inspired
by a box of historical photographs received from the
Malibu Times newspaper, she took her own color photographs, often depicting the same view or scene. In the album, she interspersed the
historical photographs (1890 to 1958) with her own photographs (1974 and circa 1990), grouping them by themes such as landmarks,
wildfires, and car accidents. In addition to these topics, the collection includes photographs of the Rindge Railroad, Pacific
Coast Highway (and its predecessors), the Adamson House, Malibu Pier, the Malibu Remuda (horse show), and Serra Retreat. She
included some captions and labels.
The collection is arranged chronologically. The original order and arrangement of the photographs is preserved in the hardcopy
printout of the original photo album, which was scanned before being dismantled for preservation purposes.
Malibu Times Photographs, Collection no. 0112, Malibu Historical Collection, Special Collections and University Archives,
University Libraries, Pepperdine University.
Rindge and Adamson Family Papers, Collection no. 34, Malibu Historical Collection, Special Collections and University Archives,
University Libraries, Pepperdine University.
The collection was arranged and described by Kevin C. Miller in November, 2013.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Beaches -- California, Southern
Railroads -- California, Southern -- Design and construction
Pacific Coast Highway
Traffic accidents -- California -- Los Angeles County
Wildfires -- California, Southern
Photographs
Malibu (Calif.) -- History
Netter, Lani
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Rindge, Rhoda May
Rindge family