#malibu

[leahberman]

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[automaniac-x]

Customized 1966 Chevrolet Malibu

[fuckyeahcourtneylove]

down by the sea is where you drown your scars.

[projectism]

Barbara Braccini 'Malibu' 'DJ Lostboi' 'Belmont Girl'

[jstor]

For Ephemera Friday, we’re taking a drive along the mid-century Malibu coast through a collection of vintage matchbooks.

Bright illustrations, tiny road maps, palm trees, swimming pools, and plenty of lobsters promoted destinations like the Lindomar Lodge, the Albatross Hotel, Las Flores Inn, and the Malibu Sea Lion. Once handed out as disposable advertisements, these matchbooks now preserve traces of institutions shaped by the changing world that housed them. The matchbooks belong to the Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Ephemera at Pepperdine Libraries Special Collections and Archives.

Read more about the history hidden inside these matchbooks in “Malibu in Matchbooks: Clues to a Lost Coast” from JSTOR Daily.

Images: 1, 2, 3, 4, all from Pepperdine University's Eric Wienberg Collection of Malibu Matchbooks, Postcards, and Ephemera

[inthedarktrees]

Elaine Stewart at the Thalians Beach Ball in Malibu, 1956 | Earl Leaf

[mayanhandballcourt]

Photographer Tim Ronca

[steven-myself]

PUMPING ARNOLD - Taner Sigirtmac by Baldovino Barani x FACTORY Fanzine Spring 2026