Growing Up Vanderlip

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Elin and Kelvin Sr., with their children (Narcissa ("Cissa"), Henrik , Katrina and Kelvin, Jr.) pictured in front of their portraits which were painted by English watercolor artist Eileen Chandler.
Kelvin Vanderlip Sr. in front of the Palos Verdes Corporation which is now Kelly's Corner on Palos Verdes Drive North.

GROWING UP VANDERLIP

Kelvin Vanderlip, Sr. was one of the six children of Frank Vanderlip. He shared his father’s love for California and made a decision to carry on his father’s dream to develop the community of Palos Verdes. He met and married Elin, a highly spirited and intelligent woman from Norway. In 1945, they moved their four children (Kelvin, Jr., Narcissa, Henrik & Katrina) into Villa Narcissa, the home his father Frank Vanderlip had built in Portuguese Bend on the Vanderlip Estate. The family had a deeply rooted passion for nature, education, art, culture, entertaining and the Palos Verdes community. This set the tone for a very colorful and dynamic lifestyle on the peninsula.

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