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Title
Badminton at the Huntington Hotel
Alternative Title
Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1930
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
The Huntington Hotel, a Mission style resort hotel "where the sunshine spends the winter", was designed by architects Myron Hunt and Charles Whittlesey and built from 1906 to 1916. The hotel is situated on 23 lush acres nestled at the base of the San Gabriel Mountain foothills, and features 380 elegant guestrooms, suites, and cottages, over 50,000 square feet of meeting space, extensive gardens, three tennis courts, a heated pool, whirlpool, and the luxurious 11,000 sq ft. Huntington Spa. The Huntington Hotel became the Huntington Sheraton in the 1930s; it was restored to its turn-of-the-century grandeur by Ritz-Carlton in 1991, after languishing for several years due to earthquake damage; and changed hands once again in 2008, becoming The Langham, Huntington Hotel & Spa. This majestic hotel has been a Pasadena landmark since 1907.
Couples playing mixed doubles badminton at the Huntington Hotel. Jean Harlow is with her racket in hand striking the shuttlecock projectile across the net. Her partner, a dapper-looking man dressed in a black blazer and white pants, looks on, as do several spectators sitting behind them.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;10 x 13 cm. on sheet 26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00081844
Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Sports-Badmington.; N-002-811.2 4x5
CARL0000082096
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/112541
Subject
Harlow, Jean,--1911-1937
Huntington Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.)
Badminton (Game)--Doubles--California--Pasadena
Badminton (Game)--California--Pasadena
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States
Hotels--California--Pasadena
Hunt, Myron,1868-1952
Whittlesey, Charles F
Pasadena (Calif.)
Source
Slade, Milton.

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