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Description
2 images. Easter at Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 6 April 1958. George Jessel Mrs. Evelyn Sharp (handout). Supplementary material reads: "Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 9514 Wilshire Hotel, Publicity-CR 5-4282. Please release at once, Easter celebration, Easter Sunday, April 6, 1958. Doormen with "pink umbrellas" to shelter the scores of arriving guests undaunted by wind and rain to the traditional (thirteenth annual) Easter Celebration at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, Easter Sunday, April 6, 1958. Pictured above, gracious hostess, and owner of the famous hostelry, is Mrs. Evelyn Sharp, and her guest, Mr. George Jessel. The Beverly Wilshire hotel dining rooms were taxed to capacity serving the many west side socialites determined not to miss the Easter festivities. Lewis & Rhodes Photography, 8715 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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