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- Title
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Alternative Title
- Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
- Creator
- Westwood, Carol
- Date Created and/or Issued
- 1991
- Contributing Institution
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Los Angeles Public Library
- Collection
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Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
- Rights Information
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- Description
- This pigment print was made in 2011. It is signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist on verso; artist's wet stamp also on verso.
Fairbanks' funeral was held at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather Church at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale; afterwards, his remains were placed in a crypt in the Great Mausoleum. His widow, Sylvia, commissioned a marble monument to be designed in the classic Greek architectural style at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where he would later be interred. This monument, which includes the raised tomb and a rectangular reflecting pool, was dedicated in a ceremony in October 1941.; Hollywood Cemetery (5970-6000 West Santa Monica Boulevard) was founded in 1899. Paramount Studios was built on the back half of the original cemetery and is still in operation today. In 1998 the cemetery changed hands and the name was changed to the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.; The extensive portfolio of photographic artist Carol Westwood (1942-2011), a native New Yorker who lived in Los Angeles for many years, includes a diverse array of subjects: animals, nudes, American and European cities, and portraits. Additionally, she worked on special and still photography for numerous motion picture and television productions in Hollywood; the archive of her entertainment and celebrity images was distributed internationally by Gamma, Liaison International, Stone Images, and Getty images from 1988-2003.
The rectangular reflecting pool and raised tomb of Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Photograph dated August, 1991.
- Type
- image
- Format
- 1 photographic print :b&w ;28 x 22 cm.
Photographic prints
- Identifier
- 00102577
Carol Westwood Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b019_f6_i18
CARL0005153846
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/117737
- Subject
- Fairbanks, Douglas,--1883-1939--Tomb
Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Reflecting pools--California--Los Angeles
Water lilies--California--Los Angeles
Tombs & sepulchral monuments--California--Los Angeles
Cemeteries--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Lawns--California--Los Angeles
Palms--California--Los Angeles
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs
Carol Westwood Collection photographs
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