Commissioned by Walker G. McCarty, the hotel was designed by Walker and Eisen in the Beaux-Arts style and built in 1926.; 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. Front fac¸ade of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel at 9500 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills seen at night during Christmastime. Storefronts are present on the ground floor.
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image
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1 transparency :color ;6 x 6 cm. Photographic color slides
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