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Description
Also known as Hotel Lebec, the Durant is said to have been a getaway for Clarke Gable and Benny "Bugsy" Siegal. Built by Russell Clifford Durant and Thomas O'Brien, the grand opening of the hotel was Friday, May 21, 1921.
Type
image
Format
1 black and white photographic negative; 3 x 2.5 inches
Durant, Russell Clifford Gable, Clarke O'Brien, Thomas Siegal, Benny "Bugsy Lebec (Calif.)--Pictorial Works Kern County (Calif.)--Pictorial Works Hotels
Place
Lebec (Calif.)
Source
Selected item from the "Shades of the Hill" photo collection (item number KC001-022)
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