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Title: House of actor, John Gilbert, shortly after his death, Beverly Hills, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1936
1936-01
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Exterior view of the house of actor John Gilbert in Beverly Hills taken from the cactus garden. Formerly located at 1400 Tower Grove Road, the house has been demolished.
Text from newspaper caption: John Gilbert's palatial residence sits atop a hill back of Beverly Hills and is one of well-hidden homes of stars rarely found by tourists. This view was taken from the cactus garden. The actor died in large bedroom at the rear of the house [Los Angeles Times, January 1910, 1936].
Handwritten on edge of negative: gilberts home
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00253zwg
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: People
Lifestyle
Arts
Dwellings--California--Beverly Hills
Gilbert, John, 1897-1936
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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