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Title
Sunset Tower, West Hollywood
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Westwood, Carol
Date Created and/or Issued
1979
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
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.
Looking out upon West Hollywood from a balcony at the Sunset Hyatt Hotel (later Andaz West Hollywood), showing the neighborhood and the iconic Sunset Tower; Downtown Los Angeles is partially visible through the haze on the right. In 1929, Leland A. Bryant, an architect known for luxurious structures, designed the Art Deco Sunset Tower, located at 8358 Sunset Blvd. Since its opening in 1931, the hotel has served as the residence for many celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Howard Hughes, Elizabeth Taylor, Zasu Pitts, Bugsy Siegel, Errol Flynn and Marilyn Monroe. Additionally, it has appeared in a number of films and books.
Type
image
Format
1 transparency :35mm., color ;5 x 5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier
00091395
Carol Westwood Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b019_f4_i107
CARL0005016539
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/117714
Subject
Sunset Tower (West Hollywood, Calif.)
Hotels--California--West Hollywood
Art deco (Architecture)--California--West Hollywood
Dwellings--California--West Hollywood
West Hollywood (Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs
Carol Westwood Collection photographs
Cityscape photographs
Panoramic views
Dye coupler transparencies
Bryant, Leland A
Time Period
1971-1980

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