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Title: Sunset Tower Hotel
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued: 1980
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: Designed by Leland A. Bryant, an architect known for luxurious structures, the hotel has been a popular destination since it opened. Over the years, Sunset Tower has served as the residence for many celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Howard Hughes, Elizabeth Taylor, Zasu Pitts, Bugsy Siegel, Errol Flynn and Marilyn Monroe. The hotel has also appeared in a number of films and books.
An art deco masterpiece, the Sunset Tower Apartments, located at 8358 Sunset Boulevard.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00059909
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
West Hollywood-Residences-Apartment buildings.
CARL0000063958
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/125280
Subject: Sunset Tower (West Hollywood, Calif.)
Hotels--California--West Hollywood
Palms--California--West Hollywood
Art deco (Architecture)--California--West Hollywood
Sunset Strip (West Hollywood, Calif.)
West Hollywood (Calif.)
Bryant, Leland A

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