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Order Number	00065842
Title	Will Rogers Memorial Park, Beverly Hills
Collection ID	Works Progress Administration Collection
Location/Accession	WPA 2423 4x5
Date	Circa 1936
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	View of Will Rogers Memorial Park, located on Sunset Boulevard, across the street from the Beverly Hills Hotel. A fountain sits inside a lily pond full of koi-fish. A building, which could possibly be the famous five-star luxury hotel affectionately known as the "Pink Palace", is almost hidden in the background behind numerous palm trees and lush landscaping. The land for this five-acre park was a gift to the city from the Beverly Hills Hotel, back in 1915; prior to that, it was a part of the Hotel's front lawn. The park was named in honor of cowboy philosopher Will Rogers, in 1952. Beverly Hills Hotel was built in 1912 in the middle of lima bean fields at the cost of half a million dollars. It was renovated in 1995 at the cost of $100 million dollars. Who was in charge of paying for the renovation? The owner: the Sultan of Brunei.; Similar to image 00067803.
Publisher	Federal Writers' Project.
Subject	Beverly Hills Hotel. Fountains--California--Beverly Hills. Hotels--California--Beverly Hills. Parks--California--Beverly Hills. Ponds--California--Beverly Hills. Will Rogers Memorial Park (Beverly Hills, Calif.). Beverly Hills (Calif.). Works Progress Administration Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Works Progress Administration Photo Collection