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'Palace of Vice' hidden in the hills
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Description
Order Number
00105348
Title
'
Palace
of
Vice
'
hidden
in the
hills
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
12678
Date
1951
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;21
x
26
cm
.
Historical Data
At the
time
of the
raid
, this
home
at
1514
Schuyler
Road
was
being
rented
out
by its
owner
,
actress
Ann
Dvorak
; she was
neither
aware
of
nor
involved
with the "
activities
"
which
took
place
at her
property
.
Description
Photograph
caption
dated
April
6
,
1951
reads
, "
High
trees
and
other
shrubbery
hide
raided
'
palace
of
illicit
pleasure
' from
neighboring
swanky
homes
in
Hollywood
Hills
. Here,
film
stars
and
wealthy
players
cavorted
in the
nude
with
beautiful
'
partygirls.
' A
little
black
book
found
in the
place
contained
names
of
hundreds
of
filmdom's
personalities
. The
convertible
Cadillac
allegedly
belongs
to
Kal
Rubin
,
one
of the
men
nabbed
in
raid.
"
Subject
Police raids--California--Los Angeles.
Police--California--Los Angeles.
Vice.
Vice control--California--Los Angeles.
Dwellings--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles).
Walkways--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles).
Streets--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles).
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles.
Automobiles, Convertible--California--Los Angeles.
Cadillac automobile.
Architecture, Domestic--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)--Spanish influences.
Schuyler Road (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Hollywood Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Night 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
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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