Showing posts with label The Beatles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Beatles. Show all posts

Sep 3, 2021

Hotel Saskatchewan in Regina, Saskatchewan

Opened in 1927, Hotel Saskatchewan is one of Canada's grand railway hotels and is located prominently on the edge of Victoria Park in downtown Regina, Saskatchewan. Constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway, Hotel Saskatchewan was the fourteenth hotel in the CPR's nationwide chain and has maintained its standing as one of Regina's most luxurious accommodations. 

On their visits to Saskatchewan, the Royal Suite at Hotel Saskatchewan has hosted world leaders and celebrities like the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, and Queen Elizabeth II. 

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK


Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK Archival
Hotel Saskatchewan in 1930.

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK
As a teenager I moved to Regina to attend the film school at the university here. While staying at Hotel Saskatchewan was out of the question back then, on this recent travel shoot back I thought a suite would be a nice way of upgrading my nostalgia for 'the Queen City'.

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK Archival
Archival postcard of Hotel Saskatchewan.

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

Hotel Saskatchewan Regina SK

 

Jun 28, 2020

Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California

Opened in 1923, the Millennium Biltmore is a landmark hotel and designated historic-cultural monument located across from Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, California

Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los AngelesThe Millennium Biltmore Hotel has been the setting for a long list of notable moments in pop culture history. Guests over the decades are too numerous to list, but in short they span movie stars, politicians, musicians, and A-listers from Charlie Chaplin to Taylor Swift.

The Biltmore Hotel hosted eight Academy Awards ceremonies throughout the 1930s, it's here that JFK became the presidential nominee during the 1960 Democratic National Convention, and it's where the Beatles came to stay on their first U.S. tour in 1964. 

If some of these locations look familiar that's not surprising either, the Biltmore has been a filming location for movies including Beverly Hills Cop, Ghostbusters, and Independence Day - TV shows like 24 and Mad Men - and music videos for Britney Spears and Ed Sheeran.    

Millennium Biltmore Hotel Vintage Los Angeles
Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles

Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles
Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles

Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles

Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles
Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles



Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles
Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles



Millennium Biltmore Hotel Vintage Los Angeles

Dec 26, 2019

Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City

Famously home to the Ed Sullivan Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, and now the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City is a broadcasting landmark. It was here that both Elvis Presley and The Beatles made notable appearances early in their careers live on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Ed Sullivan Theater Beatles
Ed Sullivan Theater Beatles
On Christmas morning I received the Beatles Singles Collection, which immediately had me thinking about their debut performance at this iconic theatre.




Ed Sullivan Theater Beatles
Ed Sullivan Theater Beatles
Ed Sullivan Theater Beatles



Feb 26, 2019

John Lennon's 1965 Rolls Royce Phantom V

In 1965 this was the car, a Rolls Royce Phantom V Touring Limousine, that delivered the Beatles to Buckingham Palace to collect their MBEs from the Queen. It was black at that time, but Lennon later commissioned artist Steve Weaver to create this custom paint job prior to the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967.

John Lennon Rolls Royce Phantom

The Rolls Royce Phantom would later travel to New York City with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, but was later donated to a design museum. John Lennon's Rolls Royce was then auctioned in 1985 by Sotheby's and found its way to Vancouver for Expo 86 before once again being donated, this time to the province of British Columbia. Today, this iconic vehicle and art piece can be found on display at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, BC.

John Lennon Rolls Royce Phantom
John Lennon Rolls Royce Phantom
John Lennon Rolls Royce Phantom



John Lennon Rolls Royce Phantom

John Lennon Rolls Royce Phantom

John Lennon Rolls Royce Phantom
John Lennon Rolls Royce Phantom
John Lennon Rolls Royce Phantom


John Lennon Rolls Royce Phantom