Photos: Looking back at The Beverly Hilton

The Beverly Hilton, in the 1950s.   (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Boxing fans, after dining on prime rib and au jus, settle back to watch fights from ringside tables in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 26, 1970.

Atty. Gen. Pat Brown, left, Actor Leo Carrillo, center, and Vice President Richard Nixon participate in flag-raising ceremonies at the new Beverly Hilton on Aug. 10, 1955.

Mayor Floyd Fischer of Beverly Hills, left; Lt. Gov. Goodwin J. Knight; Conrad Hilton; architect Welton Becket; Edward R. Valentine, president of J. W. Robinson Co.; actress Terry Moore; and Del E. Webb, whose company was the hotel’s builde on Aug. 29, 1953.

Beverly Hilton Hotel manager Michael Robertson.

Jerry Lewis, left, performs with the U.S. Army Reserve Band at the Beverly Hilton prior to his receipt of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal in 1985.   (Michael Tweed / Associated Press )

The seating area of the Beverly Hilton lobby.

Duane Mah, head of catering at the Beverly Hilton.

A hallway at the Beverly Hilton.

Inside the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Merv Griffin, owner of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in 2003.

Hotel owner Merv Griffin with his sharpei at the Beverly Hilton.