Russell E. Havenstrite

[4] In the 1920s, Havenstrite moved from Lovell, Oklahoma to Signal Hill, California in the Greater Los Angeles area to drill oil.

[2] In 1936, he established the Iniskin Bay Associates, together with Carlton Beal (1914–1994), Walt Disney (1901–1966), Darryl F. Zanuck (1902–1979) and Hal Roach (1892–1992).

[2] However, Harold L. Ickes (1874–1952), who served as United States Secretary of the Interior from 1933 to 1946, had blocked him from drilling.

[8] The same year, he and Jimmy McHugh judged Queen of Mexican Polo contestants at the BHPC.

[2] They owned the Fine Arts Building located at 811 West 7th Street in Los Angeles.

[12] From 1938 onwards, they resided in Beverly Hills, California and attended high society events.

The Fine Arts Building in Downtown Los Angeles, the building the Havenstrite’s owned. The penthouse was used as their private social space and party club.