Photos: Palm Springs Eternal

Yul Brynner and Frank Sinatra (from left) at the singer’s Palm Springs home, 1971. Courtesy of John Bryson/Sygma/Corbis.

Robert Wagner in the Palm Springs Racquet Club swimming pool, 1956. Courtesy of Everett Collection.

A sunbather, 1949. Courtesy of Corbis.

The brise-soleil at the Parker hotel. Courtesy of The Parker.

The tennis star Eleanor Cushingham working on her tan, 1947. Courtesy of Peter Stackpole/Life Magazine/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.

Marlene Dietrich and tennis star Fred Perry, 1934. Courtesy of Getty Images.

The scene at the Ocotillo Lodge pool, 1957. Courtesy of Palm Springs Life.

Slim Aarons’s Poolside Gossip, 1970, featuring Palm Springs social doyennes Helen Kaptur and Nelda Links (from left). Courtesy of Slim Aarons/Getty Images.

Doris Day and Marty Melcher at the Desert Inn, 1957. Courtesy of Neal Peters Collection.

The grounds of the Parker hotel. Courtesy of The Parker.

Corrine Krisel, the wife of the architect William Krisel, at the Twin Palms Houses, 1957. Courtesy of Julius Shulman.

Doris Day and June Allyson (from left), mid-1950s. Courtesy of Everett Collection.

The Frey House II, 1965. Courtesy of Julius Shulman.

The pool at Bob Hope’s estate, 2007. Courtesy of Julius Shulman.

A fur presentation, 1960. Courtesy of Getty Images.