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Title
Exterior of NBC building
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Morris, Ralph
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
This collection includes approximately 40,000 photographs by commercial photographer Ralph Morris, who worked in the Los Angeles area from 1939-1981. His advertising and industrial clients included department stores, restaurants, the automobile and petroleum industries as well as business executives. Also included is the Luckhaus Studio collection of architecture, fashion, the movie industry, sports and street scenes, images which Morris obtained in 1939.
Taken from across the street, this view pcaptures the National Broadcasting Company studios, located in Hollywood on the northeast corner of Sunset Blvd. and Vine St. The art deco station was designed by John Austin and was built in 1938.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00012959
Ralph Morris Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
S-001-010 8x10; Radio-TV-Studios.
CARL0000018106
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/122318
Subject
West Coast Radio City (Los Angeles, Calif.)
National Broadcasting Company
Television stations--California--Los Angeles
Broadcasting studios--California--Los Angeles
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Hollywood (Los Angeles)
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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