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. Exterior view of a two-story building in Little Tokyo, housing the Sun Hotel on the second floor and a number of retail shops on the first floor. They include a radio shop, Frosty's, an employment service, cafe, Keer Realty, Crawford-Hille Sales Co. and a parking structure. One of the addresses is 1020, on an unidentified street.
Sun Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.) Frosty's (Los Angeles, Calif.) Keer Realty (Los Angeles, Calif.) Crawford-Hille Sales Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) Hotels--California--Little Tokyo (Los Angeles) Parking garages--California--Los Angeles Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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