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Title
Picnic area in Elysian Park
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Creator
Morris, Ralph
Date Created and/or Issued
1937
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.
A view of picnic tables and park benches in an area set aside for picnics and camping among the grass and trees in the park.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00007723
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 514
CARL0000008586
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/122270
Subject
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Picnic grounds--California--Los Angeles
Camp sites, facilities, etc.--California--Los Angeles
Elysian Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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