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 freeway on Terminal Island leads to the Schuyler F. Heim Bridge, against a backdrop of oil derricks.
Bridges--California--Los Angeles Oil wells--California--Los Angeles Express highways--California, Southern Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge (Los Angeles, Calif.) San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.) Terminal Island (Calif.)
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