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Title
Model Mothers at the Ambassador Hotel, view 9
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Morris, Ralph
Date Created and/or Issued
1945
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.
The Blue Book Model Agency had its offices at the Ambassador Hotel, located at 3400 Wilshire Blvd.; its most famous model was Marilyn Monroe, who signed on with the agency in 1946.
View 9: Two young women identified as "Model Mothers" can be seen sitting on either side of a desk at the offices of the Blue Book Model Agency. A young boy sits with the model on the left, and a little girl stands on top of the desk, next to the model on the right. A woman sitting behind the desk looks on and smiles. Photo dated: October 9, 1945.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 13 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00072826
Ralph Morris Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
S-005-767.9 4x5
CARL0000078024
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/122966
Subject
Ambassador Hotel
Blue Book Model Agency (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Clothing and dress--California--Los Angeles
Models (Persons)--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles
Fashion--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles

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