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Title
Dominguez-Wilshire 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.
Exterior view of the Dominguez-Wilshire Building, located at 5410 WIlshire Boulevard. Built in 1930, it was designed by architects Morgan, Walls and Clements as an eight-story Art Deco (Zig-Zag) Moderne tower on a two-story base. Myer Siegel and Company occupied the first floor. C. H. Baker Shoes was another tenant.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00042962
Ralph Morris Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
S-000-952 8x10; L.A.-Buildings-Dominguez-Wilshire Bldg.
CARL0000046771
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/122009
Subject
Dominguez-Wilshire Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles
Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Morgan, Walls & Clements

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