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. Spectators watch as dancers swing to the music at Victory House in Pershing Square. Four different views. View 4: spectators watch as two couples dance to the music. View 5: this dancing couple takes more lively steps. View 6: a couple dressed in dark clothing, swings to the music on stage. View 7: a young woman's skirt flies upwards as she twirls to the music.
Type
image
Format
4 photographs :b&w Photographic prints
Identifier
00054987 Ralph Morris Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection Wars-World War II-Home Front.; S-005-183.4 4x5; S-005-183.5 4x5; S-005-183.6 4x5; S-005-183.7 4x5 CARL0000061042 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/122085
Subject
Swing (Music) Jitterbug (Dance) World War, 1939-1945
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