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. Panoramic view of the Subway Terminal Building on June 22, 1927, looking northwest from the roof of a neighboring building. The Subway Terminal Building is a large, twelve-story office building based on 16th-century Italian prototype, designed by Schultze and Weaver.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w Photographic prints
Identifier
00006988 Ralph Morris Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection Transportation-Electric cars-Stations-L.A.-Subway Terminal Building.; N-002-649 8x10 CARL0000017405 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/122685
Subject
Subway Terminal Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Pacific Electric Railway Company Electric railroads--California--Los Angeles Terminals (Transportation)--California--Los Angeles Public architecture--California--Los Angeles Hill Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schultze & Weaver
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