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Title: Leimert Park and Downtown Los Angeles
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Morris & Munroe
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1950
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.
Panoramic view of Leimert Park (foreground) and downtown Los Angeles (background) as seen from View Park-Windsor Hills. Dwellings, the Leimert Theatre, office and industrial buildings are seen throughout the image.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00031385
Ralph Morris Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
L.A.-Views, Panoramic-1950-1969
CARL0000035245
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/121925
Subject: Leimert Theatre (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Dwellings--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture theaters--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Dwellings--California--Los Angeles County
Architecture, Domestic--California--Los Angeles County--Spanish influences
Streets--California--Crenshaw (Los Angeles)
Unincorporated areas--California--Los Angeles County
Crenshaw (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Leimert Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
View Park-Windsor Hills (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Panoramic views
Time Period: 1951-1960

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