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. Dr. Clemenshaw's petroleum test lab. Four different views. View 8: a man makes an adjustment to a gauge that reads "Speed", the other gauge reads "Torque." View 9: a man uses an automobile in his outdoor test. View 10: testing petroleum on a car engine. View 11: testing petroleum in the lab.
Type
Image
Format
4 photographs:b&w Photographic prints
Identifier
00037695 Ralph Morris Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection Industries-Oil.; S-007-935.8 4x5; S-007-935.9 4x5; S-007-935.10 4x5; S-007-935.11 4x5 CARL0000040961 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/121979
Subject
Oil well drilling rigs--California--Los Angeles Petroleum industry and trade--California--Los Angeles Oil fields--California--Los Angeles Testing laboratories
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