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. The California Federal Plaza building is in the center of an aerial shot showing surrounding commercial and residential areas. Signage on some of the commercial buildings include Van de Kamp's, and Prudential, later renamed Museum Square.
California Federal Plaza Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Prudential Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Aerial photographs
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