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. Gardena city employees Robert Longacre (right) and an unidentified man talk outside of Gardena City Hall and Police Department, located at 1700 West 162nd Street. Gardena, incorporated in 1930, was once known as the berry-growing capital of Southern California, but today it is called the "Freeway City" since it is bordered by the Artesia, Harbor, and San Diego freeways.
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