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 E. Clem Wilson Building (later Samsung), located at 5217 Wilshire Boulevard, was designed by Meyer & Holler and built in 1930; it is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument. The interesection of Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, showing the Art Deco style E. Clem Wilson Building.
E. Clem Wilson Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Commercial buildings--California--Los Angeles Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) La Brea Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Cityscape photographs Meyer & Holler
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