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. View 6: A model poses inside of Switzer's, standing in an empty room, except for an upholstered chair. She wears a calf-skimming black skirt, an embellished tan silk bustier, black high-heels, a hat with dark netting, a dark fur coat draped around her shoulders, and she holds a black clutch in her right hand.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Switzer's (Los Angeles, Calif.) Clothing and dress--California--Los Angeles Models (Persons)--California--Los Angeles Fur coats Fashion--California--Los Angeles
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