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 3: A model poses inside of Switzer's, next to a large window with white mini-blinds. She wears a dark, calf-skimming 2-piece suit embellished with three rows of lace attached to the skirt, a tan hat with a rose brooch, black high-heels, and a black purse dangling from her wrist.
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 Fashion--California--Los Angeles Hats--California--Los Angeles
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