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. Four different views of dancers on the stage, possibly a dancers audition held in a nightclub. View 1: (bottom left) a dancer stands posed on the steps of the stage with an older man standing close to her. View 2: (bottom right) young man reaches out to touch a young womans hand while smiling. View 3: (top left) group scene of dancers waiting to audition. View 4: (top right) two male dancers hold a young woman high above their shoulders.
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