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. Three separate publicity pictures taken at a theater owners conference. In upper left: 1 man holding a replica of a key reading "Welcome TOA", with 2 women, one on the left and one on the right--all unidentified. In upper right, 2 men seated at a desk, with 1 woman standing between them--on the left Charles Skouras, on the right a priest. In lower right: The same three people as in the upper right, but this time standing.
Type
Image
Format
3 photographs :b&w Photographic prints
Identifier
00015822 Ralph Morris Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection Theaters-Owners-Theater Owners of America.; S-005-707.9 4x5; S-005-707.10 4x5; S-005-707.11 4x5 CARL0000004376 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/122614
Subject
Skouras, Charles P.,--1889-1954 Theatre Owners of America Motion picture theater managers--California--Los Angeles Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles
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