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. Exterior view of the Vernon Branch Library, shown at its temporary location of 4515 South Central Avenue. This building was used after the previous branch facility (see image 00043269) suffered extensive damage as a result of the large earthquake in 1971. Once the replacement library was built, the branch left this location. As of 2006, the Vernon-Leon H. Washington Jr. Memorial Branch Library continues to be housed in that mid-1970s replacement building.
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