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Title
Mortgage Guarantee Building
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator
Morris, Ralph
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
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.
In 2004, this structure was developed by Izek Shomof and converted into 36 apartments called "City Lofts."
Mortgage Guarantee Building, also known as the Sassony Building, located at 626 S. Spring Street. The ground floor on the right is occupied by Technical Book Company.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00019027
Ralph Morris Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
S-001-019 8x10
CARL0000024107
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/122378
Subject
Mortgage Guarantee Building (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Technical Book Company
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
Bookstores--California--Los Angeles
Central business districts--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Spring Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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