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Description
Order Number
00037674
Title
Oil
shale
,
views
8-11
Photographer
Morris, Ralph.
Collection ID
Ralph Morris Collection
Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession
Industries-Oil.
;
S-007-934.8
4x5
;
S-007-934.9
4x5
;
S-007-934.10
4x5
;
S-007-934.11
4x5
Physical Description
4
photographs:b&w
Notes
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
.
Description
Four
different
views
of
digging
and
mining
for
oil
shale
.
View
8
:
two
workers
in a
mine
.
One
of the
men
is
using
an
axe
to
pick
at the
oil
shale
on the
wall
.
View
9
: a
worker
stands
next
to
small
rail
carts
,
overlooking
the
mountainside
.
View
10
: a
worker
rides
on, and
operates
small
rail
carts
used
in the
mine
to
transport
oil
shale
.
View
11
: a
worker
operates
a
small
rail
cart
that
digs
up
the
rocks
.
Subject
Oil well drilling rigs--California--Los Angeles.
Petroleum industry and trade--California--Los Angeles.
Oil fields--California--Los Angeles.
Oil-shales.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
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