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Order Number	00077146
Title	Campbell Apartments in Long Beach
Studio	Luckhaus Studio.
Collection ID	Ralph Morris Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	N-002-640 8x10
Date	Circa 1928
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;24 x 19 cm.
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.
Historical Data	The Campbell Apartments were built by Reginald Campbell in 1928. He bought the Lafayette Hotel next door in order to protect the apartments. Currently both buildings, as well as the Lafayette addition, are part of the Lafayette Complex and have been declared Long Beach Historic Landmark 16.52.270. The architects were Parker O. Wright and Francis H. Gentry.
Description	Aerial view of the Campbell Apartments at 130 Linden Avenue, an eleven-story Spanish Renaissance building that provided deluxe apartments with hotel service. Scroll and swag decorations begin at the second floor and pyramid up to the fourth. An ornamental balcony is on the ninth floor. The central entrance is bell-cast in shape and flanked by windows on each side. Oil derricks crowd the horizon from right to left.
Subject	Campbell Apartments (Long Beach, Calif.). Apartment houses--California--Long Beach. Dwellings--California--Long Beach. Historic buildings--California--Long Beach. Architecture, Domestic--California--Long Beach--Spanish influences. Oil well drilling rigs--California--Long Beach. Apartment hotels--California--Long Beach. Long Beach (Calif.). Long Beach (Calif.)--Aerial views. Aerial photographs Campbell, Reginald. Wright, Parker O. Gentry, Francis H. Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
Coverage	1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930
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