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Order Number	00077334
Title	Cooper Arms, Long Beach
Studio	Luckhaus Studio.
Collection ID	Ralph Morris Collection Los Angeles Photographers Collection
Location/Accession	N-002-802 8x10
Date	Circa 1925
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 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	Built in 1923, the twelve-story, cooperative apartment building had one hundred fifty apartments, was built of reinforced concrete on a lot with space for a large garden. The property was originally owned by Larkin Cooper who, along with other prominent businessmen, built the apartment house with a goal of building the most luxurious cooperative apartment house in Long Beach. The complex had a Spanish loggia, and a domed ballroom and solarium atop the roof, including a glass enclosed cafe. The basement had storage rooms, showers, lockers, and dressing rooms and baths for bathers. It is Long Beach Historic Landmark no. 16.52.020.
Description	Automobiles are parked face-in around the Cooper Arms, a cooperative apartment house at 455 East Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach. The art deco building has curved casement windows, some with awnings, balconies, and carved scroll work along its roof line. Palms line the street on the side entrance. The smaller building next to the Cooper Arms is the Terry Apartments.
Subject	Cooper Arms (Long Beach, Calif.). Apartment houses, Cooperative--California--Long Beach. Historic buildings--California--Long Beach. Apartment hotels--California--Long Beach. Long Beach Historic Landmarks. Long Beach (Calif.).
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