This collection is comprised of approximately 1,000 slides capturing buildings along Wilshire Boulevard. The slides were taken during Tuesday afternoon walks in 1978-1979 by Marlene Laskey and her 15-year-old daughter, Annie, who was the primary photographer. Marlene (1933-1989) was a Michigan native who moved to Los Angeles in the 1950s and became a Los Angeles historian and architecture enthusiast. At the time of her death from cancer, Marlene was working on a Master of Urban Planning degree at UCLA, and was an interviewer for UCLA's Oral History program.; Title supplied by cataloger; The highest resolution available for this image is 300 dpi. Looking northwest across the street towards two Colonial revival office buildings located at 6523 and 6535 Wilshire Boulevard. While the Churchill Building at 6535 (center) still stands, the building at 6523 was later demolished and replaced with Gottlieb Park, which adjoins the Jewish Federation Goldsmith Center. The office building, known as Wilshire San Vicente Plaza, at 8383 Wilshire in Beverly Hills is present on the left.
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image
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Wilshire San Vicente Plaza (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Beverly Hills Colonial revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Beverly Hills (Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides
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