Title supplied by cataloger; 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. Originally constructed in 1925 as the Edwards & Wildey Building, this structure was renamed the National Oil Building in 1973. It was converted into Milano Lofts in 2005. Exterior of the National Oil Building, located at 609 S. Grand Avenue in Los Angeles.
Type
image
Format
1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
National Oil Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides
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