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. Close-up view of a tile floor found at the Los Altos Apartments, located at 4121 Wilshire Boulevard; originally, the tiles were completely painted bright yellow and blue. Built in 1926 by Edward B. Rust and Luther Mayo in a Mission Revival style, it was originally developed as a "co-op", but went bankrupt during the Great Depression. In 1999, the structure received a design award from the California Preservation Foundation and was added to the National Register of Historical Places - Building #99000765; it is Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #311.
Type
image
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Los Altos Apartments (Los Angeles, Calif.) Tile floors--California--Los Angeles Decoration and ornament, Architectural--California--Los Angeles Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides Rust, Edward B Mayo, Luther
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