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 west towards Christ Church, located at 639 S. Manhattan Place, from a parking lot across the street. Designed by Russel and Alpaugh, this Italian style structure opened in 1923 as Temple Emanu-el to serve the first "traditional reform" congregation. In 1929, the congregation was dissolved and the building was sold to become Christ Church. In the late 1930s, the congregation of Temple Emanu-el reappeared in Westwood where it was located until a large temple was built at 8844 Burton Way in Beverly Hills.
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image
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Christ Church (Los Angeles, Calif.) Church buildings--California--Los Angeles Parking lots--California--Los Angeles Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Italian influences Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides Russel & Alpaugh
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