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. Exterior view of an I. Magnin store, located at 3240 Wilshire Boulevard, showing the black marble fac¸ade on the ground floor, where the entrance is seen. Designed by Myron Hunt and built to the cost of $3,000,000, the 1939 structure operated entirely by electricity and was completely air-conditioned. The I. Magnin chain existed until the early 1990s, at which time this store was closed.
Type
image
Format
1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
I. Magnin & Co Department stores--California--Los Angeles Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides Hunt, Myron,1868-1952
If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.
Share your story
Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.
