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; Photograph published on p. 127 of "Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles" by Kevin Roderick and J. Eric Lynxwiler.; The highest resolution available for this image is 300 dpi. Looking north across Wilshire Boulevard towards three businesses, the Flying Saucer restaurant (left), Brown's Wilshire Bakery, and the Roman Foods Market (right). Both the restaurant and bakery have decorative neon signs. Years later, all three of these storefronts were remodeled to create one large commercial space to accommodate a Staples office supply store.
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image
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Bakeries--California--Los Angeles Grocers--California--Los Angeles Neon signs--California--Los Angeles Architecture--California--Los Angeles--French influences Streets--California--Los Angeles Miracle Mile (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides
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