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. The southwestern corner of Wilshire Boulevard and S. St. Andrew's Place, showing the Light of Egypt bookstore (right), located at 3902 Wilshire Boulevard, Spanish style structures containing a dental office, another office, the Church of Light at 659 S. St. Andrews Place, and the Church of Divine Knowledge, located at 659 1/2 S. St. Andrews Place. All of these structures were demolished and replaced with the Ramada Wilshire Center.
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Bookstores--California--Los Angeles Church buildings--California--Los Angeles Office buildings--California--Los Angeles Dental offices--California--Los Angeles Architecture--California--Los Angeles--Spanish influences Streets--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides
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