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 southeast down a portion of Wilshire Boulevard from Le Doux Road in Beverly Hills; seen are the Wilshire Theater, a branch for Great Western Savings (later the Flynt Building), and other office buildings.
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Wilshire Theatre (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Great Western Savings (Los Angeles, Calif.) Office buildings--California--Beverly Hills Motion picture theaters--California--Beverly Hills Art deco (Architecture)--California--Beverly Hills Streets--California--Beverly Hills Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Beverly Hills (Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides Lee, S. Charles William L. Pereira and Associates
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