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 from across Wilshire Boulevard towards an Art Deco building, occupied by the Miracle Mile Station post office (left) at 5350 Wilshire Boulevard and M. Meghrig & Sons (left of center), a coin and stamp dealer at 5356 Wilshire Boulevard. Years later, the post office expanded and took over the entire building. In the neighboring building on the right is a nutrition center and a beauty salon called Michaels' Hair Fashions.
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image
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Post office buildings--California--Los Angeles Postage-stamp dealers--California--Los Angeles Coin dealers--California--Los Angeles Beauty shops--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Art deco (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles 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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