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 west down Wilshire Boulevard where it splits MacArthur Park into two halves. A number of original "Wilshire Lantern" street lights are present along the sidewalk in the center. Both the Gothic revival style Elk's Lodge No. 99 (later the Park Plaza Hotel), designed by Curlett & Beelman, and the Asbury Apartments are visible in the background.
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Elks (Fraternal order).--Lodge No. 99 (Los Angeles, Calif.) Asbury Apartments (Los Angeles, Calif.) Apartment houses--California--Los Angeles Wilshire Lanterns Streets--California--Los Angeles Gothic revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Street lighting--California--Los Angeles Parks--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Westlake (Los Angeles, Calif.) Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) MacArthur Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides Alpaugh, Norman P Russel, Clarence H Curlett & Beelman
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