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 across the street towards a small shopping center in the 1500 block of Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica. The decorative Art Deco neon sign for Beacon Cleaners (at 1508) is seen prominently in the foreground, on the lower right is another neon sign for Wilshire Pet Supplies (at 1502), and in the background is a building that is a part of what is now known as Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital. All of these structures were later demolished and replaced.
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image
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital (Santa Monica, Calif.) Stores & shops--California--Santa Monica Shopping centers--California--Santa Monica Pet supplies industry--California--Santa Monica Cleaning establishments--California--Santa Monica Lost architecture--California--Santa Monica Art deco (Architecture)--California--Santa Monica Hospitals--California--Santa Monica Neon signs--California--Santa Monica Santa Monica (Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides
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