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 towards storefronts located in the 680 block of S. Alvarado Street; from left to right are: a fast food restaurant called Ramon's, a botanica, Scott's Clothes for Men, Rumpus Room bar, L.A. Fashion Mart, and Lee's Florsheim shoe store. All of these structures were demolished to make way for a Metro Red Line subway station in the early 1990s.
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image
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Stores & shops--California--Los Angeles Bars (Drinking establishments)--California--Los Angeles Shoe stores--California--Los Angeles Fast food restaurants--California--Los Angeles Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles Restaurants--California--Los Angeles Streets--California--Los Angeles Alvarado Street (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides
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