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Title
Storefronts, West Los Angeles
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Creator
Laskey, Anne
Date Created and/or Issued
1979
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
The highest resolution available for this image is 300 dpi.; Title supplied by cataloger.
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.
Looking west down Wilshire Boulevard towards S. Westgate Avenue in West Los Angeles. On the right is the entrance to the parking lot for La Barbera's Italian Restaurant, located at 11813 Wilshire; it was later demolished and replaced with a strip mall. The Mandarin Inn, a Chinese restaurant at 11829 (center), later became a Mexican restaurant. Other businesses along the boulevard are present left of center.
Type
Image
Format
1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00090777
Marlene & Anne Laskey Wilshire Boulevard Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b16_f5_i37
CARL0004998319
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/116238
Subject
Restaurants--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Chinese restaurants--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Storefronts--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Stores & shops--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Parking lots--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Streets--California--West Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Slides
Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
West Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1971-1980

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