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. Close-up view of a wrought-iron gate decorated in a drama motif found on the grounds of the Ebell Club of Los Angeles, located at 743 S. Lucerne Boulevard. Designed by Sumner P. Hunt and built in 1927, this Italian Renaissance revival style complex is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
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image
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1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm. Photographic color slides
Ebell Club of Los Angeles Gates--California--Los Angeles Wrought-iron--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles--Societies and clubs Renaissance revival (Architecture)--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs Marlene Laskey/Wilshire Boulevard Collection photographs Slides Hunt, Sumner P
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