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Order Number	00090746
Title	Avco Center, Westwood
Photographer	Laskey, Anne.
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	GPC_b16_f5_i6
Date	1978
Physical Description	1 slide :color ;5 x 5 cm.
Notes	The highest resolution available for this image is 300 dpi.; Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	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.
Description	Exterior of Avco Center, later AMC Avco Center, a movie theater located at 10840 Wilshire Boulevard in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Banners hanging on the building indicate that the films Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Movie Movie, and Same Time, Next Year are being presented. An office building is seen on the right.
Subject	AMC AVCO Center (Los Angeles, Calif.). Movie movie (Motion picture). Invasion of the body snatchers (Motion picture : 1978). Same time, next year (Motion picture). Motion picture theaters--California--Westwood (Los Angeles). Office buildings--California--Westwood (Los Angeles). Streets--California--Westwood (Los Angeles). Slides Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.). Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.).
Coverage	1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection