An End And A Beginning. The South Coast and Los Angeles 1850 - 1887. Joseph S. O'Flaherty

An End and a Beginning: The South Coast and Los Angeles 1850-1887

History

O'Flaherty, Joseph S.

Americas

Historical Society of Southern

Turn of the century South Coast Los Angeles was a boom and bust beehive of economic and cultural activity, well illustrated. Stirring history of southern California covering the 1880's boom to World War I.

Those Powerful Years: The South Coast and Los Angeles 1887-1917

Compiled from the Southern California Quarterly. From Foreword: It is with great pleasure that I write this foreword to the anthology of southern California's Spanish heritage, compiled from various articles published in the Southern California Quarterly, and now appearing in a single volume in commemoration of the Quincentenary of Cristobal Colon's voyage to the New World. Some of the articles are: Los Angeles, California: The Question of the City's Original Spanish Name; Alta California's Four Fortresses; Junipero Serra and His Approach to the Indians; The California Armada of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo; No Settlement Without Women; The Economy of the Alta California Missions, 10803-21. - More

Southern California's Spanish Heritage: An Anthology

Historical Society of Southern California

At the Arroyo's Edge: A History of Linda Vista

Wayte, Beverly

A complete collection of the eighteen concise historical booklets on Southern California places, communities, and counties that were written by Robinson and published by his employer, Title Insurance and Trust Corporation. Eloquently written with a title researcher's scrupulous attention to historical detail, these booklets continue to be informative and factual guides to the history of their regions. The locales anthologized herein are are: Beverly Hills, Culver City, Glendale, Inglewood, Long Beach, Monrovia, Pasadena, Pomona, San Fernando Valley, San Pedro and Wilmington, Santa Monica, Whittier, Angeles National Forest, Santa Catalina, Riverside County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, and Ventura County

Southern California Local History a Gathering of the Writings of W.W. Robinson

Robinson, W.W.

Month by Month in a Waterwise Garden

Connelly, Kevin

Sports & Outdoors

In 1904, the US Department of Agriculture send G. Harold Powell to Southern California to see if he could advise orange grower on how to reduce spoilage of the orange crop. His efforts were so useful that within four years, he had saved growers more than a million dollars a year. He was later eulogized for launching the "Powell Era" in the orange industry. This book contains a collection of letters Powell sent to various people. Included are photographs and chapter notes.

Letters from the Orange Empire

Travel

Powell, Lawrence Clark

Powell, George Harold

Lillard, Richard Gordon

United States

Woman in the Life of Southern California: An Anthology Compiled from Southern California Quarterly

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Angels Flight: A History of Bunker Hill's Incline Railway

Comer, Virginia L.

The 100 year history of the Judson Studios is now fully told for the first time in this stunning book by award-winning historian, Jane Apostol. The book brings to life William Lees Judson, the Arroyo Guild, USC's College of Fine Arts, the town of Garvanza and the art of making stained glass. It concludes with a personal view of stained glass by Walter Judson and a listing of the locations of the Judson Studios stained glass work.

Painting With Light: A Centennial History of the Judson Studios

Apostol, Jane

Judson, Walter W.

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