| West Adams Contributor(s): Tarbell Cooper, Suzanne (Author), Lynch, Don (Author), Kurtz, John G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738559202 ISBN-13: 9780738559209 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: By the turn of the 20th century, West Adams had become one of the first bedroom communities in fast-growing Los Angeles. Mansions and bungalows housed bankers and merchants who commuted to their businesses downtown, as well as moviemakers, debutantes, the social elite, and one or two scoundrels. Anchored by Adams Boulevard, this area just west of downtown has been through many changes. Today the neighborhood is one of the most racially and architecturally diverse in the country and contains the highest concentration of historic cultural monuments in Los Angeles. Residents and local archives, including the University of Southern California and the Automobile Club of Southern California, have contributed images to this volume illustrating life and architecture from Victorian times onward. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 979 |
| LCCN: 2008926393 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA - Cultural Region - Southern California - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
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Contributor Bio(s): Tarbell Cooper, Suzanne: - Suzanne Tarbell Cooper is the coauthor of Arcadia Publishing s Los Angeles Art Deco, Long Beach Art Deco, and Theatres in Los Angeles. Don Lynch is the author of the best seller Titanic An Illustrated History and, more recently, Ghosts of the Abyss. Members of his family have lived in West Adams for three generations. John G. Kurtz has been on the board of West Adams Heritage Association for 15 years. All three authors have restored homes in West Adams. |