Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Arcadia Publishing : Made available through hoopla, 2009
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781439623213 (electronic bk.) MWT11452119, 143962321X (electronic bk.) 11452119
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Growing south from the plaza where the city of Los Angeles was founded as a tiny pueblo in 1781, the area now known as downtown L.A. was first developed in the late 1800s as a residential neighborhood, complete with churches and schools. As the population surged at the turn of the 20th century, the downtown area was transformed into a busy business and entertainment center of shops, banks, hotels, and theaters. The explosion of the postcard craze in the early 1900s coincided with this period of downtown's tremendous growth toward a formidable metropolis. This collection of vintage postcards offers a glimpse into the changing city through the 1940s
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