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Images of America: Los Angeles s La Brea Tar Pits and Hancock Park (Paperback)

Ever since the first popular article on the Rancho La Brea Tar Pits was published in Sunset magazine in 1908 this amazing Ice Age fossil site has captivated the imaginations of countless people from all over the world. This death trap of the ages... more

Images of America: Griffith Park (Paperback)

Carved from the former Spanish land grant known as Rancho Los Feliz Griffith Park a rugged 4 300-acre wilderness located in the heart of Los Angeles has been the principal playground for Angelenos for over a century. Since 1896 when the land was... more

Images of America: Atascadero (Paperback)

Atascadero California--located nearly halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on US Highway 101--is the brainchild of E.G. Lewis. Thought by some to have been a visionary Lewis was considered a con artist by others. In spite of his reputation... more

Pre-Owned Location Filming in Los Angeles (Paperback) 0738581321 9780738581323

9780738581323. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 128. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Contains: Unspecified Illustrations black & white Maps. Images of America. Los Angeles has reigned for more than a... more

Images of America: Malibu (Paperback)

Malibu offers the best in Southern California living. This small town is situated close to Los Angeles and Hollywood but far enough away from the traffic and stress of big-city life. All the clichés of Southern California come true in Malibu: the... more

Pre-Owned Old Torrance Olmsted District (Paperback 9780738530659) by Bonnie Mae Barnard Save Historic Old Torrance

9780738530659. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 128. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Contains: Unspecified. Images of America. The City of Torrance anchors Los Angeles County s South Bay area and is... more

Images of America: Nipomo and Los Berros (Paperback)

Nipomo Chumash for at the foot of the hills and Los Berros Spanish for watercress comprise an important Central Coast area that is often overlooked by history. First established by Chumash Indians and then formally recognized in 1837 in the form of... more

Pre-Owned Hermosa Beach (CA) (Images of America) 9780738529745 Paperback Illustrated edition

9780738529745. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 128. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Contains: Unspecified. Images of America. Hermosa Beach has been one of Los Angeles County s most eclectic... more

Pre-Owned Los Olivos (Images of America) Paperback

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Pre-Owned Central Americans in Los Angeles (Images of America) Paperback

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Images of America: Legends of Westwood Village Cemetery (Paperback)

Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery located on Los Angeles s trendy west side has been the leading choice for celebrity burials since Marilyn Monroe was interred here in 1962. The cemetery houses the remains of a plethora of household names including... more

Images of America: Agoura Hills (Paperback)

Nestled amongst the Santa Monica Mountains Agoura Hills is considered the western gateway to Los Angeles County. Originally inhabited by the Chumash Indians the area was a well-known stagecoach stop for early settlers heading west thanks to its... more

Pre-Owned Los Lunas (Images of America) Paperback

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Images of America: Camarillo (Paperback)

Before Camarillo there was Springville and before Springville there were the Ranchos Los Posas Calleguas and Guadalasca. The evolution of these ranchos into the community that became the city of Camarillo is a California story of hardscrabble... more

Images of America: Early Santa Monica (Paperback)

As west as metropolitan Los Angeles s trendy Westside gets Santa Monica has enjoyed a colorful history as both a resort community and a bedrock hometown on the Southern California coast. As a playground and ready-made set for Hollywood traditional... more

Images of America: San Gabriel (Paperback)

San Gabriel is often referred to as the birthplace of the Los Angeles region. The area s first inhabitants were native peoples often called Gabrieleño because of their association with the San Gabriel Mission which was founded in 1771; the mission... more

Pre-Owned Thais in Los Angeles (Images of America) Paperback

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Images of America: Blythe and the Palo Verde Valley (Paperback)

Located midway between Los Angeles and Phoenix the Palo Verde Valley enjoys year-round sunshine and mild winter temperatures. In the late 1800s surveyor O. P. Callaway recognized the valley s potential for flood irrigation from the Colorado River.... more

Images of America: Missions of Los Angeles (Paperback)

After establishing the settlement of San Francisco visionary mission president Fr. Junipero Serra journeyed south to found Mission San Juan Capistrano Alta California s seventh on November 1 1776. By order of King Carlos III of Spain El Pueblo de la... more

History of America: Los inmigrantes de estados unidos : Immigrants To America (Paperback)

Immigrants Helped Make America The Great Nation It Is Today. Learn About The Challenges They Faced As Well As The Important Contributions They Made To The United States. Features Primary Sources Historical Images Chart And Maps. more

Images of America: San Bernardino California (Paperback)

Strategically located about 60 miles east of Los Angeles San Bernardino was colonized in 1851 as an expansion outpost for the Mormon Church. Today it is the county seat for the largest county in the United States. Captured here in over 200 vintage... more

Images of America: Los Alamos: 1944-1947 (Paperback)

Forever linked with World War II and America s entrance into the Atomic Age Los Alamos was a small ranching community and the site of an exclusive boys school until 1943. As the Manhattan Project unfolded Pvt. J.J. Michnovicz--first assigned to Los... more

Images of America: Big Bear (Paperback)

In 1845 Benjamin Davis Wilson--the future first mayor of Los Angeles and the grandfather of Gen. George S. Patton--led a 20-man posse into the San Bernardino Mountains in search of Native American raiding parties that had been attacking Riverside... more

Images of America: Los Angeles s Olvera Street (Paperback)

Olvera Street Mexican marketplace and its plaza form the home of Latino culture in the Los Angeles region. Still standing in this downtown location of many fiestas including Cinco de Mayo are the Avila Adobe plaza church-- La Iglesia de Nuestra... more

Images of America: Carson (Paperback)

Most of the rolling ranchlands between what developed into the cities of Torrance and Long Beach in Los Angeles County s South Bay region were the domain of the Dominguez family s Rancho San Pedro. Among the families that married Dominguez sisters... more

Images of America: Menifee Valley (Paperback)

Menifee Valley lies 80 miles east of Los Angeles in Riverside County halfway between the cities of Perris and Temecula. Settlers originally ventured into this isolated wilderness of sagebrush and live oaks to stake out mining claims dig for gold and... more

Images of America: Buena Park (Paperback)

Once a part of Rancho Los Coyotes Buena Park is today home to 80 000 people within its 10 square miles. In 1887 a Chicago grocer who purchased land for a cattle ranch was persuaded by the Santa Fe Railroad to found a town instead. But it was the... more

Images of America: Ventura (Paperback)

Franciscan monk Fr. Junipero Serra founder of the Spanish mission system in California raised a cross on the beach on March 31 1782 at a spot that became a general wayfarer s midpoint between Los Angeles and Point Conception. This was the dedication... more

Images of America: Early Santa Ana (Paperback)

Located at the heart of Orange County Santa Ana has been the civic and community center as the OC grew and prospered. Thirty-three miles from Los Angeles and 12 miles from the Pacific Ocean the city was founded by William Spurgeon who in 1867... more

Images of America: Lawndale (Paperback)

Located in the exact geographical center of Los Angeles County s South Bay district Lawndale was originally barley fields then chicken ranches and small farms growing vegetables for sale in nearby Inglewood and Redondo Beach. Retaining some of its... more

Images of America: Oak Glen and Los Rios Rancho (Paperback)

The 500-acre Los Rios Rancho has operated through a greater century as the largest apple orchard in Southern California and the centerpiece of Oak Glen the heart of a dozen orchards on the southern slopes of the San Bernardino Range about eight... more

Images of America: Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach (Paperback)

The century-old presence of Mexican Americans in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach is an important colorful part of the history of Los Angeles County s South Bay region. This evocative pictorial history documents the ways in which this group left... more

Images of America: Old Torrance Olmsted District (Paperback)

The City of Torrance anchors Los Angeles County s South Bay area and is known widely as a headquarters city for corporate giants Exxon Mobil Nissan Honda and others. Yet the city s unique history often gets glossed over. Downtown Torrance also known... more

Images of America: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Paperback)

Opened to the public in June of 1923 the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum can arguably be called America s Most Historic Sports Stadium. In 1984 the Memorial Coliseum was declared a State and Federal Historic Landmark for its contributions to both the... more

Images of America: Los Angeles Art Deco (Paperback)

Art Deco made its formal appearance in Paris at the 1925 L Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes a showcase for art architecture and design that promoted progress modernity and the present. The greatest export from... more

Images of America: Early Placentia (Paperback)

Today Placentia is part of the vast suburban Orange County sprawl that extends eastward from Los Angeles into Southern California s Inland Empire. This landscape of homes and shopping centers was a windswept wilderness until a Mexican land grant... more

Images of America: Los Angeles County Lifeguards (Paperback)

Thousands of men women and children owe their lives to the Los Angeles County Lifeguards. Made famous by the television show Baywatch these lifeguards patrol 72 miles of coastline extending from Zuma Beach to the Los Angeles Harbor. Working on some... more

Pre-Owned Taylor (Images of America) Paperback

9780738585024. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 128. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Contains: Unspecified. Images of America. El Camino Real de los Tejas a National Historic Trail connected the Rio... more