Historic Photos of Los Angeles
Two letters of the alphabet are all that are needed to say the name of America’s second-largest city: L.A. Historic Photos of Los Angeles captures the historical essence of this rapidly moving, fast-growing, ever-changing Pacific Coast city. Perhaps only New York can rank with Los Angeles in numbers of historical American architectural landmarks. From historic Union Station to Disneyland and the Hollywood sign, and from Griffith Auditorium to the Los Angeles Coliseum, readers of Historic Photos of Los Angeles will delight in watching the city grow before their eyes.
With nearly 200 photographs gathered from the area’s top archives, this book tells the story of the meteoric growth and development of this landmark international destination. Historic Photos of Los Angeles is a must-have for history lovers and anyone who loves L.A.
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Book details
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Los Angeles history · California · historic photography · black-and-white photography · pictorial history · American cities · architectural landmarks
- ISBN-13
- 9781596523746
About the author
DANA LOMBARDY is a game designer, author, researcher, cartographer, editor, graphic artist, and consultant who has worked on more than 100 military history projects.
Lombardy’s board wargame Streets of Stalingrad received the 1980 Origins Award. He served as publisher of Napoleon Journal from 1996 to 2000 and as an Associate Online Editor for Weider History Group, publisher of Civil War Times and America’s Civil War magazines.
When not writing, Lombardy works through Lombardy Studios and is a board member of the World War One Historical Association and a founding sponsor of the National Museum of the United States Army. He is also known for nearly twenty television appearances, including multiple episodes of The History Channel’s Tales of the Gun series.