Santa Ana In Vintage Postcards

Author : Guy Ball
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0738507911

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Santa Ana in Vintage Postcards by Guy Ball Pdf

Santa Ana began as the dream of early pioneers in the 1800s when the dry, desolate area was little more than windswept fields of wild mustard grass. Santa Ana celebrates this area's pioneer heritage and the people who created it, and chronicles the development of this city with fascinating vintage postcards. Santa Ana was one of the earliest incorporated cities, and became the county seat in 1889. Wealthy businessmen, successful political leaders, and even an occasional maharajah chose Santa Ana as their home. Today, Orange County is one of the most dynamic counties in California.

Author : Steve Lech
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0738529788

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Riverside in Vintage Postcards by Steve Lech Pdf

Riverside has been a vital center of agriculture and government throughout the growth of Southern California. Postcards sent from this city to those far away usually depict it as a resort, situated on the western edge of the Colorado Desert, where the historic Mission Inn has been a vacation destination for generations. Illustrating many facets of this world-renowned, garden-like gathering spot, these attractive images also showcase Riverside's Main Street, public buildings, parks, broad avenues, the sharply rising Mt. Rubidoux on the edge of town, and the influence of the citrus industry.

Author : Marge Bitetti,Guy Ball
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0738531006

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Early Santa Ana by Marge Bitetti,Guy Ball Pdf

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, purchased just over 74 acres of what was once the Yorba family's Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana to start a new community. This book revisits those formative years that left a rich history in architecture and culture, laying the foundation for today's 350,000 city residents. Santa Ana boasts two historic districts and 20 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Growing with the ranching and citrus industries as well as the transportation routes they spawned, the city also contains 400 locations of historic significance on its own citywide historic register.

Author : Judy Artunian,Mike Oldham
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0738529796

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Palm Springs in Vintage Postcards by Judy Artunian,Mike Oldham Pdf

Palm Springs has been a desert vacation oasis for nearly a century and remains the ultimate posh desert spa in pop culture. Film stars put Palm Springs on the map as a destination for weekend getaways. In the postwar era, it became a centerpiece for golfers and a second home for such Hollywood icons as Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. Over the years, postcards portraying Palm Springs have concentrated on its hotels, spas, golf courses, celebrities, and other aspects that have fed the national reputation of the city and its environs as a playground for the rich and famous.

Author : Guy Ball
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0738570370

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Tustin by Guy Ball Pdf

Tustin's big early loss was in many ways its salvation. Founding father Columbus Tustin's real estate venture in 1868 found few takers, leading to his fervent campaign to make his town the southern terminus for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The depot duel was won by rival settlement Santa Ana, and Tustin City became just another backwater. Columbus Tustin died embittered, but his namesake, which dropped "City" in 1899, prospered as a pretty place with charming homes. Many early homes and downtown commercial buildings still survive, and where apricot, walnut, and orange trees once grew at mid century, comfortable tract homes and residential innovations such as Tustin Meadows and Enderle Gardens maintain the distinct small-town feel through Orange County's postwar freeway sprawl and identity loss. Tustin's past also included a wild and ramshackle quicksilver mine at Red Hill and two of the world's largest wooden structures--the Lighter-Than-Air (LTA or blimp) hangars--at Marine Corps Air Station Tustin.

Author : Marlin L. Heckman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0738508764

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Santa Barbara: American Riviera, CA by Marlin L. Heckman Pdf

From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture. These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history. This fascinating history of Santa Barbara, California, showcases more than 200 of the best vintage postcards available.

Author : Christopher S. Clay
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0738519820

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Minneapolis and St. Paul in Vintage Postcards by Christopher S. Clay Pdf

During the first half of the 20th century, communication by postcard was an inexpensive and popular means of exchanging travel stories, news, and gossip across the United States. The postcard, for just a few cents, connected friends and loved-ones separated by hundreds of miles. Today, we treasure these little correspondences of yesteryear as unique glimpses into the long-lost places of a long-gone era. Minneapolis and St. Paul in Vintage Postcards captures this historic era of Minnesota's "twin cities" through 200 classic postcard images. Inside will be found views of St. Paul's Hotel Ryan, providing a rare glimpse into a once-famous landmark that no longer stands. A picture of a solitary 1911 automobile traveling along Minneapolis' popular Lake Calhoun Drive will remind us of how one may have gone to-and-fro at the start of the last century. And the scene of a well-dressed Minnesota family at Minnehaha Falls shows us that this site was as popular among tourists in 1908, when the image was taken, as it is today.

Author : Marlin L. Heckman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439630280

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Santa Monica in Vintage Postcards by Marlin L. Heckman Pdf

Santa Monica was founded in 1875 and by 1887, the area was caught up in the real estate frenzy of the time with advertisements suggesting that it had "one of the grandest panoramic views the human eye has ever rested on . . . " In over 200 vintage postcards, here is Santa Monica in all its coastal splendor, including views of the bathing beaches, the Roosevelt Highway, and private citizens' beautiful Chinese Gardens.

Author : Bob Voliva,Kay Voliva
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999-10-12
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781439627112

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Santa Rosa, California in Vintage Postcards by Bob Voliva,Kay Voliva Pdf

From the first Rose Carnival in 1864, to the Great Earthquake in 1906, and the building of Highway 101, this book documents the history of Santa Rosa, illuminated in over 200 vintage postcards. Included are postcards of Luther Burbank, horticulturalist and local hero, as well as many views of Fourth Street as it changed and grew with the town.

Author : John E. Jacob,Jason Rhodes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0738513725

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Somerset County in Vintage Postcards by John E. Jacob,Jason Rhodes Pdf

When Somerset County, named in honor of Lord Baltimore's sister Lady Mary Somerset, was first established by the Colony of Maryland in 1666, it encompassed more than 16,000 square miles on the Eastern Shore, including what are today's Worcester and Wicomico Counties and part of lower Delaware. By the end of the 18th century, the county, much smaller in geography by then, had become home to more than 15,000 residents. Communities such as Crisfield, Deal Island, Princess Anne, Smith Island, and others have thrived since that time, with the industries of agriculture, seafood, and tourism sustaining the hardworking and spirited residents who have made their home in this county by the Chesapeake Bay.

Author : Christy Little,Jeff Little
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0738518174

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Parkersburg in Vintage Postcards by Christy Little,Jeff Little Pdf

Historically, ParkersburgA[a¬a[s rapid development can be attributed to its position at the junction of the Ohio and Little Kanawha Rivers. Steamboats and, later, rail transportation sealed the areaA[a¬a[s destiny as a successful community. In 1896, Parkersburg resident Gustavus Edward Smith produced images of Parkersburg on a newly developing novelty, the picture postcard. The first in West Virginia, these picture postcards were created two years before the cards were even legally recognized by the United States Postal Service. At the turn of the 20th century, as citizens were enjoying ParkersburgA[a¬a[s business, political, and social atmosphere, the postcards industry was thriving on the publicA[a¬a[s demand for likenesses of interesting buildings, streets, parks, events, and even disasters.

Author : Farcountry Press
Publisher : Farcountry Press
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1560373946

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Post Cards from Glacier National Park: A Vintage Post Card Book by Farcountry Press Pdf

Author : Marlin L. Heckman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738508108

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Santa Catalina Island in Vintage Postcards by Marlin L. Heckman Pdf

Throughout the years, the 76-square-mile island of Santa Catalina has hosted Native-American tribes, European sailors, American tourists, and even the Chicago Cubs. The island has survived both ecologically and culturally, resisting the temptation of becoming a Coney Island of Los Angeles. Through the work of its residents along with chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr., Santa Catalina Island is as beautiful today as it was when it was discovered in 1542.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0738530549

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Orange County by Anonim Pdf

The formerly wide-open space southeast of Los Angeles blossomed from cattle ranches into a center of citrus production by the early 20th century. Orange County separated from Los Angeles County in 1889; soon Anaheim and Santa Ana changed from farming communities to major cities while coastal communities grew beyond anyone's imagination. One of the most populous counties in the United States today, Orange County began in the mid-20th century to evolve from its bedroom-community status to become an urban-suburban region with its own identity. This collection of vintage postcards follows the county's diverse development, illustrating such spots as Disneyland and the area's world-renowned beaches, as well as remembering the pastoral origins, industries, unique buildings, and cityscapes that have added dimension to its history.

Author : Randall Gabrielan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0752413643

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Jersey City in Vintage Postcards by Randall Gabrielan Pdf