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From the first known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most recent sweeping vistas this photographic tribute to the City of Angels provides a fascinating journey through the city’s cultural political industrial and sociological history. It traces the city’s development from the 1880s real estate boom through the early days of Hollywood and the urban sprawl of the late 20th century right up to the present day. With over 500 images L.A. is shown emerging from a desert wasteland to become a vast palm-studded urban metropolis.Events that made world news–including two Olympics Bobby Kennedy’s assassination and the Rodney King riots–reveal a city of many dimensions. The entertainment capital of the world Hollywood and its celebrities are showcased along with many other notable residents personalities architects artists and musicians. The city’s pop cultural movements its music surfing health food fads gangs and hot rods are included as are its notorious crimes and criminals. This book depicts Los Angeles in all its glory and grit via hundreds of freshly discovered images including those of Julius Shulman Garry Winogrand William Claxton and many other superb photographers culled from major historical archives museums private collectors and universities. These are given context and resonance through essays by renowned California historian Kevin Starr and Los Angeles literature expert David L.Rise and Sprawl: How Los Angeles Came To Be
A pictorial history of the City of Angels
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