Photograph album documenting life in the Los Angeles area during World War I. by Unknown compiler - 1919
by Unknown compiler
Photograph album documenting life in the Los Angeles area during World War I.
by Unknown compiler
- Used
- very good
The photographs in this album are all related to well-to-do an extended family apparently living in Los Angeles County and probably affiliated with the Long Beach shipbuilding industry. Images include:
12 shipyard, ship construction, and launching photos (the Craig Ship Building Company at Long Beach, the Long Beach Ship Company, and possibly the Southwestern Ship Building Company on Terminal Island),
7 Naval base and warship photos from San Pedro, Long Beach, or both,
7 photos of what looks like the Santa Fe Railyard at Long Beach,
6 Rose Parade photos (Long Beach float, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Float, etc.),
6 photos of The Pike at Long Beach (Jack Rabbit Coaster, Bath House, Goat Cart, etc.),
5 photos of San Juan Capistrano including the Junípero Sera statue with the old large cross,
2 photos of an apple orchards and souvenir stand probably at Apple Valley,
2 photos of a military parade including one with a mock-up tank,
A number of street city and town scenes, some with street cars, and Many family photos including automobiles, camping on the beach, children, meals, bicycles, a gramophone, pets, a house with snow, etc.
All in all, a very nice visual record of life in Los Angeles County during World War One.
- Bookseller Kurt A. Sanftleben, LLC (US)
- Format/Binding Album
- Book Condition Used - Very good
- Quantity Available 1
- Place of Publication Mostly Los Angeles County
- Date Published 1919