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Victorian Los Angeles : from Pio Pico to Angels Flight
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Epting, Charles, Author.
- Series:
- Brief History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture, Victorian--California--Los Angeles.
- Architecture, Victorian.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--19th century.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- California--Los Angeles.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (127 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] The History Press 2015
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Before the oil boom and rise of Hollywood brought today's renowned landmarks to downtown Los Angeles, an entirely different and often forgotten high Victorian city existed. Prior to Union Station, there was the impressive Romanesque Arcade Station of the Southern Pacific line in the 1880s. Before UCLA, the Gothic Revival State Normal School stood in place of today's Los Angeles Public Library. Elsewhere the city held Victorian pleasure gardens, amusement piers and even an ostrich farm, all lost to time and the rapid modernization of a new century. Local author Charles Epting reveals Los Angeles's unknown past at the turn of the twentieth century through the prominent citizens, events and major architectural styles that propelled the growth of a nascent city.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. The Early Victorian Era, 1837-1848
- Chapter 2. Independence and Incorporation, 1849-1869
- Chapter 3. Development of the City, 1870-1884
- Chapter 4. Height of the Victorian Era, 1885-1901
- Chapter 5. Around the County
- Chapter 6. Victorian Attractions
- Chapter 7. Traces of Victorian Los Angeles: Neighborhoods and Homes
- Chapter 8. Traces of Victorian Los Angeles: Downtown
- Chapter 9. Traces of Victorian Los Angeles: Historic Parks
- Chapter 10. A Brief Tour of Downtown Victorian Los Angeles
- Epilogue. The End of Victorian Los Angeles
- Further Reading
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781625851437
- 162585143X
- OCLC:
- 947153534
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