
Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Saltan Sea
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Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Saltan Sea
by Moruzzi, Peter | HC | Good
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- État
- Bon état
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 2 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781423604761
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Gibbs Smith, Publisher
ISBN-10
1423604768
ISBN-13
9781423604761
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71793575
Product Key Features
Book Title
Palm Springs Holiday : a Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Saltan Sea
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa), Customs & Traditions
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
34.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
10 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-000539
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
979.4/97
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 8 Early History 11 The Original Hotels 17 Arrival of the Spanish Style 33 The Desert''s Gambling Dens 39 The Postwar Tourist Boom 45 Shopping! 65 The Palm Springs Hotel Explosion 75 Desert Dining 95 The Chi Chi and The Doll House 101 Desert Modern 109 Palm Springs Aerial Tramway 121 Going Down Valley 127
Synopsis
This is the story of Palm Springs in its golden years, a city that had it all, including marvelous midcentury Modern architecture, fabulous fly-in hotels, and a swinging nightlife. Through vintage photographs, postcards, and other ephemera, Palm Springs Holiday recalls the Palm Springs area from the 1910s through the 1960s, where people vacationed in the desert, dined, danced, and lounged poolside. Features vintage images of the Coachella Valley and shots of the area's famous hotels and gambling dens. Peter Moruzzi is the author of Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground. An architectural historian by profession, he is an acknowledged expert on midcentury Modern architecture and design. He is the founding president of the Palm Springs Modern Committee, an organization dedicated to preserving modern architecture and historic neighborhoods in the Coachella Valley. He lives in Los Angeles and Palm Springs., This is the story of Palm Springs in its golden years, a city that had it all, including marvellous midcentury Modern architecture, fabulous fly-in hotels, and a swinging nightlife. Through vintage photographs, postcards, and other ephemera, "Palm Springs Holiday" recalls the Palm Springs area from the 1910s through the 1960s, where people vacationed in the desert, dined, danced, and lounged poolside. This book features vintage images of the Coachella Valley and shots of the area's famous hotels and gambling dens., This is the story of Palm Springs in its golden years, a city that had it all, including marvelous midcentury Modern architecture, fabulous fly-in hotels, and a swinging nightlife. Through vintage photographs, postcards, and other ephemera, Palm Springs Holiday recalls the Palm Springs area from the 1910s through the 1960s, where people vacationed in the desert, dined, danced, and lounged poolside. Features vintage images of the Coachella Valley and shots of the area's famous hotels and gambling dens.
LC Classification Number
F869.P18M476 2009
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