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The Port of Los Angeles (Images of America: California) Political battles in far-off Washington, D. Phineas Banning and archrival Augustus Timms were among the first to realize the potential of the coastal dent on the map called San Pedro Bay in the 1850s
| Title | : | The Port of Los Angeles (Images of America: California) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (344 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 0738556092 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2008-02-18 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
The epic of the Port of Los Angeles was initiated more than 150 years ago by a handful of visionaries and entrepreneurs who exploited both fortunate and outrageous circumstances to transform a tidal mudflat into the world’s largest man-made harbor. Phineas Banning and archrival Augustus Timms were among the first to realize the potential of the coastal dent on the map called San Pedro Bay in the 1850s. The bay’s namesake village expanded from a backwater loading point for raw cattle hides to a deepwater harbor rivaling and eventually surpassing San Francisco as the busiest port on the U.S. Pacific coast, and would later become the nation’s largest container port. Political battles in far-off Washington, D.C., economic booms and depressions, world wars, and billions of tons of cargo and material later, the Port of Los Angeles remains America’s premier revolving door for trade with markets around the world.
Business editor and author Michael D. White collected these vintage photographs from many sources, including the archives of the Port of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Times, as well as his own extensive collection, to relate the story of this world-class superport. Many of these historic and evocative photographs have never before been published.
Some photos were gifted, others are from negatives and if it neither of those options were available to him then pictures of the pictures were taken – whatever it took to preserve that history – all in one place.
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Many of these pict
I did receive a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.. NO, save your hard earned $$ on this one folks and Amazon, shame on you for affiliating with this BS artist. This book tells your story in so many ways. This book is an excellent historical record of a unique airport, which is located in the middle of a large city. These two women along with one hundred and fifty other astronauts, scientists and engineers are vying for the two coveted positions as the first settlers on the red planet. He’ll be very impressed!. There is even a “super rare photo of Ron Aquirre’s ever-evolving X-Sonic Corvette” and a picture of a rare show appearance of Ike Iacono’s orange and black GMC dragster.
Many of these pict
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