Name/Title
HISTORY OF WHITTIEREntry/Object ID
98.33.1.1Description
Color: Blue
"History of Whittier" by Benjamin F. Arnold and Artilissa Dorland Clark, eds. (Whittier: Western Publishing Corporation, 1933), 393 pp. A hardbound book, without dustjacket, with a blue cover and the title in gold lettering on the spine and upper front cover. In the frontispiece is a photograph and identification line of pioneers of the founding of the town in 1893, followed by photographs of the editors. The contents are divided in the following manner with each subject comprised of articles by several authors: general town history; churches; fraternities; civic-business life; veterans and veteran aid societies; clubs and associations; and a miscellaneous story section, which includes an alphabetical index. There are many black and white photographs of local homes, sites, and personages. Though there is some wear on the top and bottom of the spine and minor fading of the lettering on the cover and spine, the book is in good condition.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, Western Printing Corporation, Whittier (Calif.)--History