LOS ANGELES: A GUIDE TO THE CITY AND ITS ENVIRONS

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

LOS ANGELES: A GUIDE TO THE CITY AND ITS ENVIRONS

Entry/Object ID

94.26.1.6

Description

LOS ANGELES: A GUIDE TO THE CITY AND ITS ENVIRONS Book - "Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and its Environs" by the Southern California Writers' Project (New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1941), 433 pp. A gold hardcover book with burgundy cover lettering and spine print. The work is a guide to places of interest in southern California, prepared by the Southern California Writers' Project, a program administered by the Works Progress Administration. Among the listings is the Workman Homestead. There are several photographs and two maps. The book is in good condition with discoloration and minor binding separation. There is a book pocket on the fly leaf from the museum's research library, In dark ink on the title page is "Louise G. Tennyson/ 1941". The museum's research library stamp is on the book edges and title page.

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Documentary Artifact, Books, Hastings House Publishers, Southern California Writers Project, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Description and travel, San Gabriel River Valley (Calif.)--Description and travel, Voyages and travels--Guidebooks--Los Angeles (Calif.)

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Books