Name/Title
"SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOURIST," SEPTEMBER 1928Entry/Object ID
99.34.1.2Description
Color: Green; Red; White
Southern California Tourist, Vol. 3, No. 9 (September 1928), published by the Southern California Tourist Information Bureau. The monthly has a cover with a red background; the title at the top superimposed over an image of the southern part of the state; a drawing of a mission-like tower, palm trees, a brick path, flowers and snow-covered mountains; a square panel with a photograph of a woman in a farm costume next to a cow with the words "All Ready for the Big Show; and the words "GREATER LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR, POMONA, SEPTEMBER 18 TO 23, INCLUSIVE" at the bottom. A stamp in purple ink at the top within the state image reads "AMERICAN EXPRESS / TRAVEL BUREAU / Bullock's . . ." The back cover has an advertisement from the Frank Meline Co., real estate developer, listing their fourteen offices and sixteen subdivisions. Articles are on the seventh Los Angeles County Fair, including a program; the city of Pomona; "Los Angeles Today," covering the city and county; listings of tours provided by the Southern California Tourist Information Bureau; Del Mar; a list of Los Angeles theatres; Los Angeles parks and museums; Catalina Island; beaches and beach cities and communities; Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties; California missions; a schedule of airplane flights in California and the West; and a list of golf courses. There are many commercial advertisements and photographs. There is some cover wear and some red-colored material adhered on the left side of the back, but the item is in good condition.Lexicon
Search Terms
Two-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), Frank Meline Co., Southern California Tourist Information Bureau, Advertising--Tourist trade, Agricultural exhibitions--Los Angeles County (Calif.), Tourist trade--California, Southern, Leisure--Los Angeles County (Calif.)Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)