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Palm Springs Holiday : A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Saltan Sea by Peter Moruzzi (2009, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGibbs Smith, Publisher
ISBN-101423604768
ISBN-139781423604761
eBay Product ID (ePID)71793575
Product Key Features
Book TitlePalm Springs Holiday : a Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Saltan Sea
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa), Customs & Traditions
Publication Year2009
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Social Science, History
AuthorPeter Moruzzi
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight34.3 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width10 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-000539
Dewey Edition22
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal979.4/97
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments 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
SynopsisThis 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 NumberF869.P18M476 2009
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