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5 dni temu · Los Angeles was very much a white-dominated town in the 1930s. Housing and public facilities were segregated, and job discrimination was widespread. The Great Depression caused high unemployment in the region and exhausted the resources of private and public assistance.
Step back in time and experience the bustling metropolis of Los Angeles in the 1930s. Despite the economic hardships of the Great Depression, the city saw significant growth and development, with iconic landmarks such as the Griffith Observatory and Hollywood Sign being built.
Eight square leagues—443 square miles—comprised the gift of Pedro Fages, fourth Spanish governor of California, to Jose Maria Verdugo, in token of the friendship of a captain for one of his privates on the Portola expedition of 1769 (see The Historic Background).
21 mar 2011 · Los Angeles in the 1930s, a time traveler's guide. By Kevin Roderick | March 21, 2011 6:16 PM. My favorite new Los Angeles book — the one I took driving with me on Saturday — is a guidebook from the distant past.
5 kwi 2011 · Many books in one, Los Angeles in the 1930s is both a genial guide and an addictively readable history, revisiting the Spanish colonial period, the Mexican period, the brief California Republic, and finally American sovereignty.
13 paź 2016 · A new collection of photos available in the Digital Collections of the California Historical Society offers an amazing look at Los Angeles and Angelenos during the days of the Great...
4 maj 2011 · These whose haunting visions suggest the city we know today and illuminate the booms and busts that marked L.A. 's past and continue to shape its future. Keywords: Depression, Los Angeles, Raymond Chandler, Nathaniel West, Spanish colonial period, Mexican period, California Republic, American sovereignty.
