Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Salton Sea
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (569 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1423604768 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Beautiful book of history having lived in Palm Springs for Patrick Beautiful book of history having lived in Palm Springs for 12 years during the 80's and early 90's I remember seeing many left overs of these items and the beautiful department stores that Palm Springs once enjoyed like Saks, I. Magnin, Robinson's and Bullocks Wilshire. I learned new information and its a treasured part of my library collection, and is on my coffee t. J. Paulsonn said Do not buy the Kindle edition. This is a fun book, but do not buy the Kindle edition. Pages are chopped up in weird ways, and illustrations are not kept together with the descriptions. It's just a mess. When in PS, I saw a copy in a book store and it's much much easier to appreciate on paper. Some books just weren't made for Kindle.. M. Thakery said Approachable for any level of interest.. My copy of Peter Moruzzi's last gem just arrived and come September I'll have a complete set!!While more moderate in scope than his book "Havana", a bible for those interested in the socio-political construct that was Havana before the Cuvan Revolution, "Palm Springs Holiday" offers the subject matter the same in-depth treatment, absolutely saturating the reader in t
Peter Moruzzi graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and later attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. In 1999, he founded the Palm Springs Modern Committee (PS ModCom), an architectural preservation group. He is the author of Palm Springs Holiday, Palm Springs Paradise, and Havana Before Castro.
. 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
From the Back Cover This is the story of Palm Springs in its golden years, a city that had it all, including fabulous fly-in hotels, marvelous midcentury Modern architecture, Hollywood stars and starlets, and a swinging nightlife. Come take a trip to Paradise! . Through vintage photographs and postcards, Palm Springs Holiday recalls this famous vacation resort from the beginning of the twentieth century through the 1960s