Description

Windsor Publications [Published Date: 1990]. Issued in cooperation with the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. Hard cover. 128 pp ; Illustrated throughout with black and white historical photographs, facsimile headlines, and documents. Very Good/ NO dust jacket. Glossy white and pastel colored paper over boards have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Includes index, bibliography, and photo credits. Documents the development of the San Pedro Bay area - encompassing Long Beach, San Pedro, and Wilmington - from its earliest settlement through 1989. Traces the region's transformation from Spanish land grants and ranchos to a vital shipping, naval, and industrial center. Includes contemporary newspaper-style headlines, archival photographs, and local stories highlighting the area's commercial milestones, labor history, military shipyards, and social changes, including the Japanese-American fishing community on Terminal Island. Contents include: Exploration and Settlement: 1542 - 1850; Cities and Ports: 1850s - 1900; Growth and Development: 1901 - 1925; Triumph and Tragedy: 1928 - 1945; Peace and Prosperity: 1946 - 1967; Endings and Beginnings: 1970s - 1989; Chronicles of Enterprise: 1896 - 1989.