| Description |
287 pages illustrations (some color), maps, portraits 29 cm. |
| Series |
A Sunset pictorial |
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Sunset pictorial.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-287). |
| Contents |
Beginnings of a boom town. 1542 to 1776: a frontier ripe for conquest -- 1776 to 1825: the mission and the military -- 1825 to 1848: Yankees are a wonderful people -- 1848 to 1906: a time of wealth, a day of destruction -- Portarit of an exuberant city. What makes San Francisco what it is: hills fog, and people -- There is on one San Francisco: cities within a city -- Individualtiy in a cultural melting pot: a pride in ethnic distinctions -- How to live on the tip of a peninsula: places people call home -- Centers of power: turning the wheels of comerce -- All part of the good life: a special respect for culture -- A city that knows how to relax: the time and the place to play -- Secret of the city's charm: creating new vitality from old forms -- They said it couldn't be done: the dynamics of enterprise -- Growth, and changing needs. New ideas and old views: the old town comes back -- Highlights in the life of San Francisco -- Where did that name come from? -- Historical landmarks of the Bay area. |
| Subject |
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
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California -- San Francisco.
(OCoLC)fst01204481
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Illustrated works.
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| Added Author |
McDowell, Jack, editor.
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| Added Title |
Sunset.
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| ISBN |
0376056711 |
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9780376056719 |
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