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- RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
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- HISTORY / United States / General
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Aerial
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Architectural & Industrial
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Celebrations & Events
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
- PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
- RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief
- TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / History
- TRANSPORTATION / Railroads / Pictorial
- TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
- TRAVEL / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
- TRUE CRIME / General
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
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Night Salvage
9781634992442
Regular price $24.99 Sale price $18.74 Save 25%Night Salvage is a nocturnal love letter to three rarely seen collections of junk cars, lost in the deserts of Southern California. Follow the author as he haunts these vehicular graveyards. Even as he paints his scenes with light during the lengthy time exposures, he paints pictures with words as his essays capture the essence of the experience. Drift with him like a ghost through these strange sites: a classic abandoned High Desert junkyard; a TV and movie prop vehicle graveyard; and a little known art project, consisting of thousands of cars, forgotten up a remote canyon. Whether you're a fan of automotive history or creative photography, riding into the night with Troy will be an unforgettably mind-bending journey.
Southern California Wine Country Through Time
9781634991704
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $17.99 Save 25%San Rafael Through Time
9781635000795
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $17.99 Save 25%From 2016 through 2017, Marin County historian and photographer Michelle Kaufman photographed the same views depicted in the 1884 lithographs and researched their history in collaboration with the staff at the Anne T. Kent California Room. Kaufman's modern views of San Rafael are presented alongside their 1884 counterparts.
The Anne T. Kent California Room, located in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, is an archive dedicated to collecting and preserving information on the history and culture of Marin County. The California Room's digital archive can be found at marinlibrary.org/californiaroom.
Pico Boulevard
9781635000863
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $17.99 Save 25%Tourist Railroads of Northern California
9781634993937
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $17.99 Save 25%Abandoned East Bay San Francisco
9781634992718
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $17.99 Save 25%The San Francisco East Bay is home to a large and expanding variety of graffiti artists. In this collection of cities, you can find their expressions and experimentations in secret places that hold surprising bursts of color, pattern, and texture.
This area is centered in two bustling cities: Oakland and Berkeley. These two adjacent cities hold a diverse population of over 500,000 people. But to locals, it also includes tiny Emeryville, which is pocketed in between these two cities; the quaint island city of Alameda, which is a short bridge away from Oakland; San Leandro on the outskirts of Oakland to the South; and the gritty city of Richmond to the north of Berkeley. This geographic area is lovingly called "the East Bay."
Xan Blood Walker resonates strongly with the aesthetic these artists bring to the area. Coming from a background of being a homeless, drug addicted punk rocker in the 80s, she transformed herself into a recovering psychotherapist, art therapist, and photographer. In these hidden spaces, she finds the magic and tragic beauty that was once her world.
San Francisco's Magnificent Streetcars
9781634990011
Regular price $25.95 Sale price $19.46 Save 25%Those successful festivals resulted in rebuilding the streetcar track on Market Street and the establishment of the F streetcar line in 1995 using Presidents' Conference Committee streetcars purchased from Philadelphia and refurbished in a variety of paint schemes that represented cities that once had streetcar service. In addition, the line features vintage Peter Witt streetcars from Milan, Italy; a boat like streetcar from England; and other unique cars. During 2000, the F line was extended to Fisherman's wharf and has become one of the most successful streetcar lines in the United States. This book is a photographic essay of "San Francisco's Magnificent Streetcars" along with its historic cable cars and hill climbing trolley coaches.
Journal Across the Plains, 1852
9781634992732
Regular price $24.99 Sale price $18.74 Save 25%In Journal Across the Plains, 1852: The Brothers Verdenal, Missouri to California, pre-teen brothers John and Dominique Verdenal document the day-to-day events of the El Dorado wagon train traveling between St. Louis, Missouri and Placerville, California in 1852. The brothers endure hardships including being trapped under a wagon by a fierce hail storm that sends cattle and horses scrambling for cover and leaves birds, rabbits and fish dead in its wake. After finding the wolf-chewed remains of a murderer, they uncover his story. Disappointment and disillusion divide their party, reducing the number of wagons in their train by more than half. The trip was not just bland food, adversarial weather and near impassable rivers and mountains. Natural wonders including the colossal Independence Rock and the stone cleft of Devil's Gate broke the monotony of the plains. Rest days allowed for horse races, swimming, and practical jokes, while holidays inspired bonfires, speeches, and violins.
Detailed footnotes as well as numerous illustrations and maps deepen the reader's cross-country experience. An index of fellow travelers and those met on the trail supports genealogical research. Bringing the past to the present, the book follows the brothers and their descendants as they build new lives in California and into the twenty-first century.
Ghost Stories from the San Joaquin Delta
9781634993326
Regular price $24.99 Sale price $18.74 Save 25%Ghost Stories from the San Joaquin Delta provides an introduction to local history through stories that reflect our culture and identity.
Tule fog, railroads, waterways and remote homesteads provide a rich canvas upon which local legends are built. Once home to the wealthiest pioneers in California, few today remember John Marsh. Point of Timber, populist political wars, and ritualistic murders were once known in far eastern Contra Costa County. Truth is stranger than fiction as creation stories, cultural myths, extraordinary deaths, and unsolved mysteries from the California Delta heartland are revealed. You will find hair-raising stories of escaped anaconda snakes, missing wives, lone horsemen, train wrecks, fire and wistful love.
The communities of Brentwood, Byron, Knightsen, Oakley, Discovery Bay, Bethel Island and the Far East Islands were settled by agribusiness pioneers, exported more grain in the 1870s than the entire Mississippi Valley, and welcomed the San Pablo and Tulare railroad--and they were scary! The bandit Joaquin Murrieta stole horses here, ritualistic murders occurred on Jersey Island and Hispanic folklore brought the La Llorna legend to the waterways. Do not forget the ghosts at the Byron Hot Springs! Today, these communities are safe and secure San Francisco Bay Area suburbs. Or are they? Do not underestimate the unexplained apparition of Sarah Norton, the "White Witch," lurking just outside your home.
Santa Cruz Through Time
9781635000917
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $17.99 Save 25%Touching History
9781634993593
Regular price $24.99 Sale price $18.74 Save 25%Abandoned Chinatowns
9781634993616
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $17.99 Save 25%Abandoned and Historic Los Angeles
9781634992558
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $17.99 Save 25%Somewhere between the Hollywood sign and the Pacific Ocean, underneath the palm trees and above the crowded highways, there they are. You may have seen one in your favorite movie, or walked by one a thousand times. They're the landmarks, buildings, storefronts, and vintage signs that are part of what make LA and its surroundings so iconic. Not only can you see the history of Los Angeles, you can see history. Every historic location, abandoned storefront, and vintage sign is a lesson in LA's past.
Among the flickering neon portraits are essays, anecdotes, and stories from artists, writers, actors, and musicians about their own personal LA. Take a journey to the towns, cities, and neighborhoods that define Los Angeles culture, one photo at a time.
Left Behind
9781634992190
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $17.99 Save 25%Hollywood, California, Through Time
9781684730001
Regular price $23.99 Sale price $17.99 Save 25%Hollywood, California, Through Time is a visual discovery of the most dreamed about city in the world. Hollywood is a physical place, with over a century of cinema, where you can still feel the creative energy as soon as you hit the pavement. These original recent color photographs and mostly unseen vintage black-and-white images breathe life into the community that continues to capture the imagination of every individual that has ever sat and marveled at the lights and shadows we call the movies.
Tommy Dangcil, born and raised in Hollywood, has a Bachelor of Arts in radio, television, and film from California State University, Los Angeles, and is currently an I.A.T.S.E. Hollywood Local 728 Studio Electrical Lighting Technician. He has been working on feature films all over the world for the last twenty-seven years. A few of his recent credits include: Ford v Ferrari, Avengers: Endgame, Nightcrawler, HER, and The Master. This is his third book, following Arcadia Publishing's Hollywood: 1900-1950 in Vintage Postcards and Hollywood Studios.