Port of Los Angeles
Subtitle: an illustrated history from 1850 to 1945
By: by Ernest Marquez and Veronique De Turenne ; foreword by Geraldine Knatz.
Contributors: De Turenne, Veronique.
Publisher: Angel City Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Monica, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781883318789
Subjects: Harbors -- California -- Los Angeles -- History; Harbors -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: "On December 9, 1907, the Los Angeles City Council created the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Communication era, marking the official founding of the Port of los Angeles. From then on the Port bustled with longshore men, commercial fishermen, cannery workers, ship-builders and ships, ships, and more ships. Port of Los Angeles is filled with more than 275 vintage images that show a Port succeeding beyond the wildest dreams of its founders."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.