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Images of America, Portuguese Community of San Diego
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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In a century’s time, Portuguese explorers had discovered two-thirds of the world. In 1542, Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho uncovered the west coast of America when he sailed into a large bay sheltered by a beautiful peninsula that would someday be known as Point Loma. By the 20th century, a small group of Portuguese imm...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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In a century’s time, Portuguese explorers had discovered two-thirds of the world. In 1542, Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho uncovered the west coast of America when he sailed into a large bay sheltered by a beautiful peninsula that would someday be known as Point Loma. By the 20th century, a small group of Portuguese immigrants had settled in the La Playa area in pursuit of a life on the sea. They brought their unique traditions and folklore customs, bu...
In a century’s time, Portuguese explorers had discovered two-thirds of the world. In 1542, Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho uncovered the west coast of America when he sailed into a large bay sheltered by a beautiful peninsula that would someday be known as Point Loma. By the 20th century, a small group of Portuguese immigrants had settled in the La Playa area in pursuit of a life on the sea. They brought their unique traditions and folklore customs, built churches and halls, and celebrated with Holy Spirit Festas in the streets of their new homeland. Today 19,717 make up San Diego’s Portuguese community, where many of them still live in Point Loma.
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American History
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Book
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
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Copyright © 2009 by the Portuguese Historical Center with Donna Alves-Calhoun
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Images of America, The Port of Los Angeles
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 128 page(s),
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The epic of the Port of Los Angeles was initiated more than 150 years ago by a handful of visionaries and entrepreneurs who exploited both fortunate and outrageous circumstances to transform a tidal mudflat into the world’s largest man-made harbor. Phineas Banning and archrival Augustus Timms were among the firs...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 128 page(s),
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The epic of the Port of Los Angeles was initiated more than 150 years ago by a handful of visionaries and entrepreneurs who exploited both fortunate and outrageous circumstances to transform a tidal mudflat into the world’s largest man-made harbor. Phineas Banning and archrival Augustus Timms were among the first to realize the potential of the coastal dent on the map called San Pedro Bay in the 1850s. The bay’s namesake village expanded from...
The epic of the Port of Los Angeles was initiated more than 150 years ago by a handful of visionaries and entrepreneurs who exploited both fortunate and outrageous circumstances to transform a tidal mudflat into the world’s largest man-made harbor. Phineas Banning and archrival Augustus Timms were among the first to realize the potential of the coastal dent on the map called San Pedro Bay in the 1850s. The bay’s namesake village expanded from a backwater loading point for raw cattle hides to a deepwater harbor rivaling and eventually surpassing San Francisco as the busiest port on the U.S. Pacific coast, and would later become the nation’s largest container port. Political battles in far-off Washington, D.C., economic booms and depressions, world wars, and billions of tons of cargo and material later, the Port of Los Angeles remains America’s premier revolving door for trade with markets around the world.
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Field of Study
American History
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Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Seaports
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Copyright © 2008 by Michael D. White
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Photograph of a fishing trawler
in Records of the U.S. Food Administration, 1917-1920 (RG4). Records of Headquarters 1917-20 (RG4.2). Photographs of Food Conservation Activities, 1917-1919 (RG4-G), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (Box 4, Folder 4-G-32 U.S. - Food Production & Methods, Folder 1), Underwood & Underwood , 3 page(s)
Photo with caption: A great food fleet to help Hoover.
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in Records of the U.S. Food Administration, 1917-1920 (RG4). Records of Headquarters 1917-20 (RG4.2). Photographs of Food Conservation Activities, 1917-1919 (RG4-G), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (Box 4, Folder 4-G-32 U.S. - Food Production & Methods, Folder 1), Underwood & Underwood , 3 page(s)
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Photo with caption: A great food fleet to help Hoover.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Photograph
Author / Creator
Underwood & Underwood
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Boats and ships, Fisheries, Wartime economy, Food supply, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928)
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Photograph of fisherman holding up a fish called Kaiser
in Records of the U.S. Food Administration, 1917-1920 (RG4). Records of Headquarters 1917-20 (RG4.2). Photographs of Food Conservation Activities, 1917-1919 (RG4-G), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (Box 4, Folder 4-G-32 U.S. - Food Production & Methods, Folder 1), Underwood & Underwood , 3 page(s)
Photo with caption: A great food fleet to help Hoover.
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in Records of the U.S. Food Administration, 1917-1920 (RG4). Records of Headquarters 1917-20 (RG4.2). Photographs of Food Conservation Activities, 1917-1919 (RG4-G), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (Box 4, Folder 4-G-32 U.S. - Food Production & Methods, Folder 1), Underwood & Underwood , 3 page(s)
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Photo with caption: A great food fleet to help Hoover.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Photograph
Author / Creator
Underwood & Underwood
Topic / Theme
Boats and ships, Fisheries, Food supply, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928)
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Postcard History, Seattle
in Postcard History (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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The Puget Sound region was inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years before settlers arrived. After initially landing at Alki Beach in West Seattle, the Denny Party established a settlement on the eastern shores of Elliott Bay in 1852. For years, the cultural and commercial life centered around Yesler's...
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in Postcard History (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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The Puget Sound region was inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years before settlers arrived. After initially landing at Alki Beach in West Seattle, the Denny Party established a settlement on the eastern shores of Elliott Bay in 1852. For years, the cultural and commercial life centered around Yesler's Wharf and Sawmill. The city grew rapidly following the 1870s after the discovery of coal in the Cascade foothills. The entire commerci...
The Puget Sound region was inhabited by Native Americans for thousands of years before settlers arrived. After initially landing at Alki Beach in West Seattle, the Denny Party established a settlement on the eastern shores of Elliott Bay in 1852. For years, the cultural and commercial life centered around Yesler's Wharf and Sawmill. The city grew rapidly following the 1870s after the discovery of coal in the Cascade foothills. The entire commercial district was incinerated in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, but it was quickly rebuilt out of enduring brick and stone. The city stumbled economically following the Panic of 1893, but it recovered after the Klondike Gold Rush began in 1897. By the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle was the undisputed leader in the Pacific Northwest.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Postcard History
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Copyright © 2010 by Mark Sundquist
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