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A DAUGHTER OF THE SNOWS: "The Story of the Great San Fernando Valley"
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Small octavo (7 3/4 by 4 1/4 inches) Published by the Lankershim Branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles, 1923, written by the Publicity Department, Lankershim Branch, Security Trust & Savings Bank. Second Edition. 56 page stapled promotional booklet in decorative stiff wrappers, illustrated with black and white vintage photographs of scenery, portraits, prominent landmarks, and other historical images, a map, and "A Bird's-eye View of the Great San Fernando Valley;" plus descriptive text. Very good condition.
Sections on the Aqueduct, the Mission, the first California gold rush, Pio Pico, Lopez Station, Lankershim, wheat, and many other topics.
"The City as well as its Valley might well be called 'A Daughter of the Snows,' for the extraordinary community which stretches from hills to sea could not exist but for the delivery at its doors of the icy, life-giving waters from the great white flanks of the distant Sierras."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Caravan Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1097
- Title
- A DAUGHTER OF THE SNOWS
- Format/Binding
- Stiff Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Published by the Lankershim Branch of the Security Trust & Savings Bank of Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- San Fernando Valley
- Bookseller catalogs
- California and the West; Old and Rare; Los Angeles and Southern California; Ephemera; Promotional; Southern California; Southern California Business; California Local History; California Business; Souvenir Booklet; Western Americana; Antiquarian; Security Trust and Savings Bank Publication; San Fernando Valley;
Terms of Sale
Caravan Book Store
Prices are net. All items subject to prior sale. Postage in most cases will be under $8 but can vary by weight and distance. California sales tax is 9.50%. Returns accepted with prior notice within 5 days of receipt at original purchase price, provided item is in same condition as received. Payment by credit card, PayPal (caravanbookstore@yahoo.com), or check drawn on U.S. funds.
About the Seller
Caravan Book Store
Biblio member since 2019
Los Angeles, California
About Caravan Book Store
For more than 65 years, we have specialized in rare and out of print books on the Western experience, satisfying a vast and varied clientele. Our focus is on early California and Los Angeles, represented by books, ephemera, paintings, and prints. Fine press, printing history, literature, gastronomy, aviation, railroads, and voyages are also available. Our store opened in downtown Los Angeles in 1954, and is now closed; but we are still available by phone, regular mail, and email. We issue occasional catalogs online.
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