Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs

Los Angeles: A Guide to the City and Its Environs
ISBN-10
1623760534
ISBN-13
9781623760533
Series
Los Angeles
Pages
433
Language
English
Published
1941
Publisher
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Author
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Federal Writers Project of the Work Progress Administration ; introduction by David Kipen.

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