Report of Historical Landmarks Committee of the Native Daughters Golden West
Report of Historical Landmarks Committee of the Native Daughters Golden West

Author: Native Daughters of the Golden West

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781018102580

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Report of Historical Landmarks Committee of the Native Daughters Golden West (Classic Reprint)
Report of Historical Landmarks Committee of the Native Daughters Golden West (Classic Reprint)

Author: Eliza D. Keith

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-24

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9781333347901

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Excerpt from Report of Historical Landmarks Committee of the Native Daughters Golden West To the Officers and Members, Grand Parlor, N. D. G. W., San Francisco, California: deab sisters: It is with feelings of satisfaction and anticipation that your Committee on Historical Landmarks presents this, its first annual report. At the last session of the Grand Parlor, in Sacramento, 1901, a resolution was passed, introduced by Lilly 0. Reichling of Ursula N o. 1, relating to Historical Landmarks, and signed by P. G. P. Belle W. Conrad, and Eliza D. Keith of Alta Parlor, No. 3. The resolu tion called for the appointment of a committee of three, to communicate with the Subordinate Parlors with a view to gaining information regard ing California historical landmarks and relics, and to submit to the next Grand Parlor a plan for utilizing this information, and for taking steps to preserve such historic landmarks and relies. The resolution also expressed the desire of the Grand Parlor to cc-operate with persons, and with societies engaged in historical research. It also. Invoked the aid of the press. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

California Vieja
California Vieja

Author: Phoebe S. Kropp

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0520931653

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The characteristic look of Southern California, with its red-tiled roofs, stucco homes, and Spanish street names suggests an enduring fascination with the region’s Spanish-Mexican past. In this engaging study, Phoebe S. Kropp reveals that the origins of this aesthetic were not solely rooted in the Spanish colonial period, but arose in the early twentieth century, when Anglo residents recast the days of missions and ranchos as an idyllic golden age of pious padres, placid Indians, dashing caballeros and sultry senoritas. Four richly detailed case studies uncover the efforts of Anglo boosters and examine the responses of Mexican and Indian people in the construction of places that gave shape to this cultural memory: El Camino Real, a tourist highway following the old route of missionaries; San Diego’s world’s fair, the Panama-California Exposition; the architecturally- and racially-restricted suburban hamlet Rancho Santa Fe; and Olvera Street, an ersatz Mexican marketplace in the heart of Los Angeles. California Vieja is a compelling demonstration of how memory can be more than nostalgia. In Southern California, the Spanish past became a catalyst for the development of the region’s built environment and public culture, and a civic narrative that still serves to marginalize Mexican and Indian residents.