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Corporate Author Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California.

Title San Francisco in the 1930s : the WPA Guide to the City by the Bay / Federal Writers Project of the Work Projects Administration ; introduction by David Kipen.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 531 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note Originally published: New York : Hastings House, 1940, as part of the American guide series. Title of rev. 2d ed. (1947) was: San Francisco, the bay and its cities.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-504) and index.
Contents pt. 1. Gateway to the west -- pt. 2. "The city" -- pt. 3. Around the world in San Francisco -- pt. 4. Around the Bay -- pt. 5. Appendices.
Summary This Depression-era guide to San Francisco relates the city's history from the vantage point of the 1930s, describing its culture and highlighting the important tourist attractions of the time.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject San Francisco (Calif.) -- Guidebooks.
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Guidebooks.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
Added Author Kipen, David.
Added Title San Francisco, the bay and its cities.
American guide series.
Other Form: Print version: Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Northern California. San Francisco in the 1930s. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520268807 (DLC) 2010940090 (OCoLC)668191541
ISBN 9780520948877 (electronic book)
0520948874 (electronic book)
9780520268807
0520268806