Palm Springs Holiday

A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Saltan Sea

Peter Moruzzi

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Gibbs M. Smith Inc
15 September 2009

Nostalgia: general; Places in old photographs

This is the story of Palm Springs in its golden years, a city that had it all, including marvelous midcentury Modern architecture, fabulous fly-in hotels, and a swinging nightlife.

Through vintage photographs, postcards, and other ephemera, Palm Springs Holiday recalls the Palm Springs area from the 1910s through the 1960s, where people vacationed in the desert, dined, danced, and lounged poolside. Features vintage images of the Coachella Valley and shots of the area’s famous hotels and gambling dens.

By: Peter Moruzzi
Imprint: Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 254mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 970g
ISBN: 9781423604761
ISBN 10: 1423604768
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 15 September 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 8 Early History 11 The Original Hotels 17 Arrival of the Spanish Style 33 The Desert''s Gambling Dens 39 The Postwar Tourist Boom 45 Shopping! 65 The Palm Springs Hotel Explosion 75 Desert Dining 95 The Chi Chi and The Doll House 101 Desert Modern 109 Palm Springs Aerial Tramway 121 Going Down Valley 127

Peter Moruzzi is the author of Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground. An architectural historian by profession, he is an acknowledged expert on midcentury Modern architecture and design. He is the founding president of the Palm Springs Modern Committee, an organization dedicated to preserving modern architecture and historic neighborhoods in the Coachella Valley. He lives in Los Angeles and Palm Springs.