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Growth of Los Angeles and its booming era in 1922
A California letter from May 1922 discusses Los Angeles rapid growth, booming harbor trade, and construction. It cites four million dollars in April home permits, harbor commerce surging 130 percent since 1915, and coastwise plus Panama trade shaping the city’s economy. It notes ambitious school expansion, new churches, a million dollar theater, and local civic life including Inglewood disturbances and baseball development with major league ties.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Geo. A. Nichols
Estherville
Iowa
Southern California
Minneapolis Tribune
Minnneapolis
Wisconsin
Pacific
California
Great East
First National Bank of
Los Angeles Harbor
Listonloc
Panama Canal
Orient
Los Angles
Far East
Mexico
Central
South America
China
Japan
British
Australia
Philippines
Dutch
French East Indies
Siberian
Russia
United States
Europe
North America
Los Angeles County
Imperial Valley
Minneapolis
Dorsey
America
Walter Crowell
Mary Louise Hotel
Black Shop
J. B. Binford
G. W. Adams
Nettie M. Cass
F. H. Richmond
John Ingleby
G. E. Delevan
Joe Hardy
Chauncy Ammon
A. D. Root
Minnie Ammon
F. H. Lamberton
Herman Grant
F. E. Allen
Wilshire Presbyterian Church
Thirdstret
Western Avenue
Congregational
First Methodist Society
5Th
Hill
Inglewood
Klu Klux Klan
Johnny
Ku Klux
Hugh Lawrence
Grant
Lawrence Hart
O. D. Barnum
Vernon
Wrigley
Milionaire
Chicago Cub
Catalina Island
Harbor
Angel
Cub
Chicago
Vernon Tigers
New York Yankees
Seattle
Portland
Sacramento
Oakland
San Francisco
Salt Lake
St. Paul
American Association
Harry A. Williams
Times
Williams
Pittsburgh
George