Palm Springs Holiday |  | Author: Peter Moruzzi
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 96,942
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1423604768
Dewey Decimal Number: 979.497
EAN: 9781423604761
ASIN: 1423604768
Publication Date: September 1, 2009
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Product Description
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.
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 Fun Look Back November 5, 2009
Tom Dolle (New York, NY USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Peter's book is fun and breezy, showing lots of great ephemera from Palm Spring's glittery past. The mid-century vibe is more on the kitschy side than the serious Julius Shulman-photographed books on the superb architecture in the area. It shows how middle class vacationers of the 50s got a taste of desert high style and a glimpse of Hollywood glamour. Sure to be a Palm Springs classic!
The Best Palm Springs Coffee Table Book November 5, 2009
Soul Meets Body (Portland, OR United States)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is an amazing overview of Palm Springs' history and its start as a vacation getaway. Lots of cool old colorful images from the 50s & 60s of the original motels, hotels and restaurants. He covers a little bit of history of the surrounding areas as well, like Palm Desert, Rancho La Quinta and the Salton Sea. Such a fun and awesome coffee table book for everyone to own if you live in Palm Springs or have a second home there!
WHEN HOT WAS COOL February 9, 2010
gail powers (Harbor Country, Mi,N. Naples, FL, Chicago area)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a campy sort of book that takes its reader back in time to when Palm Springs was the 'in' place and it could be equated with today's celeb glamorama South Beach. I enjoyed the background info on the development of Palms Springs and how it came into its own when it became a celebrity playground. The pictures of mid-century PS captured its heyday. While some of that still exists, the Palm Springs of legend has been given a second life in this book. I found it interesting on a lot of levels and it made me understand my grandmother's fascination with the place when she first visited there in 1952.
I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in history, architecture, hollywood glamor, the desert. This is a fun read and very nicely executed.
Excellent March 28, 2010
Bob N Palm Springs (Palm Springs, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book on the early days in Palm Springs. A must have if you are interested in the city.
A Nostalgic View of the Coachella Valley April 1, 2010
T. Karr (MO USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Palm Springs Holiday" is a fun ride through the desert city's past through photos, post cards, and other promotional items. I found myself chuckling at some of the wry asides provided in the captions.
This book will be enjoyed by anyone who loves the Coachella Valley or anyone who just likes to look at post cards from the mid-twentieth century.
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