JEAN BRUCE POOLE and TEVVY BALL
http://www.getty.edu/bookstore/titles/pueblo.html
El Pueblo de Los
Angeles was founded in 1781 by settlers from
present-day Mexico of Indian, African, and European descent. Capital of
Mexican California in the 1840s, the town grew with the influx of
Anglo-Americans, Europeans, and Chinese later in the nineteenth
century. As Los Angeles blossomed into a modern metropolis, the old
pueblo fell into disrepair. It was revitalized with the opening in 1930 of
the Mexican marketplace at Olvera Street. Illustrated in color
throughout, the book combines engaging text with historical paintings,
archival photographs, and new photography to create a vivid portrait of
the pueblo, its history, and its heritage. The book surveys life in the
Spanish, Mexican, and early American periods and tells the story of
the Siqueiros mural América Tropical, a remarkable tale of art,
ideology, and politics in 1930s Los Angeles. Final chapters tour the
pueblo's historic buildings and discuss current initiatives to preserve its
rich heritage.
Jean Bruce Poole was senior curator and then historic museum director
of El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument between 1977 and
her retirement in 2001. Tevvy Ball is an editor with Getty Publications.
July 2002 Not Yet Published
236 pp.; 0-89236-662-1
April 24, 2002