California Collection - Braille Institute of America

The Golden Era of the Missions 1769-1834 CBB-0141
by Paul C. Johnson
This book helps you to travel back in time to California's Mission
Period, when 21 outposts of Church and State were established in Alta
California, the most remote and last colonized portion of the Spanish
Empire. The lifestyle, as well as the architectural style, of these
self-contained walled cities is recreated. 1974.
The Golden Gate and the Silver Screen BRB-11093
by Geoffrey Bell
“Where, . . . was the world's premier exhibition of motion
pictures? . . .” Strangely enough, it was San Francisco, a city not
usually associated with the film industry that hosted its very first
showing. Where was the first motion picture studio, and the first movie
exchange on the Pacific coast? This model studio was built in San
Francisco in the days before the fire and earthquake of 1906. Where
were the origins of the movie Western genre? The trails ridden by the
first movie cowboy star lay, not by Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, but
along the foothills of San Francisco.
The Golden Hills of California: A Descriptive Guide to the Mother
BRB-10817
by Allan Masari
The towns of these four counties are independent of each other, and
past and present are brought together as points of interest, natural
phenomena and historical highlights are discussed.
The Golden Promise: An Illustrated History of Orange County
BRB-10984
by Pamela Hallan-Gibson
Orange County California's history from the establishment of
Franciscan Mission San Juan Capistrano two hundred years ago, from
early American settlers, and later land speculators who battled draught,
depression and disease to the present day. 1986.
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