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Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Salton Sea Hardcover – September 1, 2009

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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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    September 1, 2009
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  6. ISBN-10
    1423604768
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1423604761
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This is the story of Palm Springs in its golden years, a city that had it all, including fabulous fly-in hotels, marvelous midcentury Modern architecture, Hollywood stars and starlets, and a swinging nightlife.
Through vintage photographs and postcards, Palm Springs Holiday recalls this famous vacation resort from the beginning of the twentieth century through the 1960s.
Come take a trip to Paradise!

About the Author

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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gibbs Smith; Illustrated edition (September 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1423604768
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1423604761
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.96 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10 x 0.78 x 8 inches
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Historian Peter Moruzzi was born in Concord, Massachusetts, raised in Hawaii, and now resides in Palm Springs. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and later attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. In 1999 he founded the Palm Springs Modern Committee (PS ModCom), an architectural preservation group. Moruzzi is the author of Greetings from Los Angeles, Palm Springs Paradise: Vintage Photographs from America’s Desert Playground, Classic Dining: Discovering America’s Finest Mid-Century Restaurants, Palm Springs Holiday: A Vintage Tour from Palm Springs to the Salton Sea, and Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground.

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35 customers mention "History"35 positive0 negative

Customers find the book beautiful, wonderful, and brilliant from cover to cover. They also say it provides a wonderful history of old Palm Springs.

"...color postcards will make you travel back in time and feel nostalgic for the old Palm Springs, even if you're not old enough to remember those times!..." Read more

"I live in Palm Springs and this book makes an excellent addition to my collection of books on my coffee table...." Read more

"...The book is just a joy, and makes me anxious for his next offering. (Which I've already per-ordered, by the way...)" Read more

"Beautiful book of history having lived in Palm Springs for 12 years during the 80's and early 90's I remember seeing many left overs of these items..." Read more

9 customers mention "Content"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the book informative, interesting, and easy to read about Palm Springs and the surrounding area. They also say it provides good, easy history.

"Outstanding and well researched book that is both informative and fun to look at...." Read more

"...anecdotes. Very immersive ... really transports youback in time.My dad really liked the book ... and I've enjoyed..." Read more

"...Palm Springs wasn't light hearted reading as expected, but it was interesting and often surprising...." Read more

"...colorful coffee tabs book - the pictures are sharp and the descriptions informative. the book arrived well packaged and on time" Read more

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Customers find the book fun.

"Outstanding and well researched book that is both informative and fun to look at...." Read more

"...gift for in his new house in palm springs and its so colorful and fun to look at...." Read more

"This is a fun book, but do not buy the Kindle edition...." Read more

"this is a fun and colorful coffee tabs book - the pictures are sharp and the descriptions informative. the book arrived well packaged and on time" Read more

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Vit
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun to read!
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2020
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Outstanding and well researched book that is both informative and fun to look at. The scores of these beautiful full-color postcards will make you travel back in time and feel nostalgic for the old Palm Springs, even if you're not old enough to remember those times! Thank you, Mr. Moruzzi - i truly admire ALL your publications! Can't wait to see more...
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honest_girl
5.0 out of 5 stars Very cool book!
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020
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I am very happy with my purchase. I bought this book for my dad as a a gift for in his new house in palm springs and its so colorful and fun to look at. He really enjoyed the book and it goes perfectly on the coffee table.
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Sun Lovin’
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2019
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I live in Palm Springs and this book makes an excellent addition to my collection of books on my coffee table. Friends and family seem to really enjoy it as well since it’s usually the first book they grab when they flop down on my couch.
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M. Thakery
4.0 out of 5 stars Approachable for any level of interest.
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2012
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My copy of Peter Moruzzi's last gem just arrived and come September I'll have a complete set!!

While more moderate in scope than his book "Havana...", a bible for those interested in the socio-political construct that was Havana before the Cuvan Revolution, "Palm Springs Holiday" offers the subject matter the same in-depth treatment, absolutely saturating the reader in the culture and color of the time.

This gorgeous tome BRIMS with fabulous images and stories, serving in many cases as the sole unifying historical record of a time and place that was such an incredibly massive part of the "American Experience" of the period.

Moruzzi, an art historian and expert on mid-century 'modern' architecture, sprinkles architectural history throughout every chapter of the book, offering lively discussion on styles from Spanish Colonial Revival to Rustic Ranch, but his chapter dedicated to 'Desert Modern' styles and techniques, influences that would become so very prominent in much if the rest of the country in the third quarter of the century, provides the reader with a depth of understanding uncommon in what may initially be seen as a coffee-table book.

Whether intentional or not, Mr. Moruzzi treats this subject with more personal input than his previous book. That is to say, one gets a sense, going from page-to-page, less of reading an historical analysis on the art and architecture of the times, and more like they are listening to an educational newsreel (possibly one produced by the Chamber of Commerce?) on the Coachella Valley area. If this rowdy, delicious book had been assembled by anyone else I don't think it would have come off as well as it did, but the author does such a splendid job of setting the stage and pulling the characters together (the hotels, the visionaries, the scenery) that it would almost seem academically-heavy if not for his occasional tongue-in-cheek observations. .

Why not 5 stars? Simply put, while a terrifically interesting look at a colorful, sometimes pivotal, often kitschy period of sun, fun, and fashion, I don't personally see it as a 5-star subject, and that's okay. Mr. Moruzzi's presentation through photos and stories truly brings this corner of history to life. The book is just a joy, and makes me anxious for his next offering. (Which I've already per-ordered, by the way...)
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Patrick
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book of history having lived in Palm Springs for ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2017
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Beautiful book of history having lived in Palm Springs for 12 years during the 80's and early 90's I remember seeing many left overs of these items and the beautiful department stores that Palm Springs once enjoyed like Saks, I. Magnin, Robinson's and Bullocks Wilshire. I learned new information and its a treasured part of my library collection, and is on my coffee table.
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terrie
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing trip back to old Palm Springs...
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2022
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Probably one of the best books taking me back to old Palm Springs where I spent much of my time as a child and a teenager..... I loved every page...bought it for a friend but keeping it for myself!!
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Carrie B. Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2021
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This is a beautiful coffee table book with lovely pictures and great points of interest and history of Palm Springs. We love it.
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Mark
5.0 out of 5 stars Bought This For My Diad
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2013
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I grew up in Southern California, and we used to go to
Palm Springs often when I was a kid (and later, as an
adult).

This book really captures this amazing city ... during it's
hey-day. This was one happening place! (still is), but
back in the 50's & 60's ... wow!

Lots of great photography in this book ... and short
anecdotes. Very immersive ... really transports you
back in time.

My dad really liked the book ... and I've enjoyed
looking at it too.

Highly recommended.
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Jo-Ann Paquet
2.0 out of 5 stars Did you use a cheap home printer for printing this book????
Reviewed in Canada on July 29, 2024
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Most of the pictures of the postcards shown in the book are really of poor quality. Will return this book. Very disappointed!
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Paul Reeder
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of old pictures of Palm Springs
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2021
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Probably a lot of photos available elsewhere, but a nice book to have them all in one place.
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June Fraser
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2022
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Gift for husband who absolutely loved it.
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