Hey Boys and Girls!
Stumbled upon a thread somewhat similar to this one....
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=786986
Evolution through time of Los Angeles California
In near Bizarro-World fashion, is almost as large (120 pages) as Noirish.
(Personally I think it's a bit more hodge-podgish and not quite as scholarly as this one, but......shhhhhh....don't tell Jesus that. Because it is an excellent work in its own right.)
LOTS of great photos - old and new.
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Follow up.......................................
Photos are good, documentation lacking......
Page 52, bottom: Caption reads "Port of Los Angeles, 1898". But that's clearly a Liberty Ship tied up at the dock. And the warehouse has "Worldport LA" painted on it. Don't think such branding was in vogue in 1898.
Page 51, near bottom: Caption reads "San Pedro wharf, 1897....". But that's EssPee's Long Wharf depicted in the watercolor, which we know was in Santa Monica Bay.