"Naples A Pictorial History" by Stan Poe

THE COVER

The gracious Edwardian lady enjoying an afternoon idyll on Alamitos Bay in 1907 is the author's grandmother, Nell Adelia Baker, who later married Albert Goudron. The Bakers were a pioneer southern California family. Several members married into the Edwards family, which established Westminster in the 1870s. The families maintained homes in the Alamitos Bay region. In 1908, Nell Baker's sorority at the University of Southern California hosted a national teacher's convention which included a journey to Naples on the Pacific Electric line.

CREDITS

I would like to express my gratitude to the following people who generously contributed to the compilation of this book, and without whom this compilation could never have come to fruition: Vivian Hudson, Louise Winberg, Lucille Selover, Jack MacNeil, Dr. J. Gordon Bateman and his wife, Olive, Betsy Ogilby, Moanie Mashburn, Bryant Essick, Jim and Patti Howard, Mary Alexander, Vince Fioretta, Geoffrey Agisim and Lisa Wibroe, The Long Beach Public Library, Alan Berg, the previous efforts of William Hardcastle and Audrey Hand, The Naples Improvement Association Board of 1987, and the unfailing support of my wife and son, Maureen and Adam Poe.