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In 1915, the Chamber of Commerce opened an Industrial Bureau to advertise the city's manufacturing and industrial possibilities. The chamber supported the establishing of the All-Year Club to promote tourism, an attraction also advertised by the Auto Club of Southern California and the Southern Pacific Railroad. In the 1920s, the heyday of boosterism, the chamber developed a photographic file of 50,000 pictures illustrating the area's attractions, while ignoring unions, minorities, and other potential drawbacks. The decades of promotion yielded enormous growth for Los Angeles, as the city increased from 11,000 in 1880 to 1,238,000 by 1930.<ref> Tom  Zimmerman, "Paradise Promoted: Boosterism and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce," ''California History'' 1985 64(1): 22-33. 0162-2897 </ref>

In 1915, the Chamber of Commerce opened an Industrial Bureau to advertise the city's manufacturing and industrial possibilities. The chamber supported the establishing of the All-Year Club to promote tourism, an attraction also advertised by the Auto Club of Southern California and the Southern Pacific Railroad. In the 1920s, the heyday of boosterism, the chamber developed a photographic file of 50,000 pictures illustrating the area's attractions, while ignoring unions, minorities, and other potential drawbacks. The decades of promotion yielded enormous growth for Los Angeles, as the city increased from 11,000 in 1880 to 1,238,000 by 1930.<ref> Tom  Zimmerman, "Paradise Promoted: Boosterism and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce," ''California History'' 1985 64(1): 22-33. 0162-2897 </ref>

 

Critical were large-scale public infrastructure projects - water supply, electricity, and the harbor - and the role of powerful local bureaucracies, such as the Department of Water and Power. In the early 20th century, the local government served as a key instrument of economic development in major cities across the West.<ref> Steven P. Erie, "How the Urban West Was Won: The Local State and Economic Growth In Los Angeles, 1880-1932" ''Urban Affairs Quarterly'' 1992 27(4): 519-554. 0042-0816 </ref>

Critical were large-scale public infrastructure projects - water supply, electricity, and the harbor - and the role of powerful local bureaucracies, such as the Department of Water and Power. In the early 20th century, the local government served as a key instrument of economic development in major cities across the West.<ref> Steven P. Erie, "How the Urban West Was Won: The Local State and Economic Growth In Los Angeles, 1880-1932" ''Urban Affairs Quarterly'' 1992 27(4): 519-554. 0042-0816 </ref>