The El Segundo Public Library’s History Room has a collection of thousands of donated photographs. Great care has been taken to preserve them by former directors, the Friends of El Segundo Public Library, and volunteers. Debra Brighton, current director of the library, has drawn almost exclusively from this material for this book. As the city approaches its centennial in 2017, she offers El Segundo to the community for a deeper connection to its proud heritage in this book. She will be at {pages} to introduce it.