Watson Land Company
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Dominguez Water Corporation Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1980-001
Abstract
This collection includes legal documents, correspondence, monthly and yearly financial reports, receipts, photographs, and an artifact. Subjects include payroll, budgets, construction, and residential and industrial water supply.
Dates:
1910-1986
Rancho San Pedro Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1970-002
Abstract
This collection contains legal and business papers related to the Rancho San Pedro and to its owners, the Dominguez family. The Spanish crown gave the Southern California lands of the Rancho San Pedro to Juan Jose Dominguez in 1784, and in 1858 the United States government granted a patent confirming Dominguez family ownership of the Rancho. A few items predate the 1858 patent, but the bulk of the collection is from 1900-1960. Some materials concern the Rancho San Pedro itself, including...
Dates:
1769-1972; Majority of material found within 1900-1960
Watson Land Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2005-002
Abstract
A small collection of materials from the Watson Land Company, including articles of incorporation, financial statements, correspondence, newsletters, and reports.
Dates:
1927-2005
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Torrance (Calif.) 2
- Aeronautics -- Competitions 1
- Annexation (municipal government) 1
- Blueprints 1
- California -- History 1
- Carson (Calif.) 1
- Central business districts -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Compton (Calif.) 1
- Corporate governance 1
- Family-owned business enterprises 1
- Farms -- California 1
- Foreign workers 1
- Housing development -- California 1
- Industrial buildings 1
- Inheritance and transfer tax -- Law and legislation 1
- Japanese American evacuation and resettlement 1
- Japanese American farmers -- Los Angeles 1
- Land grants -- California 1
- Long Beach (Calif.) 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History 1
- Maps 1
- Negatives 1
- Office buildings 1
- Oil and gas leases -- California 1
- Oil wells -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Partition of decedents’ estates 1
- Petroleum industry and trade -- California 1
- Photographic prints 1
- Photographs, original 1
- Planned communities -- California 1
- Public utilities -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Public utilities -- Earthquake effects -- Los Angeles County 1
- Public utilities -- Public relations 1
- Public utilities -- Rates 1
- Rancho Dominguez (Calif.) 1
- Real estate business -- California -- Los Angeles County 1
- Real estate development -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Real property -- Valuation 1
- Redondo Beach (Calif.) 1
- Stats 1
- Stock transfer -- Law and legislation 1
- Water -- Distribution 1
- Water conservation -- California 1
- Water resources development -- California 1
- Water resources development -- California -- Los Angeles County 1
- Water rights -- California 1
- Water supply -- California 1
- Water utilities -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Water utilities -- Employees 1
- Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Law and legislation 1 ∧ less
∨ more