Standard Oil Company of California
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Del Amo Estate Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1979-001
Abstract
This collection includes ledgers, business and financial papers, correspondence, photographs, maps, prints, newspaper clippings and other materials related to the incorporation, operations, and liquidation of the Del Amo Estate Company. There are also some personal papers of the company’s founder, Gregorio del Amo. The collection shows aspects of land use and development in Southern California, and is particularly interesting in detailing the construction and development of the Del Amo...
Dates:
1908-1978; Majority of material found within 1926-1964
Dominguez Land Company
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2009-004
Abstract
Records of the Dominguez Land Company (1911-1941). Included in the collection are contracts and grant deeds detailing the sale of land throughout the city of Torrance, CA, as well as related correspondence and legal documentation. Also includes documentation of the history of the Dominguez Land Corporation, and details of its sale to Remco-Real Estate Management Company in 1941.
Dates:
1911-1950
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
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- Blueprints 2
- California -- History 2
- Compton (Calif.) 2
- Family-owned business enterprises 2
- Japanese American evacuation and resettlement 2
- Japanese American farmers -- Los Angeles 2
- Long Beach (Calif.) 2
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History 2
- Maps 2
- Oil and gas leases -- California, Southern 2
- Oil wells -- California -- Los Angeles 2
- Petroleum industry and trade -- California 2
- Photographic prints 2
- Photographs, original 2
- Real estate development -- California -- Los Angeles 2
- Real property -- Valuation 2
- Redondo Beach (Calif.) 2
- Aeronautics -- Competitions 1
- Annexation (municipal government) 1
- Central business districts -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Commercial real estate -- California -- Torrance 1
- Contracts for deeds -- California -- Torrance 1
- Corporate governance 1
- Deeds -- California -- Torrance 1
- Farms -- California 1
- Foreign workers 1
- Housing development -- California 1
- Industrial real estate -- California -- Torrance 1
- Inheritance and transfer tax -- Law and legislation 1
- Land grants -- California 1
- Land grants -- California -- Torrance 1
- Land use -- California, Southern 1
- Negatives 1
- Oil and gas leases -- California 1
- Oil fields -- Valuation 1
- Oil inspection 1
- Oil wells -- Maintenance and repair 1
- Partition of decedents’ estates 1
- Planned communities -- California 1
- Public utilities -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Real estate business -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Real estate business -- California -- Los Angeles County 1
- Real estate business -- California -- Torrance -- History 1
- Real estate development -- California -- Torrance -- History 1
- Real estate transactions 1
- Residential real estate -- California -- Torrance 1
- Shopping centers 1
- Shopping malls 1
- Shopping malls design 1
- Stats 1
- Stock transfer -- Law and legislation 1
- Water resources development -- California -- Los Angeles County 1
- Water supply -- California 1
- Water utilities -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Law and legislation 1 ∧ less
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