Skip to main content Skip to search results

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

Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-010
Abstract

The Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka photographs collection (1916-1990, bulk 1937-1941) includes digital reproductions of family photographs primarily documenting the life of Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka in the years before, during, and after World War II. The collection also includes digital reproductions of a short essay written by Hatsuko Mary Yoshioka Higuchi, redress papers, and a handout from a sewing class at Poston Incarceration Camp. All materials in this collection are digital reproductions.

Dates: 1916-1990; Majority of material found within 1937-1941

Filtered By

  • Subject: World War, 1939-1945 X
  • Subject: Torrance (Calif.) X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Aeronautics -- Competitions 1
Annexation (municipal government) 1
Blueprints 1
California -- History 1
Central business districts -- California -- Los Angeles 1
∨ more  
Names
Amo, Gregorio del, 1858-1941 1
Associated Oil Company 1
Beverly-Arnaz Land Company 1
California State University, Dominguez Hills 1
Carson Estate Company 1