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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
South Bay History Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1980-003
Abstract
The collection includes of brochures, flyers, newsletters, directories, reports, papers, newspapers, and newsclippings related to the communities of Carson, Davidson City, Gardena, Hawthorne, Lakewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Long Beach, Lynwood, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, San Pedro, Terminal Island, Torrance, Wilmington, and Los Angeles. Subjects include historic preservation, municipal records, tourism, commerce, and transportation.
Dates:
1923-2005
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- 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
- Davidson City (Calif.) 1
- Family-owned business enterprises 1
- Farms -- California 1
- Foreign workers 1
- Gardena (Calif.) 1
- Guided light transit 1
- Hawthorne (Calif.) 1
- Housing development -- California 1
- Inheritance and transfer tax -- Law and legislation 1
- Japanese American evacuation and resettlement 1
- Japanese American farmers -- Los Angeles 1
- Lakewood (Calif.) 1
- Land grants -- California 1
- Lawndale (Calif.) 1
- Local transit 1
- Lomita (Calif.) 1
- Long Beach Harbor (Calif.) 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History 1
- Lynwood (Calif.) 1
- Manhattan Beach (Calif.) 1
- Maps 1
- Negatives 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
- Rancho Palos Verdes (Calif.) 1
- Real estate business -- California -- Los Angeles County 1
- Real estate development -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Real property -- Valuation 1
- San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
- Stats 1
- Stock transfer -- Law and legislation 1
- Terminal Island (Calif.) 1
- Water resources development -- California -- Los Angeles County 1
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- Water utilities -- California -- Los Angeles 1
- Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
- Wilshire Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Law and legislation 1 ∧ less
- Names
- Amo, Gregorio del, 1858-1941 1
- Associated Oil Company 1
- Beverly-Arnaz Land Company 1
- Carson Estate Company 1
- Carson, George Henry 1
- Carson, Maria Victoria Dominguez 1
- Chanslor-Western Oil and Development Company 1
- Cohn, Kaspare, 1839-1916 1
- Cotton, Hamilton H. 1
- Del Amo, Susana Delfina Dominguez 1
- Dominguez Estate Company 1
- Dominguez Water Corporation 1
- Dominguez, Guadalupe Marcelina 1
- Dominguez, Manuel 1
- Dominguez-Wilshire Corporation 1
- Francis Land Company 1
- Francis, Maria Jesus de los Reyes Dominguez de 1
- Guyer, Ana Josefa Dominguez de 1
- Jarrett Estate Company 1
- Kaspare Cohn Commercial & Savings Bank 1
- Marland Oil Company 1
- O’Melveny & Myers 1
- O’Melveny, Henry John 1
- Poulson, Norris, 1895-1982 1
- Ramona Properties 1
- Reyes-Dominguez Company 1
- Richfield Oil Corporation 1
- Shell Oil Company 1
- Standard Oil Company of California 1
- Union Bank & Trust Company of Los Angeles 1
- Union Oil Company of California 1
- Valencia Spanish Tile Corporation 1
- Victory Oil Company 1
- Walter H. Leimert Co. 1
- Watson Land Company 1
- Watson, Maria Dolores Dominguez de 1
- Wilshire-New Hampshire Corporation 1 ∧ less
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