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Torrance (Calif.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

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

South Bay Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-024
Abstract The collection consists of color and black and white photographs, negatives, postcard-backed photos, and tin-types. Subjects of the photographs include people, businesses, churches, houses, schools, farming, transportation, and natural disasters. Communities covered in this collection include Compton, Torrance, Carson, Dominguez, Redondo Beach, Lynwood, Lakewood, San Pedro, Wilmington, Los Angeles, Terminal Island, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Material from the collection is available...
Dates: circa 1880-1967

South Bay Real Estate Advertisements Collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30550014943508]
Identifier: SPC-2019-017
Abstract

This contains four advertisements for real estate opportunities in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, California. Areas include: Lakewood, Gardena Valley, El Segundo, and Hollywood Riviera (Torrance).

Dates: undated

Torrance Oral History Project

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-042
Abstract

This collection includes oral histories recorded in partial fulfillment for a Masters Degree in Public History by Molly M. Sipe. It includes interviews of former City of Torrance Mayors, Jim Armstrong, Ken Miller, and Katy Geissert, as well as other residence and city officials. These include Gerald L. Alter, Rick Capellino, Mikko Haggott-Henson, and J. Walker Owens. This collection has been digitized and is available online.

Dates: April 3-June 2, 1987

Torrance Refinery Action Alliance (TRAA) Records

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-018
Abstract This collection contains reports, flyers, fact sheets, articles, emails, memorandums, and other material regarding Torrance Refinery Action Alliance (TRAA), an organization formed in the aftermath of an explosion on February 18, 2015 at the ExxonMobil Torrance Refinery (now PBF Energy’s Torrance Refining Company). TRAA's mission is to ban hydrogen fluoride (HF) and modified hydrofluoric acid (MHF) from two refineries (Torrance Refining Company and Valero Wilmington Refinery) in Southern...
Dates: 1979-2024; undated; Majority of material found within 2015-2022

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