Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 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
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
Southern California Photograph Album
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30550014958738]
Identifier: SPC-2019-001
Abstract
This collection contains one album with black-and-white photographs featuring images of houses, people, farms, and animals taken mostly in Long Beach, Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles, and Oxnard, California. Also included are images taken in Manhattan Beach featuring workers possibly laying down pipes; images taken in Phoenix, Arizona; and photographs taken in Mendon, Missouri.
Dates:
1914-1917, undated
Jacquelyn Stewart Black and Local History Subject File Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-042
Scope and Contents
The Jacquelyn Stewart Black and Local History Subject File Collection (1966-2020; undated) contains three boxes of newspapers, articles, calendars, brochures, pamphlets, flyers, postcards, funeral and memorial service programs, and other material related to Black history and Los Angeles area history. Featured topics and people in this collection are: Colonel Allensworth, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Barack Obama, Harriet Tubman, Ray Charles, West Adams, Central Ave, Carson, and the Del...
Dates:
1966-2020; undated