Compton (Calif.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Rozelle Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2017-008
Abstract
The Rozelle collection, ranging from the late 1860’s to the 1980’s contains correspondence, photographs, official documents, newspaper clippings, and genealogy information pertaining to the family of Bazil Tillson Rozelle (paternal grandparent of former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle). Other family names associated with this collection are Dr. William Owens, of Anderson, Indiana; and Dora Whaley, of Paramount, California. Photographs include family vacations in Catalina Island circa 1890s;...
Dates:
1868-1988; undated
South Bay Newspapers
Collection
Identifier: SPC-1900-003
Scope and Contents
The South Bay Newspapers Collection (1935-1969) contains 183.85 linear feet of microfilm and bound volumes of South Bay newspapers during the 1930s to 1960s. Included are both daily and weekly newspapers. Newspaper titles include "Compton Herald"(1935-1957), "Compton Herald American" (1941-1956), "Compton Journal" (1942-1949), "Compton News Tribune"(1946), "Dominguez News" (1965-1967), "Habor Mail" (1957-1958, 1961) "Wilmington Press Journal" (1962), "Wilmington Daily Press Journal" (1962),...
Dates:
1935-1969
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
Wien Dollar Stores Collection
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 30550014971863]
Identifier: SPC-2020-039
Abstract
This collection contains 31 black-and-white photographs, 6 clippings, 1 report card, 1 flyer belonging to Julius and Mildred Wien. The photographs in this collection are images that were taken in Compton, California in the aftermath of an earthquake that hit near Long Beach, California in 1933; and images of the Wien Dollar Store taken when it operated in Compton, Inglewood, and Lynwood, California. There is also a flyer advertising Wien Dollar Store's move from Compton to Inglewood; and a...
Dates:
1931; 1933; circa 1935-1944; 1952; 1977