Manhattan Beach (Calif.)

Abstract This collection contains photographs and negatives taken by Neil Boyer, a commercial photographer based in the South Bay Area of Southern California. Clients include: businesses and organizations; families; models; bands; and others who hired Boyer for portraits; public relations and marketing purposes; product photography; holiday and Christmas cards; and events. Material types include: black-and-white and color negative film; color transparency film; slide film; polaroids; proof sheets;...

Abstract This collection contains material collected and authored by Jan Dennis regarding Manhattan Beach local politics and history. The majority of this collection contains Manhattan Beach City Council meeting minutes, agendas, memorandums, staff reports, and resolutions; and clippings, reports, flyers, brochures, and other documents regarding various events, locations, groups, and programs located in Manhattan Beach. Also included in this collection are clippings, reports, and other documents...

Scope and Contents The Gerber and Lucidarme Family Photograph Album Collection (1929-1989; undated) contains one box and one linear foot of photograph albums and loose songbooks. Photograph albums #1 and #2 contains photos of Elfrieda Gerber; her mother, Lydia Konrad; and her father, Albert Konrad of Detroit, Michigan. Additionally, there are photos of a bar opening in 1971 named “Berry’s,” a fishing trip in Lake Michigan, a Christmas card, house photos, a baby shower photo, baby photos of Billy in Gardena,...

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This collection consists of photographs used by Dr. Judson Grenier of California State Dominguez Hills for educational and research purposes. Photographs of paintings, dioramas, landscapes, and people depict the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area from its foundation through the 1980s.

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This collection includes flyers, pamphlets, correspondence, meeting notes, articles, and other documents related to the Manhattan Beach Residents Association (MBRA).Also included in this collection are issues of the MBRA publication, "The Observer". Subjects include association engagement with members to raise awareness about local issues since its early establishment in 1988.

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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.

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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.