Wilmington (Los Angeles, 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;...

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This collection includes the documents of activities conducted by the Polynesian Club. It includes flyers, programs, news releases, news articles of the activities, correspondence and manuscripts of the advisor, Arnold Haskin. Haskin was the assistant to the Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts. In addition, collection includes background information of the individuals and organizations involved in the events, application forms, contacts and minutes.

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This collection contains papers having to do with land plots in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles, California owned by sisters Maria Jesus De Shorb, Annie Wilson, and Ruth Patton. Included in the collection are declaration of trust papers, deeds and title papers, tax reports, receipts, statements, court papers, and correspondence.

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This collection contains clippings, notes, correspondence, photographs, half-tones, press releases, flyers, invoices, meeting minutes, reports, published newspaper issues, and other material generated by Random Lengths News.

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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.

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...

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...

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This collection contains bound volumes of Wilmington, California newspapers from the 1950s and 1960s. Newspaper titles include: The Press Journal and Harbor Mail(1964-1969)Wilmington Harbor Mail(1958), Wilmington Daily Press(1958, 1962), and Harbor Mail(1957-1958).