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SOUTH BAY PHOTO COLLECTION, circa 1880-1967

Descriptive Summary

Title:
South Bay Photo Collection

Dates:
circa 1880-1967

Collection Number:
Consult repository.

Collector:
California State University, Dominguez Hills

Extent:
520 photos
7 linear feet
10 boxes

Repository:
California State University, Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections

Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room G-145
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3013
URL: http://archives.csudh.edu/

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.

Language:
Collection material is in English