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South Bay Photo Collection
SPC.1900.024
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: South Bay Photograph Collection
Creator:
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.1900.024
Physical Description:
520 Photographic Prints
(7 linear feet; 10 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1880-1967
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
online by visiting the
South Bay Photograph Digital Collection .
Language of Material:
English
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There are no access restrictions on this collection.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
For information about citing archival material, see the
Citations for Archival Material guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photos were acquired over many years through donations and collecting by Archives staff.
The South Bay Photos Collection was created from the photographs originally collected in the Compton History Collection, the
Heritage House Collection, and the South Bay History Collection. Many of the photos are assumed to be from the collections
of Robert Gillingham and other local historians of Compton and the South Bay. These photographs were then arranged to parallel
the South Bay History and Compton History Collections.
The South Bay is defined in this collection as the area south of the Los Angeles International Airport and the Glenn Anderson
Freeway (CA 105) and west of the San Gabriel River Freeway (CA 605). Generally, the cities in this collection are within the
borders of the Rancho San Pedro land grant, made in 1784.
The collection covers all areas of the South Bay, as well as communities in the Los Angeles area, including Glendale, Burbank,
Santa Monica, and downtown Los Angeles. A majority of the photos 5x7 or 8x10 in black and white. Many of the photographs of
people are professional portraits, including two tin-types. Most of the negatives have been created from the photographs and
are not original film. All of the aerial photos were shot professionally, the second set being created by Pacific Air Industries.
The collection has been organized into 12 series:
- Series I. Carson, circa 1944
- Series II. Compton, circa 1880-1967
- Series III. Dominguez, undated
- Series IV. Lakewood, 1945
- Series V. Lynwood, 1913, 1921, 1926, 1928
- Series VI. Palos Verdes, circa 1920s, undated
- Series VII. Redondo Beach, circa 1880-1925
- Series VIII. Regional, 1932-1959
- Series IX. San Pedro, 1883-1932
- Series X. Terminal Island, 1933
- Series XI. Torrance, 1902, 1910, 1924
- Series XII. Wilmington, circa 1880s, undated
For material related to the South Bay please consult: South Bay History Collection, Compton Earthquake Postcards Collection,
Compton History Collection, Rancho San Pedro Collection, South Bay Photograph Collection,
South Bay Photograph Digital Collection ,
James H. Osborne Photograph Collection , Ira Clark Collection, Charles Blanton Collection, Heritage House Collection, Robert C. Gillingham Papers, Rozelle Family
Collection, Dennis Kroll Collection, Jim Brown Collection, Compton Newspaper Collection, Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum
Photographs,
Long Beach Fireman's Historical Museum Photographs Digital Collection , Charles H. Eilers Collection, Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce Collection, Gardena Valley News Collection, Donald Greaton
Gardena Collection, James Osborne History of Lawndale Collection, Hotel Redondo Photograph Collection, Leuzinger High School
Collection, and others.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Carson (Calif.)
Compton (Calif.)
Dominguez Hills (Calif.)
Lakewood (Calif.)
Lynwood (Calif.)
Long Beach (Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Palos Verdes Peninsula (Calif.)
Rancho Palos Verdes (Calif.)
San Pedro (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Terminal Island (Calif.)
Torrance (Calif.)
Wilmington (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Farm produce
Harvesting
Earthquake damages
Methodist Church buildings
Public schools -- California -- Compton
Public buildings -- California -- Compton