Dominguez Land Corporation Collection, 1911-1950,

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Dominguez Land Corporation Collection, 1911-1950,

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt2b69r70p

Records of the Dominguez Land Company (1911-1941). Included in the collection are contracts and grant deeds detailing the sale of land throughout the city of Torrance, CA, as well as related correspondence and legal documentation. Also includes documentation of the history of the Dominguez Land Corporation, and details of its sale to Remco-Real Estate Management Company in 1941.

35 boxes; [17.5 linear ft]

eng,

California State University, Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6652826

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