Del Amo Estate Company Collection

The images in this collection come from photographs in the Del Amo Estate Company Collection. The Del Amo Estate Company is one of the family-run companies associated with the Rancho San Pedro in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County.

Photographs in this collection date from 1931 to 1962, with the bulk of the items from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s. Many are set in and around Torrance and document its importance to the region in agriculture, oil, and industry. A number of photographs feature the Del Amo Shopping Center, a major project of the Del Amo Estate Company and at one time the largest shopping center in the world.

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