Del Amo Estate Company list includes names, sex, age, address, acreage, legal description, tax bill number, volume, and parcel number as per map for twelve tenants, some of whom leased more than one parcel. Locations of parcels are Gardena, Compton, Torrance, and Hynes, California. See also Letter from Eugenio Cabrero, Secretary, Del Amo Estate Company, to J. A. Benell, February 10, 1942. This collection includes records of land leased to Japanese American tenants in years leading up to World War II. As such, they provide a view of California in years of the Alien Land Laws, attitudes toward Japanese Americans, and the impact of World War II.
Immigration and citizenship--Law and legislation--Discriminatory laws Industry and employment--Agriculture Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles Land tenure--Law and legislation--California
Place
Los Angeles, California
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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