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Title
Schedule of land under lease for agricultural purposes to the following Japanese tenants who are United States citizens
Creator
Del Amo Estate Company: publisher
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Notice regarding copyright of materials available online: http://www4.csudh.edu/libarchives/services-policies/index
Description
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.
Type
text
Format
Miscellaneous documents
2 pages, typescript
image/jpeg
Identifier
Bennell_2a_2b
ark:/13030/c8z60rdr
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/8
Language
English
Subject
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;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt109nc51t/
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