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Title
Compton Boulevard
Date Created and/or Issued
1888
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
South Bay Digital Collection
Rights Information
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
Black and white photograph looking west on Compton Boulevard. A man is pictured crossing the street and Haylock General Store is pictured on the right. The sides of the streets and the railroad intersection have water along side them, possibly from a flood.
Caption on back of photograph reads: Compton 1888.
This 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.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
image/jpeg
Photograph, 4 x 6 in.; 6.5 x 8 in.
Identifier
sbp_125
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/southbay/id/115
Language
English
Subject
Buildings
Dwellings
Stores, Retail
Floods
Natural disasters
Streets
Horses
Place
Compton, California
Source
South Bay Photograph Collection
Relation
South Bay Digital Collection
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6z09q78j/

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