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Identifier	clloy_186
Title	Looking north on Carson St., Torrance, Calif.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1930
Subject (Topic)	Streets--California--Torrance; Oil well drilling rigs--California--Torrance;
Subject (Place)	Torrance (Calif.); Carson Street (Torrance, Calif.);
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, Loyola Marymount University Library.
Collection Identifier	http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9489r2nz
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/dlp/copyright.htm
Publisher	M. Kashower Co.
Place of Publication	Los Angeles, Cal.
Language	eng
Description	A view looking down Carson Street (which runs east-west) in Torrance, California. A few small trees line the side of the road, and the skyline is populated by several oil derricks.
Historical Background	The City of Torrance is located 19 miles southwest of downtown "" Los Angeles, on lands that were once part of the Rancho San "" Pedro. In 1911, Pasadena financier and philanthropist Jared "" Sidney Torrance bought 3,500 acres of land from the Dominguez "" family, planning to turn it into a modern, industrial city with business, industrial, and residential districts. It was well situated to make use of nearby San Pedro, the major shipping port for Southern California. Torrance hired landscape architects John C. and Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr. to lay out the townsite, and archited Irving Gill to oversee the construction. The plan incorporated ample space for public parks, and included the planting of over 300,000 trees. The citizens voted 355-to-11 to incorporate in 1921. The discovery of oil in Torrance in the 1920s brought prosperity to the area, and it remains a major oil-producing region for the SOuthern California area.
Publisher's Identifier	Series number: 1309; Written in lower right corner of image: "18309"
Additional Notes	Printed on textured paper.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Source	Werner Von Boltenstern Postcard Collection