George Roberts fills out paperwork to purchase the first truck sold at the War Assets Administration's surplus sale, Port Hueneme, May 1946

Item Overview

Title

George Roberts fills out paperwork to purchase the first truck sold at the War Assets Administration's surplus sale, Port Hueneme, May 1946

Date Created

between May 20 and May 26, 1946

Date

1946-05-20/1946-05-26

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

George Roberts fills out paperwork with the California Vehicle License Bureau to purchase the first truck sold at the War Assets Administration's surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total.

Caption

Text from original nitrate sleeve: War Assets Corporation - War Materials Surplus sale at Port Hueneme, Calif., May 1946: Drive-Away trucks: Sanchez, Manuel - San Pedro; Fletcher, Robt - LA; Fetherston, F.W. - Corvallis, Ore. (rusty truck); Goode, S.M. and Mrs. - Dana, Calif. (broken bow on truck); Farthing, Eldon - Corvallis, Ore. (rusty truck); Wilson, Leonard J.; Roberts, George - Reseda, Calif. (first truck sold); Roberts, George and Smurr, Hylen L.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Roberts, George
United States. War Assets Administration

Location

Port Hueneme

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Veterans--American
Economy
Trucks--American--California--Port Hueneme
Trailers--California--Port Hueneme
War
Transportation
Secondhand sales--California--Port Hueneme