Veterans at Port Hueneme waiting to purchase Quonset huts and other surplus military supplies, Port Hueneme, July 15, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Veterans at Port Hueneme waiting to purchase Quonset huts and other surplus military supplies, Port Hueneme, July 15, 1946

Date Created

July 15, 1946

Date

1946-07-15

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Veterans at the War Assets Administration area in Port Hueneme waiting to purchase Quonset Huts and other surplus army and navy supplies such as tentage, steel bunks, electrical saws, bridge-building equipment, pumps and an air-raid warning siren. More than 1000 veterans with priority certificates showed up for the sale, some camped out to ensure they would get their choice of hut. The huts cost between $230 and $288 depending on the number of windows.

Caption

Text from original nitrate sleeve: 36261-B: War Materials, Surplus; Quonset Hut Sale, Port Hueneme; Cravens, Jack; Medicke, Winnie; Lauderdale, Jim B., wife Mary Elise; Ganow, Wm C.; Knudsen, Ronald; Pugsley, Larry

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

United States. Navy
United States. Army
United States. War Assets Administration

Location

Port Hueneme

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Veterans--American
Quonset huts--California--Port Hueneme
Government
War
Secondhand sales--California--Port Hueneme
Economy