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Aircraft industrialist Donald W. Douglas speaks at City Hall on Navy Day, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Donald Wills Douglas, aircraft industrialist and founder of Douglas Aircraft Company, speaks at the podium at the City Hall steps on the 200 North Spring Street entrance. Patriotic decor frame the surrounding stage. Also in view, the column and arches which make up the facade to the Spring Street entrance of City Hall. Douglas spoke on the needed focus of naval aircraft technology. The event celebrated the importance of American naval forces on Navy Day, October 27th, a day which commemorated the establishment of the American Navy in 1775. (Navy Day is no longer observed as it was absorbed into Armed Forces Day.) The 2000 spectators listened not only to notable speeches extolling the navy at City Hall, but also witnessed a band concert and the aerial feats of naval airplanes flying overhead. Commemorations also occured in Los Angeles Harbor, Long Beach Naval Reserve Airport, and elsewhere in the Southland.
Date:
October 28, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Aircraft industrialist Donald W. Douglas speaks at City Hall on Navy Day, Los Angeles, 1935

A man peeks at the camera while standing in front of gun turrets aboard a battleship off the coast, Santa Monica, about 1900

Description:
Photograph taken aboard an unidentified battleship visited by H. H. West and others just off-shore in Santa Monica. A man wearing a hat and with a hand in his pocket peeks into the frame from the left. Two large gun turrets are behind him and sit at the center of the photograph. To either side of that, there are two more, smaller, turrets. Atop the 2 large turrets at center, there is the ship's bridge. Visitors stand at a railing on top of the bridge amidst large guns that face outward to the right and left. On the deck, a uniformed naval serviceman approaches the large gun turrets from the left. Two women in dresses stand to the right of the large turrets. On the far right, a lifeboat hangs off the side of the ship.
Date:
about 1900
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:
West (H. H.) Collection
A man peeks at the camera while standing in front of gun turrets aboard a battleship off the coast, Santa Monica, about 1900

Captain David C. Morrison talking on his radio on the beach during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Description:
Captain David C. Morrison talking on his radio on the beach during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:
November and December 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Captain David C. Morrison talking on his radio on the beach during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Captain William O. Spears (left) of the U. S. Navy and Commander Herbert H. Jones of the Naval Reserve, 1935

Description:
Captain William O. Spears (left) sits behind a desk. He is wearing a pin-striped suit jacket and has both arms resting on the desk in front of him. Some sheets of paper lay on the desk in front of him. To his left, Commander Herbert H. Jones, wearing naval uniform, stands over him.
Date:
July 27, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Captain William O. Spears (left) of the U. S. Navy and Commander Herbert H. Jones of the Naval Reserve, 1935

Explosion over the water during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Description:
Cloud from a TNT explostion over the water during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:
November and December 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Explosion over the water during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Four veterans at Port Hueneme for a Quonset hut and surplus military supply sale, Port Hueneme, July 15, 1946

Description:
Four veterans in the War Assets Administration area at Port Hueneme for a sale of 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.
Date:
July 15, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Four veterans at Port Hueneme for a Quonset hut and surplus military supply sale, Port Hueneme, July 15, 1946

Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps outside 200 North Spring Street entrance. A stage and podium, built for speakers (such as Mayor Frank L. Shaw) and honored naval officials, can be seen. Patriotic decor frame the podium and surrounding exterior. Also in view, the column and arches which make up the facade to the Spring Street entrance of City Hall. Thousands of spectators surround the steps. The event celebrated the importance of American naval forces on Navy Day, October 27th, a day which commemorated the establishment of the American Navy in 1775. (Navy Day is no longer celebrated as it was absorbed into Armed Forces Day.)The 2000 spectators listened not only to notable speeches extolling the navy at City Hall, but also witnessed a band concert and the aerial feats of naval airplanes flying overhead. Commemorations also occured in Los Angeles Harbor, Long Beach Naval Reserve Airport, and elsewhere in the Southland.
Date:
October 28, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Ground-level view of Navy Day commemoration at City Hall steps, Los Angeles, 1935

Man fixing a machine during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Description:
Man fixes a machine during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:
November and December 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Man fixing a machine during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Man operates a machine during Army-Navy maneuvers off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Description:
Man operates a machine, possibly a flash and sound simulator, during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:
November and December 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Man operates a machine during Army-Navy maneuvers off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Man operates a machine during the Army-Navy maneuvers off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Description:
Man operates a machine (possibly flash and sound simulators?) during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:
November and December 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Man operates a machine during the Army-Navy maneuvers off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Military commander on his radio during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946

Description:
Military commander on his radio during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:
November and December 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Military commander on his radio during the Army-Navy maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California in late 1946