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Description:: Sailors and civilians on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate Japan's surrender during World War II.
Date:: August 15 and 16, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Sailor N.C. Kunkell in the crow's nest of the N.B. Scofield, the State Fisheries research ship. The N.B. Scofield recently returned from a 10 week survey trip of tropical tuna grounds and tuna migration habits. The ship sailed around the Galapagos Islands conducting the most extensive surveys ever done on the Pacific.
Date:: May 23, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Sailors back to work on the ship after the end of a 98-day coast maritime strike which included longshoremen, cooks and stewards, firemen and sailors
Date:: February 5, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Three sailors scraping paint on a ship 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

Description:: Sailor takes a swig of Lejon Brandy from a tiny bottle 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

Description:: U.S. Navy sailor holds a kitten 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

Description:: Sailor N.B. Kunkell in the crow's nest of the State Fisheries research ship, the N.B. Scofield. The N.B. Scofield recently returned from a 10 week survey trip of tropical tuna grounds and tuna migration habits. The ship sailed around the Galapagos Islands conducting the most extensive surveys ever done on the Pacific.
Date:: May 23, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Group of sailors and civilians celebrate Japan's surrender during World War II on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles.
Date:: August 15 and 16, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Officers of the Navy looking at poster of "'Old Salts' and 'New Salts'". V.G. Laurence stands on box smiling and pointing to Old Salts. The American Flag, as well as other pictures and a map of the United States are in the background.
Date:: October 3, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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