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Description:: View from below of damage to a L.A. Harbor terminal after the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Date:: June 22, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Veterans fill out paperwork with cashiers and the California Vehicle License Bureau to purchase surplus trucks and trailers from the War Assets Administration at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total.
Date:: between May 20 and May 26, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Tony Cornero raising the flag on his newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Strikers sit at a table and organize during Douglas Aircraft Corporation strike.
Date:: February 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Slot machines on Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Ship amid the smoke in L.A. Harbor that is coming from fires that began when the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.
Date:: June 22, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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