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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:: Veterans lined up at the War Assets Administration area at Port Hueneme 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.
Date:: July 15, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Veterans line up for a surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale, from the War Assets Administration, 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:: Veterans of the Indian War assemble on Memorial Day, 1935. The ceremonies were held at the Memorial Coliseum, where veterans of the Civil War and Spanish American War attended, and several bands entertained the crowd.
Date:: [circa May 26, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: American veterans receiving their bonus payments at a government office. Frank T. Hines, administrator of the Veterans' Bureau said 2,700,000 applications for bonus payments had been received nationwide.
Date:: [circa April 15, 1936]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Winnie Medicke sets up camp outside Port Hueneme in order to have first chance at purchasing 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. 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

Description:: Woodrow Wilson Strode registers for compulsory military service under the watchful eye of Sarah B. Parker.
Date:: ca. 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Wreckage of train tracks and Southern Pacific box cars after record-breaking rainfall in southern California. December 31, 1933.
Date:: December 31, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Violence erupts during the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles (Calif.).
Date:: 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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