Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Man keeps track of sales at Port Hueneme's truck and trailer surplus sale for veterans. The sale included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total. Text from original nitrate sleeve: War Assets Corporation - War Materials Surplus sale at Port Hueneme, Calif., May 1946: Drive-Away trucks: Sanchez, Manuel - San Pedro; Fletcher, Robt - LA; Fetherston, F.W. - Corvallis, Ore. (rusty truck); Goode, S.M. and Mrs. - Dana, Calif. (broken bow on truck); Farthing, Eldon - Corvallis, Ore. (rusty truck); Wilson, Leonard J.; Roberts, George - Reseda, Calif. (first truck sold); Roberts, George and Smurr, Hylen L.
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b&w nitrate negative
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Secondhand sales--California--Port Hueneme Economy Trucks--American--California--Port Hueneme Charts Trailers--California--Port Hueneme Transportation Business United States. War Assets Administration
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