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Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Goode at the War Assets Administration's surplus truck and trailer sale, Port Hueneme, May 1946

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Title: Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Goode at the War Assets Administration's surplus truck and trailer sale, Port Hueneme, May 1946
Date Created and/or Issued: between May 20 and May 26, 1946
1946-05-20/1946-05-26
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
S.M. Goode and his wife from Dana, California with a truck for sale at the War Assets Administration's surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and 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.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: [unreadable]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00280hjx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Secondhand sales--California--Port Hueneme
Economy
Trucks--American--California--Port Hueneme
Trailers--California--Port Hueneme
War
Transportation
Veterans--American
Spouses--California--Port Hueneme
Goode, Mrs
Goode, S.M
United States. War Assets Administration
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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