Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Veterans filling out paperwork with the War Assets Administration 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. Text from original nitrate sleeve: 36261-B: War Materials, Surplus; Quonset Hut Sale, Port Hueneme; Cravens, Jack; Medicke, Winnie; Lauderdale, Jim B., wife Mary Elise; Ganow, Wm C.; Knudsen, Ronald; Pugsley, Larry Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: CRAVENS
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Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
36261 uclamss_1387_36261-02 ark:/21198/zz00280jrh
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
War Quonset huts--California--Port Hueneme Secondhand sales--California--Port Hueneme Government Veterans--American Economy United States. War Assets Administration United States. Army United States. Navy
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