Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Veterans in the War Assets Administration area at Port Hueneme for a sale of 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
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1387_36261-11 ark:/21198/zz00280k2n
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No linguistic content
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War Quonset huts--California--Port Hueneme Secondhand sales--California--Port Hueneme Veterans--American Economy United States. War Assets Administration United States. Army United States. Navy
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