Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Veterans camping out at the War Assets Administration area in Port Hueneme so they will 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. 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
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1387_36261-13 ark:/21198/zz00280k4p
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No linguistic content
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War Quonset huts--California--Port Hueneme Camping--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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