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Veterans Day ceremonies. Long Beach honors WW II dead (in flag-draped caskets) in front of the "Old City Hall" steps at Broadway and Pacific Ave. (November 11)
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1947
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Veterans Day ceremonies. Long Beach honors WW II dead (in flag-draped caskets) in front of the "Old City Hall" steps at Broadway and Pacific Ave. (November 11)
Date
1947
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Dedication of the Schuyler F. Heim lift bridge across the Cerritos Channel to the Long Beach Naval Station and the Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
Date
1947
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Dedication of the Schuyler F. Heim lift bridge across the Cerritos Channel to the Long Beach Naval Station and the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. L to R, Commodore Schuyler F. Heim and a Navy Commander (with blow torch) cut cable to open bridge to traffic.
Date
1947
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Dedication of the Schuyler F. Heim lift bridge across the Cerritos Channel to the Long Beach Naval Station and the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. L to R, Commodore Schuyler F. Heim and a Navy Commander (with blow torch) cut cable to open bridge to traffic.
Date
1947
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Dedication of the Schuyler F. Heim lift bridge across the Cerritos Channel to the Long Beach Naval Station and the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Between flags, Commodore and Mrs. Heim at the bronze plaque that tells of the bridge.
Date
1947
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Dedication of the Schuyler F. Heim lift bridge across the Cerritos Channel to the Long Beach Naval Station and the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Looking down from the Heim Bridge at the old Ford Ave. Biscaule Bridge alongside.
Date
1947
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A fire under the pier (Berth 50) burned the wood pilings and flooring, and was extremely difficult to put out, lasting 4 days. After that, when the Long Beach Harbor Department rebuilt or added other piers they were solid concrete and heavy earth-fill.
Date
1946
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A fire under the pier (Berth 50) burned the wood pilings and flooring, and was extremely difficult to put out, lasting 4 days. After that, when the Long Beach Harbor Department rebuilt or added other piers they were solid concrete and heavy earth-fill.
Date
1946
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A fire under the pier (Berth 50) burned the wood pilings and flooring, and was extremely difficult to put out, lasting 4 days. After that, when the Long Beach Harbor Department rebuilt or added other piers they were solid concrete and heavy earth-fill.
Date
1946
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A fire under the pier (Berth 50) burned the wood pilings and flooring, and was extremely difficult to put out, lasting 4 days. After that, when the Long Beach Harbor Department rebuilt or added other piers they were solid concrete and heavy earth-fill.
Date
1946
Title
Hodgson-Greene-Haldiman Shipyard. Wooden hull of a large ocean-going tugboat designed by U.S. Army Transportation Corps. It held a 1200 horsepower diesel engine to tow wooden or concrete barges across the Pacific. Steel shortage was a price consideration in the design as well as in that of the barges.
Date
1944
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U.S. Navy "freezer" ship (YP 621) after delivery to them from builders, Hodgson-Greene-Haldiman Shipyard on W. 9th St.
Date
1944
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Power switchboard installed in a U.S. Navy YP621 refrigerator or freezer ship to carry frozen meat to the South Pacific. An interesting sidelight: the extreme shortage of copper required the substitution of pure silver for the "buss bars" and connecting bolts, nuts, etc.
Date
1944
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Freighter at Long Beach dock waiting to be loaded with drums of refined oil for Japan.
Date
1947
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Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
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Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
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Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
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Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
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Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
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Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
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Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
Title
Loading of Japanese and other ships with scrap iron for shipment to Japan to be converted to steel and military equipment. The Chinese were protesting this.
Date
1940
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California Chinese picket the ships loading scrap iron bound for Japan. It would be used for military weapons against the Chinese mainland.
Date
1940
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California Chinese picket the ships loading scrap iron bound for Japan. It would be used for military weapons against the Chinese mainland.
Date
1940
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California Chinese picket the ships loading scrap iron bound for Japan. It would be used for military weapons against the Chinese mainland.
Date
1940
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California Chinese picket the ships loading scrap iron bound for Japan. It would be used for military weapons against the Chinese mainland.
Date
1940
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California Chinese picket the ships loading scrap iron bound for Japan. It would be used for military weapons against the Chinese mainland.
Date
1940
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Loading 30-inch steel pipe for shipment to the Middle East oil fields to build oil pipelines across the desert.
Date
1947
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Loading 30-inch steel pipe for shipment to the Middle East oil fields to build oil pipelines across the desert.
Date
1947
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U.S. battleship "Iowa" at anchor in Long Beach Harbor.
Date
1948
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U.S. battleship "Iowa" at anchor in Long Beach Harbor.
Date
1948
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U.S. battleship "Iowa" at anchor in Long Beach Harbor.
Date
1948
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