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U.S. Immigration Quarantine Station. People with contagious diseases who had travelled by steamship to the USA were being held here for cure. It is now seldom used and stands as a relic of the past.
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1946
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The old Henry Ford Ave. Bridge, a "Biscaule" tilt and counterbalanced bridge to Terminal Island, alongside the Commodore Schuyler Heim Bridge, a lift bridge replacing the Ford Ave. Bridge. Both cross the Cerritos Channel in Long Beach Harbor.
Date
1946
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Exterior view of Rancho Los Cerritos. At this time the rancho was the home of the Bixby family (Mrs. Llewellyn Bixby had restored the building in 1933).
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1946
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Exterior view of Rancho Los Cerritos. At this time the rancho was the home of the Bixby family (Mrs. Llewellyn Bixby had restored the building in 1933).
Date
1946
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During WWII, the Navy and Army did the impossible. They bulldozed off the top of a mountain on Catalina Island for an airport so that fighter planes could land there in an emergency. It was said to be fog-free (this was top-secret). The takeoff was a short distance on land, then into the air. Just like an aircraft carrier, it was fly or crash. Shown is the first civilian air flight to the "Airport in the Sky," Catalina Island. (United Airline plane at terminal). (June 29)
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1946
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Shown is the first civilian air flight to the "Airport in the Sky," Catalina Island. (United Airline plane at terminal). (June 29 1946)
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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.
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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
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U.S. Naval Air Station, Roosevelt Field. Roosevelt Field was alongside the Long Beach Naval Station and Shipyard. It was immediately west of the Navy Station on Terminal Island. It was later de-actified and the buildings were used for Married Officers Quarters (M.O.Q.) of the Long Beach Navy. There were also Bachelor Officers Quarters (B.O.Q.).
Date
1946
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U.S. Naval Air Station, Roosevelt Field. Type of plane not known.
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1946
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U.S. Navy cruiser, Springfield in the Moreel Drydock at Long Beach Naval Shipyard for repair and hull cleaning.
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1946
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U.S. Naval Ammunition & Net Depot. Shown are giant piles of anti-submarine floats (spheres) and giant cylinders at the Net Depot. Many people were fearful because they thought the spheres were ocean mines. In reality, the floating steel spheres were made to hold up a net made of cable in the ocean around the breakwater entrances to Long Beach and Los Angeles harbors during WWII. Several Japanese subs tried to penetrate the harbor but were attacked and driven off. A derelict Japanese sub that periodically surfaced in the area was finally sunk off Catalina Island (1948-49)
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1946
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U.S. Naval Ammunition & Net Depot. Shown are giant piles of anti-submarine floats (spheres) and giant cylinders at the Net Depot.
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1946
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U.S. Naval Ammunition & Net Depot. Shown are giant piles of anti-submarine floats (spheres) and giant cylinders at the Net Depot.
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1946
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"Alamitos #1" discovery well was brought in on June 25, 1921. Over 25 years later it is still producing oil. (June 25)
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1946
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"Alamitos #1" discovery well was brought in on June 25, 1921. Over 25 years later it is still producing oil. (June 25)
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1946
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"Alamitos #1" discovery well was brought in on June 25, 1921. Over 25 years later it is still producing oil. (June 25)
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1946
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"Alamitos #1" discovery well was brought in on June 25, 1921. Over 25 years later it is still producing oil. (June 25)
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1946
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"Alamitos #1" discovery well was brought in on June 25, 1921. Over 25 years later it is still producing oil. (June 25)
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1946
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"Alamitos #1" discovery well was brought in on June 25, 1921. Over 25 years later it is still producing oil. (June 25)
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1946
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"Alamitos #1" discovery well was brought in on June 25, 1921. Over 25 years later it is still producing oil. (June 25)
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1946
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"Alamitos #1" discovery well was brought in on June 25, 1921. Over 25 years later it is still producing oil. (June 25)
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1946
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"Alamitos #1" discovery well was brought in on June 25, 1921. Over 25 years late it is still producing oil. (June 25)
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1946
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At Atlantic Blvd. and Bixby Road a crowd gathers to watch a black and white TV broadcast on a 10 or 12-inch screen. (Some people brought stools to stand on to get a better view). Mr. M.E. Mattox had an early radio store which also became the first television store in Long Beach. [1946(?) or 1947]
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1946
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![At Atlantic Blvd. and Bixby Road a crowd gathers to watch a black and white TV broadcast on a 10 or 12-inch screen. (Some people brought stools to stand on to get a better view). Mr. M.E. Mattox had an early radio store which also became the first television store in Long Beach. [1946(?) or 1947]](http://images.thesherman.org:80/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/SLG~5~5/6/McClain_002-394.jpg)
