Terminal Island/Port of Los Angeles Collection

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box 1, folder 1-118

Photographic negatives of Terminal Island, Catalina Island, Port Hueneme, and San Pedro October 28, 1940-March 23, 1942

Material Specific Details: Photographic negatives are 7 x 9 inch and 4 x 5 inch. Some 8 x 10 photographic prints of negatives included.

Scope and Contents

Photograph negatives of Catalina Island, Terminal Insland, San Pedro, and Port Hueneme, California.

Catalina Island, California: Images include Granite Quarry.
Port Huemene, California: Images include harbor, lighthouse, warehouse buildings, Oxnard Cannery, and Marine Railway Lamia Boat Company.
San Pedro, California: Images include Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation and oil derricks.
Terminal Island, California: Images include houses, buildings, churches and businesses such as Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Yuguchi Market, Catalina Marine Curing and Packing Company, Minatoya Cafe, Coney Island Cafe, Sanhurst Hotel, Wilson Grocery Store, Harbor Boat Building Company, Sims Brothers Boat and Tackle, and Franco Italian Packing Company. Some photographs have sign in front that state "East San Pedro Tract."

Photograph numbers:

335, 336, 339, 341, 344, 634, 635, 637, 651,868, 869, 871, 934-955, 968-970, 995-999, 1094-1102, 1140, 1141A, 1142, 1166-1168, 1170-1171, 1173-1179, 1181-1234, 1239, 1247, 1253, 1268, and 1275-1296.

box 2, folder 1-87

Photographic negatives of Port Hueneme and Terminal Island March 21, 1942-July 20, 1942

Material Specific Details: Photograph negatives vary in sizes from 2 x 3 inches to 8 x 10 inches.

Scope and Contents

Photographic negatives of Terminal Island and Port Hueneme, California. Some negatives also include 2 x 3 print.

Port Huemene, California: Images include buildings, houses, and the Oxnard Cannery.
Terminal Island, California: Images include houses, buildings, churches, and businesses including Ione Hotel, Busy Bee Cafe, Island Beauty Shoppe, Charter Brothers Independent Service, and Cannery Cafe. Most of the images contain a sign that states "East San Pedro Tract."

Photograph numbers:

1151, 1297, 1332, 1364, 1369, 1376-1394, 1474-1494, 1496-1510, 1512-1527, 2142, 2160-2165, 2201, 2240, and 2268.

box 3, folder 1-80

Photograph negatives of Terminal Island, Cerritos Channel, and San Pedro, California 1938-February 11, 1946

Material Specific Details: Photographic negatives sizes vary from 2 x 3 inches to 8 x 10 inches.

Photograph numbers:

2515-A, 2516, 2518-2519, 2537-2543, 2673, 2687, 2688, 2690-2692, 2694-2708, 2710-2717, 2983-2991, 2999, 3001, 3003, 3004, 3013, 3023-3026, 3135-3138, 3192, 3194-3201, 3269, 3270, 7715, 7718, 11363, and 11379.1-11379.3.

Scope and Contents

Photographic negatives of Terminal Island, San Pedro Harbor, Cerritos Channel, and Catalina Island, California. Some images are appraisal photographs for H.O.L.C [Home Owners Loan Corporation]. Also included are images of a dredger, titled "Seattle."

Catalina Island, California: Images include the Seaplane Base on Catalina Island and airplanes at the base.
Cerritos Channel, California: Images include shoreline and businesses, such as Marine Hardware Company and C.J. Henry Paints and Oil Company.
San Pedro, California: Images include railroad tracks, warehouses, aerials of the harbor, the Municipal Ferry, Berth 36, and the Naval Air Station.
Terminal Island, California: Images include of railroads, trains, docks, the harbor, ditches, and roads under construction.

box 4

Photograph prints of Port Hueneme, Cerritos Channel, San Pedro, Terminal Island, and Catalina Island, California circa November 18, 1940-December 1947

Material Specific Details: Photographic prints vary in sizes from 2 x 3 inches to 8 x 10 inches.

Scope and Contents

This box contains photographic prints of various sizes of Port Hueneme, Cerritos Channel, San Pedro, Terminal Island, and Catalina Island, California. Most of the photographs contain notes about date, location, photographer, and other information related to the image. Multiple photographs are prints of negatives from earlier boxes.

Catalina Island, California: Images include Mt. Orizaba and Catalina airport.
Cerritos Channel, California: Images include Union Pacific Railroad near the Cerritos Channel.
Port Hueneme, California: Images include houses, warehouses, and aerials of Port Hueneme.
San Pedro, California: Images included a boathouse and bluff near Cabrillo Beach and Naval Supply Depot.
Terminal Island, California: Images include streets on Terminal island, Naval drydocks, US Naval Base, and aerials of Terminal Island and Hammond Lumber Yard.

Photograph numbers:

This box contains various numbering patterns with some unnumbered photographs. Included: Sp 70, SP 183, Sp 184, Sp 216, Sp 9004-9006, NA 26, LA 2068, 340-341, 946-947, 949, 954-955, 988, 2539-2543, 5720, 5197-5213, 5292, 5325-5326, 5725, 5838, 7445, 7683, 7680, 9784, 10405-10407, 10665, 10671, 10875, 11201-11203, and 11322-11324.

box 5, folder 1-15

Photograph prints of Terminal and Catalina Island, California August 20, 1940-October 8, 1943

Material Specific Details: Photographs with backing are 13 x 9 inches.

Scope and Contents

This box contains mostly aerial photographic prints of Terminal Island and Catalina Island with notes about location, altitude, direction, date, photographer, and subject. It also includes one folder of photocopied photographs with notes about buildings and locations on Terminal Island.

Photograph numbers:

SP-71, 2006, 2008, 2389, 2726-2729, 6858, SP 4935-4936, Sp 4938, Sp 4945, and SP 10115.

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