Manuscripts

Political cartoons about Sohio Terminal, Long Beach, California

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Description: Two cartoons by Paul Conrad and Bob Staake responding to Standard Oil of Ohio's (Sohio) controversial proposed oil terminal and pipeline project in the port of Long Beach in the 1970s: print of "'The time has come,' the walrus said. 'To talk of many things: of crude - and spills - and tanker ships - of oil cartels - and kings." by Paul Conrad, inscribed and signed, dated October 14, 1978; original cartoon "Guess what's coming to Long Beach?" by Bob Staake, signed, approximately 1978.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1978.
Call number: mssHM 83871-83872
Provenance: Gift of Dennis and Susan Martinek, December 2017.
Associated people: Conrad, Paul,; Staake, Bob.

[Aftermath of the Long Beach earthquake in Long Beach and Compton, California]

Visual Materials

5 black-and-white snapshots documenting the wreckage and destruction to various buildings caused by the Long Beach earthquake of 1933. Scenes include debris in the streets of Long Beach; a view of U.S. Marines walking through a Long Beach street; a destroyed Long Beach church; a view from the street of a building in Compton with the exterior wall destroyed and interior rooms visible; and the rubble before the Haigh Drug Co. store in Compton.

photPF 20228-20232

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Panoramic photograph of Otoji Hara funeral in Long Beach, California

Visual Materials

A panoramic photograph depicting the funeral of Japanese American Otoji Hara, who once worked as a superintendent at a tuna cannery on Terminal Island. The image was taken at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach, California, and shows a large group of mourners made up of men, women, and children, facing the camera, with the casket in the middle. The scene includes a long line of flower wreaths with ribbons in Japanese, and several oil derricks feature prominently in the background. The print is captioned in Japanese and is signed Ninomiya, L.A., a photography studio founded by Kinso Ninomiya in 1922.

photPAN 150

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Photograph album of aviation in Long Beach, California

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Photograph album containing snapshots and commercial photographs documenting early aviation activities around Long Beach, California, chiefly in the late 1920s. Included are views of pilots, aircraft, and many images of crashes of commercial and private planes. Many of the photographs accompanied by descriptive handwritten captions. This scrapbook was compiled by Jack Niblack, Signal Hill Chief of Police and an early licensed pilot. Also accompanied by framed image of Signal Hill oil fields.

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