With the 2013 baseball season underway, take a look at a bit of baseball from our holdings! During World War II, Camp Ross was used by the Army as a cantonment area for U.S. troops at the Los Angeles Port of Embarkation. In 1945, the baseball team was integrated.
This photo, found in the Records of the Office of the Chief of Transportation at the National Archives at Riverside is featured in our latest eBook: “Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives.” It is available at http://www.archives.gov/publications/ebooks/index.html#baseball for iPad, iPhone, Android, or eReader.
Today we salute America’s veterans. Thank you for all that you have done and all that you continue to do to preserve our nation.
Image: Arrival and debarkation of the 38th Division at the Los Angeles Port of Embarkation during World War II.
In the holdings of the National Archives at Riverside, men and women of Hispanic heritage are intertwined in many of our records, including records documenting citizenship.
¡Celebración de la Herencia Hispana!
To pay tribute to the many generations of Hispanic Americans that have enriched our nation’s history, the National Archives at Riverside will be highlighting some of our holdings relating to Hispanic American history in our region (Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, NV), including records relating to Private Land Claims, Immigration and Naturalization, military service and many more.
For more information about Hispanic Heritage Month, see http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/
Soldiers of Hispanic descent were integral in the war effort overseas and at home. Special Services soldiers stationed at the Los Angeles Port of Embarkation during World War II made a difference in the morale of soldiers fighting in the Pacific theater. These images from Records of the Chief of Transportation (Record Group 336) document the work done by two of these soldiers (the third is unidentified), privates Hernandez (at the piano) and Guzman (with guitar) playing music and recording the voices of soldiers “to the folks at home.”
¡Celebración de la Herencia Hispana!
To pay tribute to the many generations of Hispanic Americans that have enriched our nation’s history, the National Archives at Riverside will be highlighting some of our holdings relating to Hispanic American history in our region (Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, NV), including records relating to Private Land Claims, Immigration and Naturalization, military service and many more.
For more information about Hispanic Heritage Month, see http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/
Micaela “Mickey” Campoy de Gutierrez, was a mother, a wife, and an immigrant. Her husband, Herbert Gutierrez was a druggist in a Los Angeles drug store. Mickey became a U. S. citizen on April 11, 1941. She came to the United States with her mother, Rosario de Felis Campoy, and several brothers and sisters in 1920. Her mother brought the family from Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico. Their destination was Los Angeles, California.
In the holdings of the National Archives at Riverside, men and women of Hispanic heritage are intertwined in many of our records, including records documenting citizenship.
¡Celebración de la Herencia Hispana!
To pay tribute to the many generations of Hispanic Americans that have enriched our nation’s history, the National Archives at Riverside will be highlighting some of our holdings relating to Hispanic American history in our region (Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, NV), including records relating to Private Land Claims, Immigration and Naturalization, military service and many more.
For more information about Hispanic Heritage Month, see http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/
During World War II, Latinas were contributors to the war effort, these Rosies worked in manufacturing along side women from across the American homefront. We found a record of Mina Mendoza, a young woman born in Hermosillo, Mexico. She made her way to the United States with her family in 1927, crossing the border on foot at Douglas, Arizona. When the war started, Mina, 5’ 1” and 114 lbs, she was operating a milling machine in the Los Angeles area. Ms. Mendoza became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
In the holdings of the National Archives at Riverside, men and women of Hispanic heritage are intertwined in many of our records, including records documenting citizenship.
¡Celebración de la Herencia Hispana!
To pay tribute to the many generations of Hispanic Americans that have enriched our nation’s history, the National Archives at Riverside will be highlighting some of our holdings relating to Hispanic American history in our region (Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, NV), including records relating to Private Land Claims, Immigration and Naturalization, military service and many more.
For more information about Hispanic Heritage Month, see http://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/
Did you know that Los Angeles is a flood basin?
The two photographs are from the 1916 flood in Orange County. Without the extensive work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the entire LA basin would struggle with water control. We have dams, levees, man-made rivers, and almost anything else you can think of to control rainwater, the ocean, and other natural elements!
Throughout the month of July, the National Archives at Riverside is taking the opportunity to share images, documents, and records that celebrate our local history. As the archives that holds permanent federal records for Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, we have records from the states’ Territorial eras, records relating to the development of the region as a center of commerce and culture, and records depicting the natural beauty and built environments of our unique home. This July, join us in celebrating our heritage as Americans and our heritage as stewards of the Pacific Southwest!
Do you have what it takes to be a member of the auxiliary Police During WWII? These gentlemen from Riverside, California sure did! They were members of the community, ages 21-50, trained to support local police departments all over southern California during WWII. Their tasks? According to the Los Angeles City Defense Council they were to…
1. Control traffic.
2. Guard defense points, docks, bridges, factories, to prevent sabotage.
3. Prevent looting of partially demolished shops and homes.
4. Control panics.
5. Help enforce emergency restrictions on lighting, and prohibitions on trespassing.
6. Assist in air raid protection service before, during and after a raid.
Throughout the month of July, the National Archives at Riverside is taking the opportunity to share images, documents, and records that celebrate our local history. As the archives that holds permanent federal records for Southern California, Arizona, and Clark County, we have records from the states’ Territorial eras, records relating to the development of the region as a center of commerce and culture, and records depicting the natural beauty and built environments of our unique home. This July, join us in celebrating our heritage as Americans and our heritage as stewards of the Pacific Southwest!
Looking westward down Wilshire Boulevard, 1928. The Brown Derby is visible in the lower right.
(via latimes)
Source: digitallibrary.usc.edu
Map Monday!
Township Plat for Laguna Beach, created by the Los Angeles office of the Bureau of Land Management.
