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Order Number	00081865
Title	Port Hueneme street scene
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	S-003-065 4x5; Port Hueneme-Streets.
Date	Circa 1950
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;11 x 14 cm. on sheet 21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Port Hueneme is a small beach city in Ventura County, surrounded by the city of Oxnard and the Pacific Ocean. It is believed that the Chumas Indians were the primary inhabitants of this region, which was later discovered by Cabrillo in 1542. Hueneme is a Chumas word ("wene me"), meaning "half-way" or "resting place". On 1876, Thomas Bard constructed a wharf to serve as a port for shipping of foodstuffs and goods grown and produced in this rich agricultural area known as the Gold Coast. By the early 1920s, lemons outstripped lima beans and sugar beets as the number one crop. In 1922, two giant Sunkist lemon-packing plants were built and Sunkist became one of the port village's largest employers. The name was officially changed to Port Hueneme in 1939, and the city was incorporated on March 24, 1948. Port Hueneme is the only deep-water harbor between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area, and is the U.S. Port of Entry for California's central coast region. The United States Navy maintains a facility at Port Hueneme, which is the West Coast home of the Construction Battalion famously known as the "Seabees". "The Friendly City By The Sea", as it is known, has a current population of 22,202.
Description	Photograph shows a major, but unidentified, thoroughfare in Port Hueneme. Businesses pictured include: Hueneme Outlet Store; Port Auto Supply - auto parts retail and wholesale; Reedy's Firestone Auto Parts; contractors; jewelers, etc.
Subject	Stores & shops--California--Port Hueneme. Automobiles--California--Port Hueneme. Buildings--California--Port Hueneme. Streets--California--Port Hueneme. Port Hueneme (Calif.).
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection