USS "Missouri" in port, 1954

16 images. USS "Missouri" in port, 8 September 1954. Sergeant Rod Welch; Sergeant Mike Butler; General views of crowds, etc...; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Emery. Date: 1954-09-08. Reporter: Emery to Driscoll, etc.. Assignment: People jam to see USS Missouri, Long Beach harbor district & Pier A. 66: Parking area Pier A. 50: Broadway and Pico Ave. 48, 49: Traffic locked curb to curb on West Broadway Bridge. 51: Sweating motor officers Sgt. Rod Welch & Mike Butler fight losing battle at Pico Ave. and Ocean Blvd. 80, 81: Pico between Seaside Blvd. & the Embarcadero. 97: Closeup crowd waiting to board ship. 16: Looking down on ship's famed plaque about peace treaty, armed sentries, crowd. 17: Visitors on bow of Mo. Various other shots of lines of visitors waiting to climb gangplanks to ship; in foreground are five-inch guns (in pairs) and 40mm rifles (in fours)."