Angelo Pepe Photograph Collection
Scope and Contents
The Angelo Pepe Photograph Collection contains a photograph album documenting the Navy service of Pepe and others attached to or part of the United States Marine unit stationed in Tientsin, China after World War II. The unit served in Tientsin from July 1946 to July 1947, when they were forced out of China and relocated to Guam. The album photographs include portraits and group shots with Pepe and his fellow servicemen, as well as with Chinese individuals. Local scenes show street acrobats, food, bumboats, and rickshaws. Locations depicted include the International Bridge, Skid Road, the Imperial Hotel, the Little Club and St. Anna.
Dates
- Creation: 1946-1947
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
Angelo J. Pepe served in the United States military as a Navy corpsman attached to a Marine unit in Tientsin from July 1946 to July 1947, when his unit was forced out of China and relocated to Guam. Prior to deployment in China, his all-volunteer Navy corpsmen unit trained at United States Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Pepe was discharged in November 1947, and then attended college, got married, and settled in Louisiana.
Full Extent
.02 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Angelo Pepe Photograph Collection documents Angelo Pepe's military service as a Navy corpsman attached to a United States Marine unit stationed in Tientsin, China in the post World War II period.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Angelo J. Pepe, 2019
Processing Information
Mallory Furnier, 2019
Genre / Form
- Title
- Guide to the Angelo Pepe Photograph Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2020-01-06
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository
University Library
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge CA 91330-8326 USA
818-677-4594
asksca@csun.edu