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Flooding Due to Hurricane at Key West Air Naval Station

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High water and flooding damage on a street on the Key West Naval Base. Cars can be seen parked on the right side of the street. On September 20-21, 1948 a hurricane struck Key West, Florida causing some flooding at the Naval Air Station and killing three people in the area.

Hurricane Damage at Key West Naval Air Station

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Extensive damage to trees along a road at the Key West Naval Air Station as a result of a hurricane that came through on September 20-21, 1948. People in the background standing near the car are unidentified.

Hurricane Damage at Key West Naval Air Station, 1948

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Extensive damage to trees and high water at the Key West Naval Air Station, stranding a car in between several buildings. On September 20-21, 1948 a hurricane struck Key West, Florida damaging several of the buildings at the Naval Air Station and killing three people in the area.

Hurricane Damage at Key West Naval Air Station, 1948

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Damage to a garage storing boats and cars at the Key West Naval Air Station. On September 20-21, 1948 a hurricane struck Key West, Florida damaging several of the buildings at the Naval Air Station and killing three people in the area.

Ujina Test Course

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Toyo Kogyo employees and visitors take a test ride in one of the company's rotary engined sports cars at the Ujina test course. Pictured: Mrs. Emily Gardiner (left); and Arthur Z. Gardiner, Economic Minister for the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo (third from left). All others unidentified.

Toyo Kogyo Automobile Plant

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Mrs. Emily Gardiner (left) and unidentified others examine a Mazda Carol coming off the assembly line in the Painting and Final Assembly Plant at Toyo Kogyo. Mrs. Gardiner's husband, Arthur, is United States Economic Minister to Japan.

Toyo Kogyo Automobile Factory

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Mrs. Emily Gardiner (second from left) and unidentified others tour the automobile manufacturing plant at Toyo Kogyo Company, Limited. All others unidentified. Mrs. Gardiner's husband, Arthur, is the United States Economic Minister to Japan.

Cars Travel Along Street in Yalta

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View taken from the inside of a car looking through the windshield at the street and cars ahead. Probably part of W. Averell Harriman's escort during his 1959 Russian trip and may be his party as they left Yalta. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

W. Averell Harriman at Auto Plant During Russian Trip

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Exterior view identified on back of photograph as "Gov. Harriman at Likhachev auto works talking with workman (left) and Manager Krylov [Krilov] (right)." Also called the ZIL Automobile Factory which was formerly the Stalin Automobile Factory. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

W. Averell Harriman At Auto Plant During Russian Trip

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Exterior view identified on back of photograph as "Gov. Harriman inspecting grounds of Likhachev auto works with plant manager Krylov [Krilov], left, interpreter." According to Thayer's diary accounts the visit would have occurred on May 15, 1959. Location is Moscow. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

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