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Ambassador James Dunn Touring Flood Damage in Italy

2012-2235
Accession Number
2012-2235
7x9.5
Black & White
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NAID 350380474
Related Collection
Dunn, James C. Papers
Keywords
Airplanes
Ambassadors
Floods
Reporters and reporting
HST Keywords
Italy
People Pictured
Dunn, James C. (James Clement), 1890-1979
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Description
Exterior view showing a group of men, including reporters and government officials, standing by an Italian airplane. United States Ambassador to Italy (1946-1952), James C. Dunn, is seen standing in the center holding a light colored topcoat. The other men are not identified. The photograph is identified as: "visit to Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia to see flood damage caused by storm, October 31, 1951." According to newspaper clippings accompanying the photograph the two-week old flood had caused extensive damage with at least 110 persons killed and 9,000 people left homeless.
Date(s)
October 31, 1951