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Dwight Griswold, Ailanos, and Tsaldaris at Ribbon-Cutting for the Corinth Canal

64-790
Accession Number
64-790
7.5x9.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 343793053
Related Collection
Griswold, Dwight P. Papers
Keywords
Diplomats
Canals
People Pictured
Griswold, Dwight P. (Dwight Palmer), 1893-1954
Tsaldaris, M. Constantine, 1884-1970
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Description
Ailanos (left, holding hat) and Constantine Tsaldaris (right, in white hat, facing away from camera) cut the ribbon held by Dwight Griswold (center), Chief of the American Mission for Aid to Greece, to reopen the Corinth Canal in Greece connecting the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. Harold Holtz, a member of Griswold's staff, stands in the lower left hand corner of the photograph with other unidentified men.
Date(s)
July 5, 1948