Higgins Industries employees and U.S. Navy personnel during celebration for completion of the U.S. Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat in 1944

Gift in memory of Andres N. Horcasitas, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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Higgins Industries employees and U.S. Navy personnel including Mr. Andrew Higgins and Mr. Andres N. Horcasitas, Mexican tourist agent for Louisiana, pose for photograph during celebration for completion of the U.S. Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat. Lake Ponchatrain, New Orleans, Louisiana. 23 July 1944

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Items from the 10,000th Higgins Boat event in New Orleans as experienced by Andres N. Horcasitas, Honorary Guest from Mexico as a Representative of the Minister of the Interior.
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New Orleans
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29.950
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-90.067
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Posing--Louisiana