Ten men, including Andrew Higgins, toasting champagne to completion of 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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Ten men holding champagne glasses, most are unidentified except for Mr. Andrew Higgins (fourth from left) and one of whom is Mr. Andres N. Horcasitas, Mexican tourist agent for Louisiana. The men are toasting champagne to the completion of the U.S. Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat. "Mr. A Horcasitas - fourth from right. File No. 631C-4. Subject: Navy's 10,000th Higgins Boat. Date: Jul. 23, 1944." Probably 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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Toasting--Louisiana
Celebrations--Louisiana