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Anefo photo collection. Departure Minister of Defense Ir. J. H. Visser from Schiphol to America. Minister Visser on the way to the plane, on the right State Secretary de Jong. April 14, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
Anefo photo collection. Departure Minister of Defense Ir. J. H. Visser from Schiphol to America. Minister Visser on the way to the plane, on the right State Secretary de Jong. April 14, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Anefo photo collection. Russian Spy Smirnof shown, departure from Schiphol. July 7, 1960
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Princess Margaret cuts tape opening Princess Margaret highway in Trinidad Feb.4. At left is Gov. Sir Hubert Rance. February 06, 1955. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).
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Anefo photo collection. Opening Air Cargo 80 by State Secretary Smit-Kroes. Neelie Smit-Kroes looks at the model of a Martinair cargo plane with Martinair director Schröder. September 30, 1980
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11/04/1982. Pope's visit to Granada, on an Alsina Graells bus.
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Anefo photo collection. Assignment Swiss Traffic Agency. March 31, 1966
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Stins from various stations within the traffic company Grängesbergoxelösund railways, TGOJ.
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Anefo photo collection. Farewell captain Good car from Willem Ruys after 40 years with new successor (Captain J. de Jonge). March 24, 1955
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Anefo photo collection. Tulpenralley. Speed test on Zandvoort circuit. Winner know Wharton with Navigator Jan Langelaa (left). 25 April 1952. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort
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Anefo photo collection. Laid launch cargo ship "Artemis" by Mrs. Dailly. December 4, 1953
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Ferries (depicted - name).Ferries (depicted - name)
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At the Italian Trade Exhibition At David Jones.The Italian Ambassador Senor Silvio Daneo, Seated in an Italian baby car, and Isetta. Looking at him is Mr David Lloyd Jones. The car man can seat three people abreast. June 22, 1955. (Photo by Bert Power/Fairfax Media).
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Wheelbarrow's Etc. - Vehicles. June 15, 1935. ;Wheelbarrow's Etc. - Vehicles.
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Anefo photo collection. Tulip to the SS. Rotterdam baptized in Utrecht Mrs. E. de Monchy van der Hoeven Doopt De Tulp. April 21, 1959
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Anefo photo collection. Departure Ajax to Prague, v.L.n.R. Soetekouw, Muller, Swart, Michels and Show off platform. March 6, 1967. Prague, Czech Republic
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Anefo photo collection. Queen is officially in use renewed Moerdijk bridges. October 11, 1978
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Elsevier photo collection. Submission city roadside assistance-bovag emergency service Assterdam Mayor G. van Hall. consists 6 cars 2 engines offers assistance city-stranded motorists Panne. mayor binds flag auxiliary cars. April 7, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. The launch of the cargo ship MS "Troubadour" on the NDSM yard in Amsterdam. October 24, 1953. Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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State Railways SJ 1856-1956. 100th anniversary.
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Passengers and staff aboard the tugboat "Polar bear".
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08/11/1958. The Madrid Players Go Through Customs Before Boarding The Plane That Will Take Them To Buenos Aires.
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival East German team at Schiphol. Here on arrival. September 12, 1967. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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The England - Australia Air Race -- Mr. A. E. Hagg, Mr. E. T. Hearle, Capt. Geoffrey De Havilland (with model) Major F. B. Balforn, and Mr. C. C. Walker.The great achievement of C. H. A. Scott and T. Campbell Black, in reaching Melbourne in 70 hours, is due to the wonderful performance of their D. E. Comet Machine. October 23, 1934. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency, Limited).
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival C. O. Irausquin at Schiphol. C. O. Irausquin, Head of Aviation Service Netherlands Antilles. January 29, 1962. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Anefo photo collection. Indonesian PNI Party Parliamentary committee arrives at Schiphol. January 28, 1971. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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The shift change at the Opel factory gate in Bochum on 29.1.1975, Germany, Europe
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The Railway Management Association's section 117 in Västervik will keep its 40th anniversary in 1945.
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Anefo photo collection. Largest Esso Hampshire built in the Netherlands baptized by Mrs. L.w. Elliot (wife of the vice president of the stand. Oil Company). March 14, 1962. Rotterdam, South Holland
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From Cologne-Bonner Eisenbahnen, KBE visits in May 1960.
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Pininfarina. battista farina. il figlio sergio farina and r.carli. 1963.
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Anefo photo collection. Flying hours tensions at Schiphol awarded to Stewardessen. October 5, 1962. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Double track inauguration, rally train "Rallar disc
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Elsevier photo collection. Departure Mayor Samkalen van Amsterdam, chairman trading delegation, Japan. November 5, 1967. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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State Railways, SJ Gas Administration
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Third International Traffic Fair in Stockholm. City Secretary in the Ministry of Communications, Lars Petersson, 1st from left. Minister of Communications, Gösta Skoglund, 3rd from left with glasses
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Anefo photo collection. Mayor G. van Hall van Amsterdam hands over Gravu van Schreierstoren to Dr. G. van der Wal, president-director KLM, for DC 9. April 6, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival of Mr. Jongejans at Schiphol. January 3, 1967. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Inspection tour of NASA installations: St. Louis, Missouri, McDonnell Aircraft, 3:27PM. Director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Dr. Wernher von Braun, rides in the back of a motorized cart during President John F. Kennedys tour of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence of Great Britain, Sir Solly Zuckerman, rides in front seat; driver of cart is unidentified. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Bill Duncan and Roy Kellerman. McDonnell plant employees line the tour route. President Kennedy visited the plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri. Scratches on image are original to the negative.
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Inspection tour of NASA installations: St. Louis, Missouri, McDonnell Aircraft, 3:27PM. President John F. Kennedy (on speakers platform) delivers remarks to employees of the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation plant in St. Louis, Missouri. Also pictured: White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. Jerry Behn, Ron Pontius, Toby Chandler, and Dave Grant. President Kennedy visited the McDonnell plant as part of a two-day inspection tour of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) field installations. Lambert-St. Louis Municipal Airport, St. Louis, Missouri.
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Elsevier photo collection. A-Ford Club Nederland defiled T.G.v. National A-Ford day 30 A-Ford's Prince Bernhard Palace Soestdijk. offered silver model A-Ford. September 30, 1964. Soestdijk
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Anefo photo collection. Robot "Sabor" on the way to the US per ss. "Rotterdam". Kaptein van de "Rotterdam" Coen Bouman gets fire. May 30, 1961
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State Railways, SJ Travel Agency, Vällingby. South Africa, Sasden Norwegian American line
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival Ajax team from Trnava at Schiphol no. 12: Right bals and left Hulshoff. April 24, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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The Queen At the Helm of Giant Liner -- The Queen on the bridge of the "Queen Elizabeth " during her trials yesterday.The Queen took the helm of the 83,000-ton Queen Elizabeth while the liner steamed at 30 knots off the coat of Arran in the Firth of Clyde yesterday. She was accompanied by the two Princesses on the trip. October 09, 1946. (Photo by United Kingdom Information Office)
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Anefo photo collection. Minister Tuijnman opens free bus rail project between Leiden and Katwijk. September 20, 1978. Katwijk, Leiden, South Holland
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Anefo photo collection. American Minister of Economic Affairs, M.H. Stans, accompanied by O.A. Houthakker, arrives at Schiphol No. 18, 19: Dr. Lumberjack. April 15, 1969. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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M/S Queen, Trelleborg
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Anefo photo collection. Departure Statenmeden Suriname from Schiphol; Lachmon before departure. October 13, 1975. Schiphol
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Helicopter, Museums of Science , Helicopters, Aircraft industry, Washburn, Bradford, 1910-2007, Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972, Cabot, Godfrey L. Godfrey Lowell, 1861-1962, Sikorsky Aviation Corporation. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Anefo photo collection. Departure Slijhuis to America at Customs. January 15, 1949
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Anefo photo collection. Millionth passenger of North Sea Ferrier in Rotterdam Continental Public Relations assignment. 19 October 1974. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Image of the administration for the shipment of bicycles by train at the N.S. station Amsterdam Amstel in Amsterdam.
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Inaugural trip with M/S "Gustav Vasa". Delivered on April 10, 1965 to Lion Ferry AB, Halmstad. Chartered on the same day to the State Railways, SJ, Malmö. Director General, DG, Erik Upmark, on the left
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New Presidential limousine. Arrival of the new Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible) built by the Ford Motor Company and customized by Hess &Eisenhardt. Director of the United States Secret Service, U. E. Baughman, sits in back seat of car. Also pictured: dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; White House correspondent for The Washington Star, Garnett D. Horner; LOOK Magazine photographer, Stanley Tretick; White House Correspondent for NBC, Sander Vanocur. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.
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Anefo photo collection. Mayor G. van Hall van Amsterdam hands over engraving van Schreierstoren to Dr. G. van der Wal, president-director KLM, for DC 9 /. April 6, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Dammer Ton Sijbrands arrives from Moscow at Schiphol, Ton Sijbrands with first prize, a film set at Schiphol. September 22, 1971
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Inaugural trip with M/S "Gustav Vasa". Delivered on April 10, 1965 to Lion Ferry AB, Halmstad. Chartered on the same day to the State Railways, SJ, Malmö. Director General, DG, Erik Upmark, on the right
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Anefo photo collection. Plane from Djakarta at Schiphol. October 4, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival Guliette Messina at Schiphol. July 5, 1966. Noord-Holland, Schiphol
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Bus 628 D with gear equipment.
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Anefo photo collection. Fiat 128 car of the year. Links Dr. Umberto Agnelli and Dr. Dane Giacosa, designer of the Fiat 128, receive the trophy in Hilton Amsterdam. February 5, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Arrival Nigerian trade mission at Schiphol. Minister Pous and Minister Z. B. Dipcharima van Nigeria. October 11, 1961
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Anefo photo collection. Auto exhibition RAI. April 30, 1948. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Surinamese demonstrate Now that the SLM does not get a transport option that the KLM is remembered. SLM director Mungra (M). October 18, 1983. Noord-Holland, Schiphol