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A Parade in Honor of Nicaraguan President Gen. Anastasio Somoza, May 5th, 1939

This is a photograph of a parade in honor of Nicaraguan President Gen. Anastasio Somoza, visiting the city in 1939. The parade was captured in a photo that was recently discovered in the Library of Congress.
July 31, 1921. Washington, D.C. "Pie eating contest at Tidal Basin bathing beach." In the back row: the blurry but unmistakable facial contours of Iola Swinnerton. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.
Fidel Castro
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This is a photograph we dug up at the Library of Congress. It shows a parade in honor of Nicaraguan President Gen. Anastasio Somoza, visiting the city on May 5th, 1939.

parade in honor of Nicaraguan President - May 5th, 1939
parade in honor of Nicaraguan President – May 5th, 1939
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