Turkey

Americans abroad – Javelin in Turkey, Ambassador in New Zealand

BlogBy webmin September 9, 2010

It almost seems incongruous to think of American Motors – that company so immersed in the red, white and blue that it adopted the color scheme for its race cars and for its logo – as exporting its products all over the globe, but Kenosha did indeed pursue export programs beyond North America, including to […]

Lost and Found overflow: Izmir, Turkey

BlogBy webmin April 13, 2010 1 Comment

Robin Hartford of Izmir, Turkey, recently sent us this photo taken from his days sailing the Mediterranean aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga CV-60. He notes the photo was taken in Izmir, Turkey, in 1974 or 1975, and he describes the scene:
At the time, downtown Izmir’s vehicles appeared to be right off the streets of […]