Collection, 1933-1936.

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Collection, 1933-1936.

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Collection (1933-1936) of Olga Gralton, sister of Immigration History Research Center director Rudolph J. Vecoli, consists of seven scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, one describing the flight of General Italo Balbo and his air armada to the United States. Six scrapbooks contain clippings pertaining to the Italo-Ethiopian War and to Italian notables.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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Balbo, Italo, 1896-1940

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Italo Balbo (b. June 5, 1896-d. June 28, 1940), an officer in the Italian Royal Army during World War I and a leader in the Italian Fascist movement, is perhaps best known for the Summer 1933 round-trip flight of twenty-four flying boats from Rome to Chicago, Illinois's Century of Progress fair. He served as Libya's governor-general until 1940 when his plane was shot down by friendly fire near Tobruk, Libya. From the description of Balbo, Italo, 1896-1940 (U.S. National Archives and ...

Gralton, Olga.

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