Governor Hugh Carey at Stewart Air Force Base in Newburgh, greeting American hostages who had been held in Iran from 1979-1981. Carey was the first public official to welcome them back to the United States. In this photograph Carey greets former hostage Katherine Koob.

Identifier
NYSA_13703-83_B10_014

Date Original
January 27 1981

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives. New York (State). Governor. Public information photographs, 1910-1992. Series 13703-83, Box 10, No. 014.

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