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Lowell Thomas
First "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas"
Originally From CBS TELEVISION
Press Information Photo Division
Broadcast Date: November 12, 1957WebPost
Lowell Thomas
Photos Click on photos for enlarged images. Additional photo information available by clicking on Originally From links below images. Photos acquired March 2008.
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Lowell Thomas on boat up Sepik River, New Guinea. First "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Broadcast Date: November 12, 1957 |
Lowell Thomas with head-hunters in New Guinea. First "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Broadcast Date: November 12, 1957 |
New Guinea Tribesmen & sometimes head-hunters. First "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Broadcast Date: November 12, 1957 |
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Lowell Thomas with pioneer Artic explorers. Left to right: Admiral Donald B. MacMillan, Sir Hubert Wilkins, Peter Freuchen, Lowell Thomas, Sr and Colonel Bernt Balchen. Seattle-Tacoma Airport(?) flying to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Second "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Broadcast Date: December 23, 1957 Note Peter Freuchen's left foot which was amputated by Eskimos when it froze during a dog sled north polar expedition in the winter of 1921-22. Also note Hubert Wilkins shoes. |
Lowell Thomas with pioneer Artic explorers. Left to right: Lowell Thomas, Jr, Colonel Bernt Balchen, Lowell Thomas, Sr, Admiral Donald B. MacMillan and Sir Hubert Wilkins. Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Second "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Broadcast Date: December 23, 1957 |
Lowell Thomas with Colonel Bernt Balchen, first man to fly over North and South Poles. Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Second "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From CBS TELEVISION Photo Division Press Information Broadcast Date: December 23, 1957 |
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Lowell Thomas Sr and Jr at the "Top of the World". In plane at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. Second "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Broadcast Date: December 23, 1957 |
Lowell Thomas with Admiral Donald B. MacMillan (left). In plane flying over North Pole. Second "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Broadcast Date: December 23, 1957 |
Lowell Thomas above Artic Circle. At "Dew-Line" Radar dome (Northern Alaska?). Second "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Broadcast Date: December 23, 1957 |
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"Whiskey Johnnie" Frisbie, born on Puka Puka subject of third "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" titled Danger Island. More photo information, click link below. Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Broadcast Date: January 19, 1958 |
Lowell Thomas in front of a Nike-Asp rocket, named "Sadie Thompson" after 1921 William Somerset Maugham title character in Miss Thompson later retitled Rain, used for observing October 12, 1957 solar eclipse from Puka Puka. Third "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Broadcast Date: January 19, 1958 |
Danger Island (Puka Puka) Headquarters where scientists went to observe October 12, 1957 total solar eclipse. Third "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From Campbell Ewald Company, Inc. Official U.S. Navy Photo Broadcast Date: January 19, 1958 Note: IGY Flag for International Geophysical Year of 1957. (Latitude 10° 55' S, Longitude 165° 50' W) |
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Lowell Thomas with remains of a rhinoceros. Nairobi, Kenya. Fourth "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" Originally From CBS TELEVISION Photo Division Press Information Broadcast Date: January 22, 1958 |
Lowell Thomas riding camel in Morocco. Producer Gilbert Ralston (?) in front of camel. "High Adventure with Lowell Thomas" No additional photo information available. Broadcast Date: From 1958 to 1959 |
Lowell Thomas with Mike Douglas. "Mike Douglas Show" Click on photo to read caption below photo. Broadcast Date: November 15, 1971 |
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