Grondahl: Forgotten for decades, mystery box bonded Albany to Holland
FacebookTwitterEmail
1of11
Carol Mayone holds a plate sent in 1946 to her when she was 6 as a thank-you gift from Ineke Keyser in Nijmegen.Paul Grondahl / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of11
This porcelain keepsake depicts the bridge over the Waal River where the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division pushed back Nazi forces and liberated the Dutch city of Nijmegen in September 1944.Paul Grondahl / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
3of11
4of11
This photo of Carol Mayone, whose maiden name was Cross, appeared in the Knickerbocker News in 1946 when Albany collected a humanitarian shipment for war-torn Nijmegen.Paul Grondahl / Times UnionShow MoreShow Less