Fireworks illuminate the Campanile of San Marco and the Doge's Palace, Venice, 19 July 1945
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Photograph. Fireworks illuminate the Campanile of San Marco and the Doge's Palace in Venice during the Festa del Redentore (Feast of the Redeemer). Official Caption: "Rome, 7/19/45--Venice celebrates--For the first time since before the war, Venetians celebrated their Festa del Redentore the night of July 14. A brilliant display of fireworks illumines the Grand Canal and the Doges Palace and the Campanile in the background. The city has celebrated the third Saturday night in July from the time of its liberation from plague in the late 16th century until the beginning of this war.--OWI staff photo approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced by Rome OWI (full). 7144."Venice, Italy. 19 July 1945
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07/19/1945
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Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
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Venezia
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45.583
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12.567
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Cityscapes--Italy
Fireworks--Italian--Italy
Castles & palaces--Italian--Italy
Celebrations--Italy