Italian interior ministers at the Italian National Congress of Agricultural Scientists, Rome, Italy, June 1945

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Photograph. Italian interior ministers at the Italian National Congress of Agricultural Scientists viewing exhibit on irrigation in the United States. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/30/45 -- Officials view exhibits at farm congress -- Visiting pictorial exhibits of modern agrarian methods in the U.S. at the Italian National Congress of Agricultural Scientists in Rome were (L to R): Former Premier Vittorio Orlando, Premier Ferruccio Parri, Dr. Giovanni Pallastrelli, President of the National Association of doctors in Agricultural sciences; Fausto Gullo, Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Public Works Guiseppe Romita.The group is standing before a poster explaining the Colorado dam irrigation system. The program of lectures, educational films and exhibits were designed to interest both the public and farm experts on Italy's reconstruction needs. OWI Staff photo approved by appropriate military authority. (List D)" 6965.”Rome, Italy. 30 June 1945

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Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.029
Date: 
06/30/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Discussion--Italy
Prime ministers--Italy
Posters--Italy
Government officials--Italian--Italy
Meetings--Italy
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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.
Geography: 
Roma
Latitude: 
41.900
Longitude: 
12.483
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Discussion--Italy
Prime ministers--Italy
Posters--Italy
Government officials--Italian--Italy
Meetings--Italy