Military officers and government officials at Potsdam Conference, Germany, July 1945

Description: 

Photograph. Elevated view of military officers and government officials at Potsdam Conference; U.S. President Harry Truman (left), British Prime Minister Clement Atlee (center-top), and Russian Marshal Joseph Stalin (right) visible at table. Official Caption: "Rome, 8/8/45 Berlin conference: Mr. Atlee arrives at Potsdam for resumption of conference. The Prime Minister, Mr. Attlee, arrived back in Potsdam, 28th July 1945, accompanied by Mr. Bevin, Foreign Secretary to resume the Berlin conference discussions with President Truman and Marshal Stalin. Picture shows: the big three in session, President Truman on the left, Mr. Atlee and Mr. Bevin in the center, and Marshal Stalin standing on the right. British official photo through U. S. I. S. Rome." Potsdam, Germany. 28 July 1945

Image Information

Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.576
Date: 
07/28/1945
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
Theater of Service: 
Unit: 
Campaign / Event: 
Occupation of Europe (1945-55)
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Meetings--Germany
Presidents--American--Germany
Prime ministers--British--Germany
Government officials--Russian--Germany
Military officers--Germany
Collection Level: 
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: 
Potsdam
Latitude: 
52.400
Longitude: 
13.067
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Meetings--Germany
Presidents--American--Germany
Prime ministers--British--Germany
Government officials--Russian--Germany
Military officers--Germany