American and British officers viewing Da Vinci's masterpiece 'The Last Supper', Italy, 1945
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Photograph. American and British officers viewing Da Vinci's masterpiece 'The Last Supper', undamaged by the war. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/25/45 -- Famous art treasure spared by war -- Leonardo da Vinci's famous fresco 'The Last Supper' in the church of Santa Della Grazia, Milan, is viewed by Field Marshall Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander (wearing Sam Browne belt), Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, who was accompanied by U.S. Major General Willis D. Crittenberger (extreme left), commander of the Forth Corps." Milan, Italy. 25 June 1945
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06/25/1945
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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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Milano
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45.467
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9.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Art objects-- Italy
Paintings--Italy
Military officers--American--Italy
Military officers--Brazilian--Italy