American soldier standing guard over priceless paintings, Salzburg, Austria, 1945
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Photograph. American soldier standing guard over priceless paintings found hidden in a salt mine near Salzburg, Austria. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/6/45--Stolen Art Treasures Recovered--An American soldier stands guard over priceless paintings in Salzburg found hidden in a salt mine near the Austrian city. They include'Maria Teresa' by Velasquez; a Titian Madonna, Rembrandt’s self-portrait and Breughel [sic]'s Peasants' Dinner. They are being held by the U.S. military government until they can be restored to the Vienna Museum from where they were stolen by the Germans.--ISB photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority--(full -ISB out) 7020." Salzburg, Austria. 6 July 1945
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07/06/1945
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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.
Geography:
Salzburg
Latitude:
47.800
Longitude:
13.050
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Paintings--Austria
Soldiers--American--Austria
Military uniforms--American--Austria