Churchill-Roosevelt Club at Lido Venice, Italy, 1945
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Photograph. Exterior view of a large building used as a club for enlisted personnel of the British and American armies in Venice. Official Caption: "(Series of 3) Rome, 7/12/45--Allied Club in Venice--This is the handsome Churchill-Roosevelt Club at Lido Venice for enlisted personnel of the British and American armies. The club, formerly a playground for the wealthy, is staffed by women of the American Red Cross and the British Women's Voluntary Service.--British Official Photos through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority. 7089 A."Venice, Italy. 12 July 1945
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07/12/1945
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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:
Venezia
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45.583
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12.567
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Buildings--Italy
Clubs--Italy