General Marshall and grandson at the circus, Washington, D. C., circa 1945

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Photograph. A clown shaking the hand of the grandson of General of the Army George C. Marshall; the boy is sitting in the lap of the General, who is sitting in bleachers at circus. Official Caption: "Rome. 7/9/45--A General goes to the circus---Taking time out from his duties General of the Army George C. Marshall, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, holds his grandson on his lap during a circus performance in Washington. General Marshall was accompanied by the son of a U.S. Army Sergeant (at the clown's side) and Lieut. Col. H. M. Pasco and the latter's son.--Acme photo approved by approved by appropriate military authority--Serviced by Rome OWI (List A out) 7041." Washington, D. C. 9 July 1945

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07/09/1945
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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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District of Columbia
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38.833
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-77.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Generals--American--District of Columbia
Clowns
Families--American--District of Columbia
Circuses & shows--American--District of Columbia