A parade for General Eisenhower, New York City, 29 June 1945
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Photograph. A line of vehicles makes its way down a broad thoroughfare in New York City during a 'welcome home' parade for General Dwight D. Eisenhower in New York City. Official Caption: "Rome, 6/29/45--New York Welcomes Eisenhower--Cheering millions of New Yorkers lined the streets and ticker tape and bits of paper floated from skyscraper windows to greet the return of General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower on June 19. It was the most tumultuous welcome accorded anyone in the history of the city.--International News Photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority-(List A Out) 6932." New York, New York. 29 June 1945
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06/29/1945
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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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New York
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40.700
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-74.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Parades & processions--New York
Ticker tape parades-- New York
Automobiles--American--New York
Cityscapes--New York
Generals--American--New York