Interior shot of a living room and its furniture, Greenbelt, Maryland, May 1945

Description: 

Photograph. Interior shot of a living room and furniture in Greenbelt, Maryland. Official Caption: "Rome, 5/25/45--Greenbelt: Typical planned community in the U.S.--A living room of a home in the planned community at Greenbelt has casement windows which provide a maximum of light and air. Instead of facing a barren street, all the homes look out upon grass and trees. There are two other communities like Greenbelt in the U.S.--one in the northwestern state of Wisconsin and the other in the Midwestern state of Ohio. In developing these projects, it was felt that they would have a far-reaching influence on American home building for years to come. –FFG Photo—Serviced by Rome OWI (A List Out). Approved by appropriate military authority. 6392-13." Greenbelt, Maryland. 25 May 1945

Image Information

Donor: 
Dylan Utley
Accession Number: 
2012.019.040
Date: 
05/25/1945
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Topical Subjects: 
Living rooms--Mayland
Furniture
Interiors--Mayland
City planning--Maryland
Collection Level: 
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: 
Greenbelt
Latitude: 
39.000
Longitude: 
-76.867
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Living rooms--Mayland
Furniture
Interiors--Mayland
City planning--Maryland