Gardeners working on a plot of flowers in the Piazza Duomo, Milan, Italy, 1945
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Photograph. Gardeners working on a plot of flowers in the Piazza Duomo; statue of King Victor Emmanuel II and Milan Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Milano) in background. Official Caption: "Rome, 5/24/45--Returning to Normal--Gardeners at work on a plot of flowers in Piazza Duomo, Milan. During the war, this plot was cultivated and grain was raised.--OWI staff photo--Serviced by Rome OWI to list D. Approved by appropriate military authority. 6395." Milan, Italy. 24 May 1945
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05/24/1945
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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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Milano
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45.467
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9.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Gardening--Italy
Plazas--Italy
Cathedrals--Italy
Monuments & memorials--Italy
Architectural elements--Italy