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Conference table at the Potsdam Conference

80-133 (untitled)
Accession Number
80-133
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Color
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Keywords
Cabinet officers
Diplomats
Potsdam Conference, 1945
Presidential advisors
Presidents
Prime ministers
United States-Soviet relations
World War, 1939-1945
World politics, 1945-1989
HST Keywords
Autographs - Bohlen, Charles; Autographs - Churchill, Winston; Autographs - Davies, Joseph E.; Autographs - Leahy, William D.; Potsdam - Conference Area; Truman - Autographs - Copy of Signature; Truman - Potsdam - Conference Area
People Pictured
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967
Bohlen, Charles E. (Charles Eustis), 1904-1973
Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972
Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
Davies, Joseph Edward, 1876-1958
Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977
Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich, 1909-
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Lyne, Lewis Owen, 1899-1970
Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich, 1890-
Pauley, Edwin W. (Edwin Wendell), 1903-1981
Pavlov, V. N. (Vladimir Nikolayevich), interpreter for Joseph Stalin
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vyshinsky, Andrey Yanuaryevich, 1883-1954
Rights

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Credit:
U.S. Army

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
General view of the conference table at the Potsdam Conference. This photograph is autographed on the border by Admiral Leahy, Charles Bohlen, Joseph E. Davies, President Truman, and Winston Churchill. Photos 72-4673 and 67-7587 show Winston Churchill signing this photo. This is one of four original prints in existence, photographed in color by a United States Army Signal Corps photographer using a hand-held camera. The original autographed photograph, measuring 20x24, is in the Museum collection. Clockwise around the table, starting at President Truman, who is seated directly across from the American flag on the table: President Truman; Charles Bohlen; Joseph E. Davies; possibly Sir Alexander Cadogan; Anthony Eden; Winston Churchill; Major E. O. Lyne; Clement Attlee; Andre Vishinsky; Vyacheslav Molotov; Joseph Stalin; V. N. Pavlov; Nikolai Kuznetsov; Admiral William Leahy; James Byrnes. Andrei Gromyko is seated in the chairs behind the table, between Pavlov and Kuznetsov. Edwin Pauley is seated in the chairs behind the table, behind President Truman.
Date(s)
July 1945