Ambassadors

Interior view taken at a unknown location and identified as a Marine party. The man on the right is James C. Dunn, United States Ambassador to Italy (1946-1952). The man he is talking to is unidentified. Photograph was probably taken in Rome, Italy.

Exterior view which shows United States Secretary of State Dean Acheson in hat saluting a line of troops. Walking beside him is United States Ambassador to Italy (1946-1952) James C. Dunn. It is believed that Acheson was in Rome to attend a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NATO) held in 1951.

Interior view which features some sort of unidentified signing event taken during Italian premier Alcide De Gasperi's visit to the United States. Secretary of State Dean Acheson is seated on the left and United States Ambassador to Italy, James C. Dunn, is standing on the far right. Italian Premier Alcide De Gasperi is standing on the far left and Italian ambassador Alberto Tarchiani is standing second from left. Others are not identified.

Exterior view showing a group of men, including reporters and government officials, standing by an Italian airplane. United States Ambassador to Italy (1946-1952), James C. Dunn, is seen standing in the center holding a light colored topcoat. The other men are not identified. The photograph is identified as: "visit to Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia to see flood damage caused by storm, October 31, 1951." According to newspaper clippings accompanying the photograph the two-week old flood had caused extensive damage with at least 110 persons killed and 9,000 people left homeless.

President Harry S. Truman (left), shakes hands with Senator Kenneth McKellar (right), as they wait for transfer of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's body from train to caisson at Union Station in Washington, D.C. Mexican Ambassador Francisco Castillo Najera is in center background.

United States Ambassador to Italy, 1946-1952, James C. Dunn standing in front of an American flag. Photograph believed to have been taken on the occasion of the opening of the new enlarged office of the USIS (United States Information Service) in Palermo, Sicily, part of Italy.

United States Ambassador to Italy (1946-1953), James C. Dunn, is seen toward the left of the photograph wearing a light colored suit and looking upward. He is attending an air show at the Guidonia Airport near Rome. The woman in the dark dress holding a light colored purse may be Mrs. Dunn. Others are not identified.

Partial body view of United States Ambassador to Italy, James C. Dunn, in formal diplomatic attire holding a top hat to his chest. On the right is Admiral Robert B. Carney giving a salute. Identification with photograph reads: "Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN (right), salutes as honors are rendered aboard his flagship, the USS Mt. Olympus, to the Honorable James C. Dunn (hat over heart), U.S. Ambassador to Italy, who was paying the new NATO commander a visit." Location is believed to be Naples, Italy.

Interior view with United States Ambassador to Italy, 1946-1952, James C. Dunn on the right shaking hands with an unidentified boy who is standing with other children and adults. Identification with the photograph indicates it was taken in Rome, Italy, at the inauguration of a children's art exhibit. Included on the back is the list of guests invited to a reception held Saturday, July 28, 1951 at 7 p.m. at Villa Taverna, official residence of the United States Ambassador to Italy.

Exterior view with United States Ambassador to Italy, 1946-1952, James C. Dunn seen carrying his dog and walking on Rome's Ciampino Airport runway toward his flight. Newspaper clipping attached to back of photograph reads: "U.S. Ambassador James C. Dunn left yesterday via KLM for Frankfurt on the first leg of his summer vacation. He was accompanied by Mrs. Dunn, their daughter and two grandchildren. From Germany they continue to Scandinavia." Man on the right is not identified. Other members of the party can be seen behind them.