Oil industries

Group in front of Reichschancellory in Berlin. From left to right: Stanley Richardson; W. Alton Jones; Gordon Sessions; Sam Botsford; Ellen Downes; Ralph T. Zook; and R.E Hardwicke.

Reception room at Reichschancellory in Berlin. From left to right: unidentified soldier; Ralph T. Zook; W. Alton Jones; Stanley Richardson; and R.E Hardwicke, visitors dealing with petroleum.

Group at Reichschancellory Air Raid shelter in Berlin where Hitler and Eva Braun died. From left to right: unidentified soldier; W. Alton Jones; Stanley Richardson; R.E Hardwicke; and Ralph T. Zook. They are visitors from the petroleum administration.

Luncheon at U.S. Army Headquarters, Berlin. Around the table starting from the left: David Bell; General Oliver Patton Echols; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; unidentified man; and W. Alton Jones.

Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes (on steps) met at Berlin, on his petroleum trip, by General Oliver Patton Echols (shaking hands with Ickes). Standing in background are two unidentified soldiers and Captain Thomas Higginson (between Ickes and Echols).

Group of people on deck of Hitler's yacht. From left to right: Skipper of the yacht (U.S. Army officer); Ellen Downes; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; and Captain Thomas Higginson. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Group of people on deck of Hitler's yacht. From left to right: Stanley Richardson; Gordon Sessions; Ellen Downes; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; and unidentified soldier. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Group of people on deck of Hitler's yacht, during visit to Europe. From left to right: unidentified soldier; Colonel Leicherie; Ralph T. Zook; Ellen Downes; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; and Gordon Sessions. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Members of petroleum group sitting around table in private quarters on Hitler's yacht. From left to right: Stanley Richardson; George A. Hill, Jr.; William R. Boyd, Jr.; W. Alton Jones; and Brigadier General Owen Summers. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.

Group sitting around table in private quarters on Hitler's yacht. From left to right: Stanley Richardson; George A. Hill, Jr.; William R. Boyd, Jr.; W. Alton Jones; and Brigadier General Owen Summers. Yacht was a gift by the city of Cologne and was captured intact by U.S. Army at Wiesbaden.