Oil industries

Group on plane. From left to right, front to back: Gordon Sessions; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; W. Alton Jones; George A. Hill, Jr.; Captain A.F. Story; R.E Hardwicke; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; Ralph T. Zook; Elaine Owens (standing); Raymond Ickes; and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes.

Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes (left) being greeted by Mr. Jacobsen (center) and Monnett Davis, American Minister to Denmark at Copenhagen Airport. Mr. Ickes is exploring the petroleum situation.

Petroleum group arrival at Copenhagen Airport. From left to right: unidentified soldier; Mr. Jacobsen; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; R.E Hardwicke; Monnett Davis, American Minister to Denmark; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; W. Alton Jones; Stanley Richardson; William R. Boyd, Jr.; Gordon Sessions; George A. Hill, Jr.; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Colonel Ewert, American Military Attache; and Captain Thomas Higginson.

Plane at Copenhagen Airport, carrying petroleum group.

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.