The Big Three (Clement Attlee, Harry S. Truman, and Joseph Stalin)
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The Big Three (Clement Attlee, Harry S. Truman, and Joseph Stalin)

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Photograph

Henry M. Karlin

Maker
American

Louis Condax

American, 1897–1971

The Big Three (Clement Attlee, Harry S. Truman, and Joseph Stalin)

Potsdam Conference, Germany


August 2, 1945
Dye imbibition print
Image: 23.7 x 31.3 cm
Mount: 35.8 x 43.8 cm
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Walter J. Clark
1975.0093.0006
Inscriptions verso (blue ink): The Big Three / Atlee, Truman, Stalin / August 2, 1945 / Separation negatives on Kodak Super Panchro Press Plates (Type C) exposed in National Color Camera (3 1/4 x 4 1/4) One Shot filtered with Acme synchro shutter and Goerz Dagmar lens - 8 1/4 inch / Exposure 1/50th sec at f 8 using no. 3B Wabash Blue bulbs at 20 ft. from subjects. / Photographed by Captain Henry M. Karlin, U.S. Army Signal Corps.

verso (blue ink): First successful "radio" transmission of a color photograph of a
spot [?] news event. Transmitted to Washington by radio; prints received wide publication.

verso (black ink): Dye Transfer Wash-Off Relief: print by Condax in E.K. Labs.

verso (stamp): Walter Clark Walter Clark

verso (black ink): WC

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