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Original CASABLANCA CONFERENCE Formal Portrait PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED by Churchill, Roosevelt, Marshall, Mountbatten
Brooke, Portal, Arnold, Pound, Ismay, King and Somerville
1943
9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (18 x 18 inches overall)
Item Number: 204699
Description
A majestically large formal portrait from the Casablanca Conference signed in ink by Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Sir Alan Brooke, Air Chief Marshall Charles Portal, General George Marshall, General Henry A. Arnold, Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, Lt. General Hastings Ismay, Admiral Ernest J. King, Vice Admiral Lord Mountbatten and Admiral Sir James Somerville.
Originally presented to one of the signators, General “Hap” Arnold, the photograph was acquired directly from his family. It remains in stunning condition, here matted and sumptuously framed (28 x 28 inches overall).
Preserved with it is the War Department’s original presentation letter on War Department, Office of the Chief of Staff letterhead, to Mrs. H.H. Arnold: “General Marshall feels sure that you will not wish to wait until General Arnold comes home before seeing the Casablanca photographs. I enclose a set which General Marshall particularly wants you to have.”