Identification on verso, penned notes in two different hands: Summer 1945; the plane, loaded with the panels of the famous Ghent Altarpiece, ready to take off for Brussels. (from Munich); center group, U.S.F.E.T. MFA&A officers Lt. Cmdr. Howe, Lt. Moore, Lt. Kovalyak; extreme right, Capt. Posey, MfAA officer, 3rd Army.
Citation:
Officers standing by an army plane loaded with the Ghent Altarpiece, 1945. Thomas Carr Howe papers, 1932-1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Current copyright status is undetermined
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560