Editors in the News Room at the time of the Arab-Israeli War

Call Number
300-1-8:1/60

General information

Call No.:
300-1-8:1/60
Part of series
HU OSA 300-1-8 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: General Records: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Public Affairs Photographic Files
Located at
Archival photo box #1 / No. 60
Digital ver. identifier
HU OSA 300-1-8_001-060
Legacy ID
rfe_workflow_060
Date
1967
Level
Item
Primary Type
Still image
Language
English
Notes
The black and white prints of RFE/RL were donated to OSA by the Hoover Institute, California in year 2015. The images are duplicates of those held at Hoover. The originals, and most probably the negatives are with the donor as well. OSA only received the paper prints with captions, and digitized the entire collection in year 2018.

Content

Form/Genre
Photograph
Contents Summary
Deputy News Director Tom Bodin, Editor William Kirtz, News Director Nat Kingsley, Special Events Chief Stephen Steinberg and Editor Jon Powis work in a corner of the news room at the time of the Arab-Israeli war. All of the men wear office clothes and are in feverish discussion, most of them standing around a desk. On the desk there is telephone, a typewriters, several reference books, papers scattered all over and in a box. On the wall there is a chest of pigeon holes, bunches of paper hanging on pegs, a clipboards, a catalog cabinet. Cf. HU OSA 300-1-8:1/57, HU OSA 300-1-8:1/53, HU OSA 300-1-8:1/61, HU OSA 300-1-8:1/62.
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
Radio Free Europe, 1 English Garden, Munich, West Germany, Phone: 22 99 21, RFE Covers the Middle East Crisis - in the Central News Room of Radio Free Europe headquarters in Munich, Germany, members of the RFE News Department prepare up-to-the-minute dispatches on the Arab-Israeli war for listeners in East Europe. Pictured from left are Deputy News Director Tom Bodin, Editor William Kirtz, News Director Nat Kingsley, Special Events Chief Stephen Steinberg and Editor Jon Powis. Public Relations Department. June 1967.

Context

Associated Names
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Copyright holder)
Associated Places
Munich

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage
Munich
Germany
Collection Specific Tags
Arab-Israeli war, Cold War, man, news room, paper, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, telephone, typewriter, woman