Osa Archivum Catalog

Entrance of the Headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Call Number
300-1-8:3/54

Call No.:: 300-1-8:3/54
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 #3 / No. 54
Digital ver. identifier: HU OSA 300-1-8_003-054
Legacy ID: rfe_architecture_054
Date: 1955
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.

Form/Genre: Photograph
Contents Summary: Entrance of the headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Englischer Garten, Munich. There is an American flag on the first floor balcony. Two women and two men are walking towards the door and climbing the stairs. On both sides of the walkway to the building there are signs in English and German saying Radio Free Europe Englischer Garten, 1 made possible by American contributions to the Crusade for Freedom. There are a few trees and green patches by the side of the building. Cf. HU OSA 300-1-8:3/36, HU OSA 300-1-8:3/40, HU OSA 300-1-8:3/45, HU OSA 300-1-8:3/55, HU OSA 300-1-8:3/56.

ORIGINAL CAPTION:
Radio Free Europe Headquarters in Munich, Germany, is staffed by American supervisors and dedicated refugees from the Iron Curtain countries. Supported by voluntary contributions from the American people to the Radio Free Europe Fund, RFE sends undistorted news and information to 82,000,000 people in the Communist-dominated countries of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Bulgaria.

Spatial Coverage: Munich; Germany
Collection Specific Tags: Cold War, headquarters, man, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, woman