General information

Call No.:

300-1-8:1/53

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. 53

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 300-1-8_001-053

Legacy ID

rfe_workflow_053

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 300-1-8:1/60, 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.

[From unidentified source: Washington correspondent Tom Bodin reports on his coverage of the U.S. President's travel. In: Airwaves, May/June 1984, p. 6-7. RFE/RL's Olympic Team by Tom Bodin. Tom Bodin on the photo. In: Airwaves 4/1984, p. 4-5.]

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