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Lot 195
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer), Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin and others.- , A collection of c.30 photographs from the Potsdam Conference, [1945].
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer), Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin and others.- A collection of c.50 photographs from the Potsdam Conference, c. 40 larger photographs (c.255 x 200mm.) most with press captions to verso and 10 smaller photographs (120 x 165mm.) with catalogue numbering to verso, some light creasing, [1945].
⁂ Includes: Churchill, Truman and Stalin posing together; the leaders arriving at Berlin airport; leaders seated around the conference table; other figures including Clement Attlee, Anthony Eden and Field Marshall Montgomery.
Provenance: Sir John Peck, K.C.M.G. (1913-1995). Peck joined the Civil Service in 1936. Appointed Assistant Private Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty. When Churchill became P.M. in May 1940, he was appointed as one of four Private Secretaries, and was the only one to serve him throughout the war. Following the loss of the General Election in 1945, he served Attlee briefly, and then transferred to the Foreign Office in 1946. Latterly he held a number of roles within the Civil Service before his final appointment as British Ambassador to Dublin 1970-73.
Description
Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer), Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin and others.- A collection of c.50 photographs from the Potsdam Conference, c. 40 larger photographs (c.255 x 200mm.) most with press captions to verso and 10 smaller photographs (120 x 165mm.) with catalogue numbering to verso, some light creasing, [1945].
⁂ Includes: Churchill, Truman and Stalin posing together; the leaders arriving at Berlin airport; leaders seated around the conference table; other figures including Clement Attlee, Anthony Eden and Field Marshall Montgomery.
Provenance: Sir John Peck, K.C.M.G. (1913-1995). Peck joined the Civil Service in 1936. Appointed Assistant Private Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty. When Churchill became P.M. in May 1940, he was appointed as one of four Private Secretaries, and was the only one to serve him throughout the war. Following the loss of the General Election in 1945, he served Attlee briefly, and then transferred to the Foreign Office in 1946. Latterly he held a number of roles within the Civil Service before his final appointment as British Ambassador to Dublin 1970-73.
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