American Ambassador Arthur Bliss Lane receives a gift from the Polish people immediately before resigning his post in protest of the Communist take-over.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 81751

Date: 1947 February 22
Variant Locale: Warszawa
Varshava
Warschau
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Poland
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Antionette Powell

Biography: Stephen Olesnevich was the father of the donor. He served as Vice Consul of the United States in Warsaw, Poland between between 1945 and 1946.
Keyword: AMBASSADORS/DIPLOMATS/ENVOYS
AMERICANS
CLOSE-UPS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Antionette Powell

Source Record ID: Collections: 2007.466
: Record last modified: 2015-04-30 00:00:00
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