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Addiss and Rorke photographs: Italy, 1944 May, inclusive
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12 photographs taken in "Santa Maria, Italy." This was likely Santa Maria Capua Vetere, in Caserta, Campania, given the presence of its "Colosseum," properly known as the Amphitheatre of Capua, and considered to be the probable model for the Colosseum in Rome.
Addiss and Rorke photographs: Italy, 1944 June, inclusive
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13 photographs taken in Foggia and Rome, including views of the Forum, St. Peter's Basilica, and St. John Lateran.
Addiss and Rorke photographs: Italy, 1944 July, inclusive
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8 photographs taken in Foggia and Bari.
Addiss and Rorke photographs: Egypt, 1944 August 20
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13 photographs of the Great Sphinx and pyramids of Giza, and the Cairo Opera House.
Addiss and Rorke photographs: Holy Land, 1944 August, inclusive
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26 photographs taken in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv. Sites include the Mount of Olives (Bethlehem); Church of the Nativity, Via Dolorosa (or Stations of the Cross), and the Wailing Wall (Jerusalem).
Addiss and Rorke photographs: Persia (Iran), 1944 October, inclusive
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18 photographs taken in the cities of Ahwaz, Arak, Dizful, "Hamandau" (Hamadan?), Kazvin (Qazvin), "Khoranshahr" (Khorramshahr?), and "Teheran" (Tehran). Includes a view of the typical dressing room for "This is the Army."
Addiss and Rorke photographs: India, 1944 November, inclusive
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6 photographs taken in Bombay (now Mumbai).
Addiss and Rorke photographs: Philippines, 1945 March, inclusive
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15 photographs taken in the Philippines. Includes views of the Catholic Church of Liberation, Church of the Immaculate Conception, and of the stage for "This is the Army" under construction and completed.
Addiss and Rorke photographs: Philippines, 1945 May, inclusive
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25 photographs taken in Batangas and Manila, showing the wreckage of the bombardment of Manila.
Addiss and Rorke photographs: At sea, 1945 June, inclusive
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3 photographs of Addiss and Rorke aboard ship.
Addiss and Rorke photographs: Miscellaneous (4 items)
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(1) Blank envelope stamped with the return address of "Edward F. Addiss, 100 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N.Y."
(2) Envelope sent from "E. F. Addiss, 100 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N.Y.," to "Mrs. Francis J. Addiss, 121 South Street, Jersey City, New Jersey," postmarked 19 February 1945. Originally held photographs of "Bombay, India," now in Folder 7.
(3) Envelope that originally held the photographs of "Jerusalem, etc." and "Egypt and the Holy Land" now in Folders 4 and 5.
(4) Postcard of Mount Fuji, Japan, postmarked 24 April [1973?], mailed to "Mrs. Joseph [Gertrude] Munafo, 530 East 23rd Street, New York, New York 10010," signed "Bill and Jus."