Author: Taylor, Maxwell.
Title: A Vintage 1945 News Photograph of Major General Maxwell Taylor Taking over As the New Superintendent of the West Point Military Academy.
Description: 1945. 1945. - sc The 9 inch high by 7-1/8 inch wide black & white photograph depicts Major General Maxwell D. Taylor shaking hands with the retiring superintendent Major General Francis Wilby. Distributed by the Associated Press Photo with their stamp on the verso. A press release serving as caption for the photograph is mechanically reproduced in type on a sheet of paper which was once mounted from the verso. The text of the press release reads as follows: "WEST POINT CHANGES COMMANDER. Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor (right) became the 37th Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Sept. 4. Maj. Gen. Francis B. Wilby (left) who is welcoming his successor will go to engineer corps duty at Ft. Belvoir, VA. Associated Press Photo LJ 9-5-45 3:30AM HO 40". Very good .

Keywords: AMERICANA; MILITARY; WORLD WAR TWO; WEST POINT; MILITARY ACADEMY; MAJOR GENERAL; MAXWELL TAYLOR; PHOTOGRAPH; ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO; NEWSPAPER; NEWS; RELEASE; HISTORY.


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