- FR PUNES AG 12-Photo-UNESCO-C6359
- 12/16/1950
Part of Audiovisual archives
English transcription: Reunion in Madrid, December 16th 1950. International Scientific and Cultural Commission. From left to right seated Dr. Constantine K. Zurayk (Syria), Dr. Julian Huxley (England), Dr. Paulo B. Carneiro, (Brazil), Dr. J. Torres Bodet (Mexico), Dr. Ralph E. Turner (USA), Dr. Carl J. Burckhardt (Switzerland). From left to right standing Dr. P. Bosch-Gimpera Mexico , Dr. Jean Thomas France, Dr. Silvio Zavala (Mexico), Dr. Charles Moraze France, Dr. Armando Cortesao (Portugal), Dr. Mario Praz (Italy). Title Commission members and UNESCO officials plan a History of Mankind. The photo appeared in the International Edition of the New York Times, Dec. 18, 1951 in connection with Ben Fine's story on the History of Mankind. (M. Chanderli has a clipping of the article.).
Description: 12 eminent personalities, 6 seated around a small table with an ashtray on top, and 6 standing behind them. On the wall behind them is a large framed photo of 3 children playing in a garden.