Original 1947 AP Wirephoto showing workmen putting finishing touches on the conference room at the Quitandinha Hotel, about 45 miles from Rio de Janeiro, before an Inter-American conference on hemisphere defense. The speakers' rostrum is visible in the background, with delegates to sit at the large horseshoe-shaped table. The room had formerly been a nightclub. Caption is separate from the photograph, with both mounted on black archival paper. Shows expected age and newsroom/archive wear. Came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
