Botsford, Sam

Group of people eating at party. From left to right around table: Curly Caminita; Ralph K. Davies (Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War); J. Howard Marshall; Gordon Sessions; Philip Bohart; Bob Friedman; Ed Haffel; Colonel Wilk; Elmer Batzell; Sam Botsford; Adolph Levy; Dr. John Frey; E.J. Skidmore; Lucien Craig; Chan Ide; Fred Jayne; Max Ball; and George Fuller (barely in photo). From Ralph K. Davies scrapbook.

Group of people at party. From left to right: Adolph Levy (background); E.J. Skidmore; middle group: Fred Jayne; Ed Littlefield; Colonel Wilk; far back center: Sam Botsford; leaning on bar laughing. All others unidentified. The guests are probably connected to the oil industry. From Ralph K. Davies Scrapbook.

Group eating around table at party. From left to right around the table: J.R. Parten; Curly Caminita; Ralph K. Davies (Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War); J. Howard Marshall; Gordon Sessions; Philip Bohart; Bob Friedman; Ed Haffel; Colonel Wilk; Elmer Batzell; Sam Botsford; Adolph Levy; Dr. John Frey; E.J. Skidmore; Lucien Craig; Chan Ide; Fred Jayne; Max Ball; George Fuller; and Sam Hill. Server is unidentified. From Ralph K. Davies Scrapbook.

Ralph K. Davies (in doorway) entering party. From left to right: Curly Caminita; Ralph K. Davies (Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War); Ed Haffel; and Sam Botsford. From scrapbook.

Ralph K. Davies (in doorway) entering party. From left to right: Curly Caminita; Ralph K. Davies (Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War); Ed Haffel; and Sam Botsford. From scrapbook.

Group of people eating at party. From left to right around table: Sam Botsford (almost out of photo); Adolph Levy; Dr. John Frey; E.J. Skidmore; Lucien Craig; Chan Ide; Fred Jayne; Max Ball; George Fuller; Sam Hill; Ed Littlefield; Dave Brandt; Bill Daffron; Captain Dave Hudson; Justin Wolf; J.R. Parten; Curly Caminita; Ralph K. Davies (Deputy Petroleum Administrator for War); and J. Howard Marshall. From Ralph K. Davies Scrapbook.

Group standing by plane in Paris. From left to right: Mr. Doughton; Elaine Owens; Stanley Richardson; unidentified man; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Sam Botsford; Ellen Downes; Malcolm Bedouger; William R. Boyd, Jr.; Mr. Crompton; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies; R.E Hardwicke; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; Gordon Sessions; W. Alton Jones; Ralph T. Zook; George A. Hill, Jr.; and Lieutenant Colonel William Bodius.

Group in front of Reichschancellory in Berlin. From left to right: Stanley Richardson; W. Alton Jones; Gordon Sessions; Sam Botsford; Ellen Downes; Ralph T. Zook; and R.E Hardwicke.

Group of people with General Dwight D. Eisenhower in his office. From front to back, left to right: W. Alton Jones; Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Ralph T. Zook; Gordon Sessions; Sam Botsford; and Elaine Owens. The visit by the group to Europe is probably related to the petroleum situation.

General Walter Bedell Smith's dinner at Victory House in Frankfurt. Around table starting at left, front: Brigadier General Owen Summers; W. Alton Jones; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue; Captain Thomas Higginson; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; General Walter Bedell Smith; Petroleum Administrator Ralph K. Davies (half hidden); Ellen Downes; Sam Botsford; General Willard Stewart Paul (half hidden); Stanley Richardson; Gordon Sessions (half hidden); General Thomas Jefferson Davis; unidentified General; and Ralph T. Zook.