1949 Press Photo Senator Ellender, other visiting Americans with Pope Pius XII

Ellender and Pope Pius XII pose together in the pontiff's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo near Rome after a group of United States senators including Allen J. Ellender had a private audience with the Catholic leader. The pope told the visiting Americans that recent great strides of industry are drawing together the remotest regions of the world.

Photo is dated 1949.

Photo measures 8.25 x 6.5 inches.