The mayor of Alba Osvaldo Cagnasso on the telephone, Alba, Italy

Portrait of Mayor Osvaldo Cagnasso in his office at the Town Hall of Alba, sitting at his desk, speaking on the telephone; at his side, a group of American flags lean against the wall next to the dresser; thursday the 26th of July Cagnasso will be involved in a telephone call that will put him in communication with his counterpart in Medford, Oregon; the telephone transmission, allowed by the Telstar satellite, will be the first of its kind in Italy, and at the same time it will be replicated by other cities in Europe and in the United States. Alba (CN), Italy, July 1962.