The photograph shows a busy bus stop in front of the Columbia House Officers Club in Berlin-Tempelhof, taken on August 31, 1955. In the foreground, civilians stand in summer everyday clothing; a bus displays the clearly legible US license plate ‘USA-IA-0424′, identifying the American military administration as the vehicle’s owner. In the background, the curved structure of Columbia House is visible, which served as an officers’ club for the US forces in West Berlin; to its right, a radio mast rises. The image exemplifies the everyday Allied presence in the divided city: Columbia House was a central venue for the social life of the American occupation garrison and simultaneously symbolizes the permanent embedding of US military infrastructure in the West Berlin urban landscape.