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Camels At St. Catherine's Monastery

2008-1213-01
Accession Number
2008-1213-01
1.1.5
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NAID 350477178
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Historic sites
Monasteries
Camels
HST Keywords
Egypt; St. Catherine's Monastery; Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Rights

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Credit:
Charles W. Thayer

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Exterior view looking down on a group of camels near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Charles Thayer described image as "camels collected under the walls of the Monastery waiting for our party to take us to Mt. Sinai." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.
Date(s)
March 1961