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Thayer Party Climbing Mt. Sinai

2008-1213-09
Accession Number
2008-1213-09
1x1.5
Color
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NAID 350477170
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Mountains
Camels
HST Keywords
Mt. Sinai; Sinai Peninsula, Egypt; Egypt
Rights

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Credit:
Charles W. Thayer

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
View of an unidentified member of the Charles Thayer party seen riding a camel and climbing to the top of Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Thayer describes the image as "the priest leading our procession." 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