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Ferry Boat on Nile River

2008-1214-08
Accession Number
2008-1214-08
1x1.5
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NAID 350475370
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Boats and boating
Rivers
Ferries
HST Keywords
Africa; Egypt; Nile River
Rights

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Credit:
Charles W. Thayer

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Riverfront, full view of what is believed to be a Sudanese mail boat or ferry between Shellal and Wadi Halfa. May be stopped at Abu Simbel historic site. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.
Date(s)
1961