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Color Photo of Mongolian Men Mounted on Horses

2008-1259
Accession Number
2008-1259
3x4.25
Color
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NAID 350475500
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Horses
Mountains
HST Keywords
Mongolia
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Credit:
Charles W. Thayer

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Exterior view with mountains in the background and Mongolian men mounted on their horses. Field behind the men contains other riderless horses. Exact location in Mongolia not given but appears to be the steppes region. Diplomat and author Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum. Thayer states the group travelled through the provinces more than 1000 kilometers by bus and jeep and another 600 kilometers by air.
Date(s)
1963