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Charles Thayer and Monks From Monastery

2008-1270
Accession Number
2008-1270
3x4.25
Black & White
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NAID 350478114
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Authors
Diplomats
Buddhists
Monasteries
HST Keywords
Mongolia
People Pictured
Thayer, Charles Wheeler, 1910-1969
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Description
Exterior view which includes diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer wearing suit and standing in the center among a group of unidentified Buddhist monks. The location is the Gandantegchinlen Monastery located in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 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)
June 28, 1963