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John Kenneth Galbraith and Other Americans on Russian Tour

2008-1289
Accession Number
2008-1289
3.25x5.25
Black & White
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NAID 350477660
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Automobiles
Economists
Factories
HST Keywords
Russia - Moscow
People Pictured
Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006
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Description
Interior view, believed to have been taken during W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Russian trip, at the ZIL Automobile Factory, formerly the Stalin Automobile Factory, in Moscow. John Kenneth Galbraith can be seen in the center accompanied by other American economists. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on a trip to Russia which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.
Date(s)
May 15, 1959