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W. Averell Harriman With Others on Russian Trip

2008-1293
Accession Number
2008-1293
3.5x4.5
Black & White
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NAID 350475224
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Jails
Journalists
HST Keywords
Russia
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
Exterior view which includes W. Averell Harriman in overcoat seventh from the left. May have been taken on May 18 in the afternoon when Harriman visited the Lyukovo prison colony about 40 miles north of Moscow. Exact location not given nor identification of others in view. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip 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)
1959