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Marie Harriman During Russian Trip

2008-1306-08
Accession Number
2008-1306-08
1x1.5
Black & White
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NAID 350476570
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Diplomats
Spouses
HST Keywords
Harriman, Mrs. Averell; Russia
People Pictured
Harriman, Marie Norton Whitney, 1903-1970
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
Exterior full body view of Marie Norton Whitney Harriman, wife of W. Averell Harriman, taken during their 1959 Russian trip. W. Averell Harriman appears to be just behind her in this view. Exact location not given but believed in Kiev. 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. Original 35mm negative.
Date(s)
May 1959