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W. Averell Harriman and Wife in Russia

2008-1306-12
Accession Number
2008-1306-12
1x1.5
Black & White
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NAID 350477924
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Diplomats
Spouses
Monasteries
HST Keywords
Russia
People Pictured
Harriman, Marie Norton Whitney, 1903-1970
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
Entrance or doorway view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing on the right visiting with an older unidentified Russian woman. Believed to have been taken at the Kiev Perchersk Lavra monastery. 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 24, 1959