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W. Averell Harriman During Russian Trip

2008-1312-02
Accession Number
2008-1312-02
1.25x1.5
Black & White
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NAID 350476550
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Diplomats
Journalists
HST Keywords
Russia; Soviet Union
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
Exterior view showing a coatless W. Averell Harriman while visiting with workers at a unidentified facility during his 1959 Russian trip. 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