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W. Averell Harriman Touring Hydroelectric Plant During 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

2008-1329-36
Accession Number
2008-1329-36
3.25x4.5
Black & White
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NAID 350478076
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Dams
Journalists
Electric power-plants
HST Keywords
Russia; Soviet Union
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman seen on the left while touring plant. His wife Marie is standing next to him with only the back of her head in view. Man in the center is not identified. They are believed to be at a hydroelectric plant located near Stalingrad. Thayer indicates in his account of the trip that "the Harriman party visited the Stalingrad hydroelectric plant which is about three quarters of an hour's drive from Stalingrad..." Charles W. Thayer accompanied 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. There is an original 35mm negative.
Date(s)
May 28, 1959