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W. Averell Harriman and Wife During 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

2008-1367
Accession Number
2008-1367
2.5x2.75
Black & White
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NAID 350476598
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Historic sites
Journalists
HST Keywords
Uzbekistan; Soviet Union
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Harriman, Marie Norton Whitney, 1903-1970
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Description
Exterior image with W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing by an unidentified historic site. Thought to have been taken while they were touring Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 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 negative.
Date(s)
June 1959