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W. Averell Harriman and Wife During 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union

2008-1371
Accession Number
2008-1371
2.5x2.75
Black & White
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NAID 350478262
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Historic sites
Journalists
HST Keywords
Soviet Union; Uzbekistan
People Pictured
Harriman, Marie Norton Whitney, 1903-1970
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
Exterior view with A. Averell Harriman on the left and his wife Marie next to him. Believed to have been taken at the Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Thayer describes in his typewritten account: "We then went to the Registan where one mosque and two madrasehs (theological schools) line three sides of a square. These very handsome ancient buildings are greatly deteriorated..." 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)
June 5, 1959