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Thayer Party on Trip to Lalibela by Mule

2008-1461-70
Accession Number
2008-1461-70
1x1.5
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NAID 350477012
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Diplomats
Rivers
Mules
HST Keywords
Africa; Ethiopia
People Pictured
Thayer, Cynthia Dunn Cochrane, 1922-1987
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Description
View of Charles Thayer party riding on mules with their gear crossing a river through a mountainous area. They are on a trek to Lalibela, a town in northern Ethiopia known for its monolithic churches. Cynthia Thayer, wife of Charles Thayer, is on the right. Charles Thayer describes: "The pack-mules being driven across the river." Photograph taken as a part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.
Date(s)
March 1961