Charles W. Thayer

View of train tracks and train cars situated at Wadi Halfa and headed toward Khartoum in Sudan. People can be seen in distance beside the train. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection

View is unidentified but image contains a waterway, probably the Nile River, and a native man. Probably taken in either southern Egypt or northern Sudan. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View includes camel and rider with others in the Thayer party seen climbing up Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Described by Charles Thayer as "one of the party climbing toward the top of Mt. Sinai." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View which includes three people standing by the chapel situated on top of Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Thayer describes the image as "the chapel built on the top of Mt. Sinai. In the foreground my wife [Cynthia], the priest and another member of the party." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Exterior view looking down on a group of camels near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Charles Thayer described image as "camels collected under the walls of the Monastery waiting for our party to take us to Mt. Sinai." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of a group of camels and guides near St. Catherine's Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Charles Thayer described this image as "the camels at closer quarters" waiting to take the party to the top of Mt. Sinai. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of camels and members of the Charles Thayer party climbing up Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Thayer identified the image as "the priest in charge of our party on his camel leading the way up, followed by Ambassador Reinhardt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Panoramic view from the summit of Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Cynthia Thayer can be seem in full view on the left. Charles Thayer describes the image as "the view from the top of Mt. Sinai. My wife in the foreground." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of the Nile River and distant shore in late day. Probably taken in southern Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of the Nile River and distant shore in late day. Probably taken in southern Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.