Charles W. Thayer

View taken from the summit of Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Thayer describes as "another view from 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.

Assembled group of Arab guides, camels, and persons in the Charles Thayer party at St. Catherine's Monastery preparing to climb Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Charles Thayer described this image as "we select our mounts for the climb up 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 an unidentified member of the Charles Thayer party as they were ascending up Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Thayer describes the image as "a view from my camel of the mountain including the camel guard and the camel's head. 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 includes camels and riders as well as walkers climbing up Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Described by Charles Thayer as "a number of our party climbing up the mountain." 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.

Riverfront view taken from a riverboat. Image shows the upper Nile River with shore line. Woman in view is believed to be Cynthia Thayer.

View taken from the summit of Mt. Sinai. Included in the picture are Mr. and Mrs. John Slocum seated by a rock fence. 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 an unidentified member of the Charles Thayer party seen riding a camel and climbing to the top of Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Thayer describes the image as "the priest leading our procession." 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 portion of Mt. Sinai located in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Described by Charles Thayer as "a view of the mountain." 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.

Described by Charles Thayer as a water wheel on the upper Nile. Image 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.

Described by Charles Thayer as a water wheel on the upper Nile. Image 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.