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W. Averell Harriman and Wife Greeted by Young Pioneers in Yalta

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie being welcomed by a group of Young Pioneers (a youth group). Location is in Yalta. Thayer's notes indicate "our cortege drove up to the palace door and a group of 20 or so Pioneers in white sailor blouses with red kerchiefs around their necks marched up and greeted Governor and Mrs. Harriman with chants of welcome, bouquets of flowers, red kerchiefs and Pioneer pins which they tied and pinned on them." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.

W. Averell Harriman and Wife Greeted by Young Pioneers in Yalta

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie seen receiving greetings from Young Pioneers (a youth group). Location is in Yalta. Thayer's notes indicate "our cortege drove up to the palace door and a group of 20 or so Pioneers in white sailor blouses with red kerchiefs around their necks marched up and greeted Governor and Mrs. Harriman with chants of welcome, bouquets of flowers, red kerchiefs and Pioneer pins which they tied and pinned on them." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.

W. Averell Harriman and Wife Greeted By Young Pioneers in Yalta

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing on the right holding floral bouquets and receiving greetings from Young Pioneers (a youth organization). Location is in Yalta. Thayer's notes indicate "our cortege drove up to the palace door and a group of 20 or so Pioneers in white sailor blouses with red kerchiefs around their necks marched up and greeted Governor and Mrs. Harriman with chants of welcome, bouquets of flowers, red kerchiefs and Pioneer pins which they tied and pinned on them." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.

W. Averell Harriman and Wife Greeted by Young Pioneers in Yalta

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing on the right holding floral bouquets and receiving greetings from Young Pioneers. Location is in Yalta. Thayer's notes indicate "our cortege drove up to the palace door and a group of 20 or so Pioneers in white sailor blouses with red kerchiefs around their necks marched up and greeted Governor and Mrs. Harriman with chants of welcome, bouquets of flowers, red kerchiefs and Pioneer pins which they tied and pinned on them." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.

W. Averell Harriman and Wife in Russia

Entrance or doorway view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing on the right visiting with an older unidentified Russian woman. Believed to have been taken at the Kiev Perchersk Lavra monastery. 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.

W. Averell and Marie Harriman in Yalta During Russian Tour

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing by columns believed to be in the palace in Yalta. 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.

W. Averell and Marie Harriman in Yalta During Russian Trip

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman on the left in white coat and his wife Marie on the right, also in a white coat. Other individuals in photograph are not identified. Taken at Yalta while visiting the health sanitarium located there. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Mr. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

W. Averell and Marie Harriman In Yalta During Russian Tour

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing by columns believed to be in the palace in Yalta. 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.

W. Averell Harriman and Wife Greeted By Young Pioneers in Yalta

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing on the right, receiving greetings from Young Pioneers. Location is in Yalta. Thayer's notes indicate "our cortege drove up to the palace door and a group of 20 or so Pioneers in white sailor blouses with red kerchiefs around their necks marched up and greeted Governor and Mrs. Harriman with chants of welcome, bouquets of flowers, red kerchiefs and Pioneer pins which they tied and pinned on them." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.

W. Averell Harriman and Wife Marie in Yalta

View of W. Averell Harriman standing beside his wife Marie while visiting Yalta during their 1959 Russian trip. They were visiting the palace which had been turned into a sanitarium for Soviet Union workers seeking a rest cure. 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).