W. Averell Harriman Touring During His 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union
Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing on the left. He appears to be accepting a basket of produce from a young girl in a field of some type. An unidentified woman is seen standing behind the girl. Location is believed to be strawberry field near Alma Ata in Kazakhstan. Charles W. Thayer accompanied 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).