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Interior view of diplomat and author Charles W. Taylor seated in a wicker chair and holding a glass. Fireplace is visible in the back ground. Back of photograph reads: "C.T. in his Moscow house app. 1935."

Exterior profile portrait of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer wearing a hat.

Interior view of diplomat and author Charles W. Taylor seated in a wicker chair with two floor lamps turned on him and pouring what appears to be vodka into a glass. Fireplace is visible in the back ground. Taken in his Moscow house.

Interior view of diplomat and author Charles W. Taylor seated in a wicker chair with two floor lamps turned on him and holding a glass. Fireplace is visible in the background and a bottle of what appears to be vodka is on a tray with glasses next to him. Taken at his Moscow house.

Proof copy portrait of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer.

Exterior, upper body view believed to be diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer as a young man and dressed in what appears to be a Russian or Cossack type costume. May have been taken some time soon after Thayer went to Russia in 1933 to study the language.

Interior view of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer seated in a wicker chair holding a dog. Fireplace is visible in the background and a bottle of what appears to be vodka with glasses is on the table next to him. Taken in his Moscow house.

Interior view of diplomat and author Charles W. Taylor seated in a wicker chair with two floor lamps turned on him. Fireplace is visible in the background and a bottle of what appears to be vodka with glasses is on the table next to him. Taken in his Moscow house.

Exterior view, taken perhaps on a boat showing the Charles W. Thayer family. Includes left to right: Cynthia Dunn Cochrane Thayer, Cynthia's daughter Diana Cochrane, and diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer. Location not given. Probably taken soon after the couple's marriage in 1950.

Exterior view of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer and Cynthia Thayer taken on their wedding day in Gstaad. At the time Charles Thayer was a United States diplomatic representative with the German government in Bonn, Germany. Cynthia was the daughter of James Dunn, American Ambassador to Italy at the time.