Birds

A pelican soars above the waters of Key West, Florida. Photo taken during President Truman's two-week vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A pelican soars above the waters at Key West, Florida. Photo taken during President Harry S. Truman's two-week vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A pelican follows the wake of a boat. Photo taken at Key West, Florida, during President Harry S. Truman's two-week vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

Ambassador Stanton Griffis and an unidentified lady hold a game bird. This photo is one of four mounted in a folder. The cover of the folder has a seal that reads 'B Dehesa El Molinillo." Below that the folder cover reads, "4 de Noviembre de 1951 - Ciudad Real (Espana).

Ambassador Stanton Griffis smokes his pipe while carrying a game bird, possibly one he has shot. Caption states "Your first victim in Spain!" This photo is one of four mounted in a folder. The cover of the folder has a seal that reads 'B Dehesa El Molinillo." Below that the folder cover reads, "4 de Noviembre de 1951 - Ciudad Real (Espana). The photographer's name is illegible.

Exterior view of an unidentified man with ducks in the background. Location not given but photo is believed to have been taken when Charles Thayer was hunting in the Balkans area of Eastern Europe. Thayer was known to have traveled to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania to hunt. Original negative in Library.

Exterior view of a fenced area containing birds as pheasants and partridges, favored birds for hunting. Photo is believed to have been taken when Charles Thayer was hunting in the Balkans area of Eastern Europe. Thayer was known to have traveled to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania to hunt. Original negative in Library.

Exterior view of a fenced area containing birds such as pheasants and partridges, favored birds for hunting. Photo is believed to have been taken when Charles Thayer was hunting in the Balkans area of Eastern Europe. Thayer was known to have traveled to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania to hunt. Original negative in Library.

Exterior scene with a full view of a hunting dog with a large bird in his mouth. The dog is near outdoor chairs and the location is not given or the dog's owner or name. Original negative in Library.

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing on the right next to an unidentified female worker. They appear to be holding some type of bird. He may be visiting a brewery while in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. 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.