Camels

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.

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.

Photograph showing Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder on back of a camel, probably in Cairo, Egypt during one of his trips abroad.

Wagon pulled by a camel in the deserts of India. All individuals are unidentified. The photograph was taken during a trip to the Far East by United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and party.

Camels caravans in the streets of India. All individuals are unidentified. The photograph was taken during a trip to the Far East by United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and party.

Exterior view which includes several camels taken up close when the Charles Thayer touring party was at an undisclosed location in Mongolia. Diplomat and author Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum. Thayer states the group travelled through the provinces more than 1000 kilometers by bus and jeep and another 600 kilometers by air.

Exterior view which includes several camels taken up close when the Charles Thayer touring party was at an undisclosed location in Mongolia. Diplomat and author Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum. Thayer states the group travelled through the provinces more than 1000 kilometers by bus and jeep and another 600 kilometers by air.

View includes a large group of what appears to be camels with two horses and riders near by. Photograph taken by Thayer touring party at undisclosed location on the Mongolian steppes. Diplomat and author Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum.

View includes several camels taken while the Charles Thayer party was at an undisclosed location in Mongolia. Diplomat and author Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum. Thayer states the group travelled through the provinces more than 1000 kilometers by bus and jeep and another 600 kilometers by air.