Canals

Exterior view which shows lion sculpture and a man standing by it next to the Suez Canal. Scene described by Charles Thayer as "the British lion angrily defending the Suez Canal." Photograph taken as part of a trip Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. The original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library photo collection.

Expansive view of the Suez Canal in Egypt. Charles Thayer described the view as "the Suez Canal seen from a ferry looking southward toward the Gulf of Suez." Photograph taken as part of a trip 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 photo collection.

Exterior boat view with several people seen on a ferry and described as the Charles Thayer party's baggage being lowered into a ferry to take them across the Suez Canal. Photograph part of a group taken on a trip 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.

Exterior view showing two automobiles and several people described in collection by Thayer as Ambassador (G. Frederick) Reinhardt unloading his car at the dock at Suez in Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. There is an original 35mm negative.

Paul H. Griffith, National Commander of the American Legion, visits Lt. Gen. Willis Crittenberger, Commanding General Caribbean Defense Command and Panama Canal Department, at Quarry Heights, Canal Zone.