Clothing and dress

Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace (left) and Mrs. Morris Cafritz (right) examining a dress from Christian Dior while attending the VIP Show 1951.

Partial view of an unidentified store window. At the time this photograph was taken, women's dresses and accessories were featured. Visible on the floor of the window is the book "Bears in the Caviar" written by Charles W. Thayer, the first edition published in 1951. The store may be located in England, perhaps London. The store window contains the reflection of four people who are looking at the window display. Mr. Thayer was the author of several books; this one contains information on Charles Thayer's adventures in 1934 as an embassy aide and ambassador to Russia and Afghanistan.

Newsmen and reporters calling on President Harry S. Truman in his office in the Federal Building where he presided as Senator from Missouri draped their coats casually on the door.

From left to right, John R. Steelman, Robert McChesney and John Strait pose for a photograph at the National Electrical Contractors Association Barbecue held in Houston, Texas. Mr. Steelman and Mr. Strait are wearing Western-style shirts and cowboy hats.

Robert McChesney (front row, left) stands with John Strait (back row fourth from left behind Mrs. Steelman), Emma (Mrs. John R.) Steelman (front row, fourth from left); John R. Steelman (front row, fifth from left) and a number of other unidentified men and women, as they pose for a photograph at the National Electrical Contractors barbecue held in Houston, Texas.

John R. Steelman (left) and John Strait (right) pose for a photograph at the National Electrical Contractors Association Barbecue held in Houston, Texas. They are both wearing Western-style shirts and cowboy hats.

John Strait is photographed dressed in western gear for a barbecue for the National Electrical Contractors Association, held in Houston, Texas.

Unidentified exterior view of a man dressed in a khalat, the traditional garb worn in Uzbekistan. According to Charles Thayer's curriculum vitae: "In 1955 I made an extended tour of European and Asiatic Russia and wrote a series for the Saturday Evening Post on post-Stalinist Soviet Union." Although not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip. While on this trip and in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, Thayer wrote in his diary: "Every now and then, when an old man heard the click of my shutter, he turned and scowled angrily.

Interior view which includes a full view of a man seen wearing pajamas seated on a chair and talking on the telephone. The man may be author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer. The location is unknown.

Interior view of what appears to be a closet with towels in view on shelves. A partial view of a military uniform is on the right. Photograph may have been taken while Charles Thayer was a student at West Point Military Academy, 1929-1933. Original negative in Library.