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Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing third from the left with a group of unidentified men. He may have been visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, at the time. 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. Original 35mm negative.

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing on the left in hat with a group of unidentified men. His translator may be standing next to him. He may have been visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, at the time. 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).

View with W. Averell Harriman standing next to what appears to be a slab of concrete. He may have been visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, at the time. 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. Original 35mm negative.

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing bareheaded in the center of the view. This photograph may have been taken while he was visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan. Thayer's typewritten account of the trip states that after they toured the factory they went to "find the square in front of it crowded with several thousand people who cheered Governor Harriman until he climbed on a pedestal with an interpreter and made a brief speech." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing third from the left with two unidentified men and three unidentified women. He may have been visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, at the time. 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.

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing second from the left with two unidentified men. He may have been visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, at the time. 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. Original 35mm negative.

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing second from the right with a group of unidentified men. He may have been visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, at the time. 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.

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing third on the left with a group of unidentified men. He may have been visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, at the time. 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. Original 35mm negative.

Exterior view, perhaps taken while W. Averell Harriman was visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan. Workers appear to be in view outside the plant. 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. Original 35mm negative.

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing on the left with two unidentified men. He may have been visiting a concrete plant located at Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, at the time. 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. Original 35mm negative.