Factories

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) sits in on a meeting at the Riverbank Ordnance Plant in California with two unidentified gentlemen.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (left) walks with unidentified others down a hall at the Riverbank Ordnance Plant in California.

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman on the left in white coat standing by an unidentified female factory worker with others looking on. It is believed that the picture was taken while he was touring a candy factory 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).

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman in the center in white coat standing by an unidentified female factory worker with others looking on. It is believed that the picture was taken while he was touring a candy factory 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).

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman on the right in white coat talking to an unidentified factory worker with others looking on. It is believed that the picture was taken while he was touring a candy factory 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).

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman on the left in white coat standing by an unidentified female factory worker. It is believed that the picture was taken while he was touring a candy factory 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).

This aerial image shows factories and industrial development on the waterfront of Muroran, Japan.

This aerial image shows factories and industrial development on the waterfront of Muroran, Japan.

Three men are standing outside the Nikka distillery building, at an unknown location in Japan. Two of the men are identified as "Takesuru" and "Sylvester," but it is unclear which is which.

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman on the left in a white short sleeve shirt. Others in view are unidentified. It is known by Thayer's typewritten account of the trip that the Harriman party visited the Stalinabad Textile Kombinat factory located in Stalinabad, Tajikistan and perhaps that is the location. The city of Stalinabad was changed back to the name Dushanbe later. Charles W. Thayer accompanied 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).