Farms

View of vegetables under plastic on an unidentified farm in Japan.

View of terraced fields behind a house at an unidentified farm in Japan.

View of rows of crops on a farm and two unidentified farmers at an unidentified location in Japan. There is a city and industrial development visible in the background.

View of covered farm fields at an undisclosed farm in Japan.

Aerial view of terraced farm fields and houses in an unidentified valley in Japan.

W. Averell Harriman is standing on the left and shaking hands with an unidentified native. His interpreter may be the person on the right. Thought to have been taken while W. Averell Harriman and party were touring in Uzbekistan, perhaps at a cotton farm at Zangata near Tashkent. 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 which includes a group of six individuals seated on the floor. Thought to have been taken while W. Averell Harriman and party were touring in Uzbekistan, perhaps at a cotton farm in Zangata near Taskent. 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 diplomat and journalist W. Averell Harriman standing on the left next to an unidentified farmer. Thought to have been taken while W. Averell Harriman and party were touring in Uzbekistan, perhaps at a cotton farm at Zangata near Tashkent. 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).

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing on the left next to an unidentified woman. Thought to have been taken while W. Averell Harriman and party were touring in Uzbekistan, perhaps at a cotton farm near Taskent. 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 group photo with W. Averell Harriman standing third from the right with other unidentified individuals. Thought to have been taken while the Harriman party were touring in Uzbekistan. According to Thayer's typewritten account, he did visit Zangata and a cotton farm near Taskent. 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).