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W. Averell Harriman Visiting Collective Farm During Russian Trip

Exterior view showing diplomat W. Averell Harriman walking with a group of unidentified Russian farm workers as well as what appears to be an interpreter and other officials. Believed to have been taken at a collective farm not far from Kiev in the Ukraine. 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).

W. Averell Harriman on Russian Trip

Exterior view of diplomat W. Averell Harriman (second from left) with other unidentified men standing beside a building believed to be located at a Russian collective farm "Kommunist" about half an hour from Kiev. 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.

W. Averell Harriman at Farm During Russian Trip

Interior view which includes W. Averell Harriman in the center and two unidentified people near him, the man probably his interpreter. Also in view is farm equipment, perhaps milking equipment. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. Location may be collective farm "Kommunist" about half an hour from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. 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).

W. Averell Harriman At Farm During Russian Trip

Interior view which includes W. Averell Harriman and an unidentified woman near him. Appears to have been taken inside of a dairy cow barn. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. Location may be collective farm "Kommunist" about half an hour from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. 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).

W. Averell Harriman At Farm During Russian Trip

Interior view which includes W. Averell Harriman touching a dairy cow and an unidentified woman near him as well as other men. Appears to have been taken inside of a dairy cow barn. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. Location may be collective farm "Kommunist" about half an hour from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. 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).

W. Averell Harriman At Farm During Russian Trip

Interior view which includes W. Averell Harriman and an unidentified woman near him as well as other men. Appears to have been taken inside of a dairy cow barn. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. Location may be collective farm "Kommunist" about half an hour from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. 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).

Collective Farm Visited by W. Averell Harriman During His Russian Trip

Group of unidentified men standing beside a building. Taken during the 1959 Harriman trip to Russia and the location is believed to be a collective farm not far from Kiev in the Ukraine. 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 negative.

W. Averell Harriman At Farm During Russian Trip

Interior view which includes W. Averell Harriman and an unidentified woman near him. Appears to have been taken inside of a dairy cow barn. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. Location may be collective farm "Kommunist" about half an hour from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. 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).

W. Averell Harriman At Farm During Russian Trip

Interior view which includes W. Averell Harriman and an unidentified woman near him as well as other men. Appears to have been taken inside of a dairy cow barn. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. Location may be collective farm "Kommunist" about half an hour from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. 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).

W. Averell Harriman At Farm During Russian Trip

Interior view which includes W. Averell Harriman and an unidentified woman near him. Appears to have been taken inside of a dairy cow barn. Photograph taken during Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. Location may be collective farm "Kommunist" about half an hour from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. 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).