A Color Photo of the Rose Garden at the White House
A color photo mounted on heavy cardboard showing the Rose Garden of the White House.
Historic buildings
Former President Truman in East Room of the John F. Kennedy White House after Concert
Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman. President Truman (left) stands with pianist Eugene List (right). Seated, First Row (L-R): Former First Lady Bess Truman, President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and an unidentified woman. Second Row (L-R): Former Senator Scott W. Lucas (Illinois), an unidentified woman, Roberta Vinson, Lady Bird Johnson, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell. Also included in the photograph is Presidential Adviser Clark M. Clifford (to the right of Vice President Johnson's head).
Unidentified Mosque Located in Soviet Union
Unidentified exterior view of what appears to be an old mosque with both men and women standing near. 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 in Uzbekistan, Thayer visited Tashkent, Samarkand, and Bukhara. This photo may have been taken in Bukhara.
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Monastery Near Moscow
Exterior view of what is believed to be the Smolenskaya Church located within the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Monastery in the town of Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk) just northeast of Moscow, Russia. 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 photo is not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip. Thayer mentions visit in his December 5, 1955 diary entry.
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Monastery Near Moscow
Exterior view of what is believed to be the Smolenskaya Church located within the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Monastery in the town of Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk) just northeast of Moscow, Russia. 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 photo is not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip. Thayer mentions visit in his December 5, 1955 diary entry.
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Monastery Near Moscow
Exterior view of what is believed to be the Dormition Cathedral also called Assumption Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church located within the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Monastery in the town of Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk) just northeast of Moscow, Russia. 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 photo is not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip.
Unidentified Structure in Uzbekistan
Exterior view of an unidentified structure, probably located in Uzbekistan in either the city of Tashkent, Samarkand, or Bukhara. 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.
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Monastery Near Moscow
Exterior view of what is believed to be the Dormition Cathedral also called Assumption Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church located within the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius Monastery in the town of Sergiev Posad (Zagorsk) just northeast of Moscow, Russia. 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 photo is not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip.
Temple of Hatshepsut in Egypt
Exterior view with the Temple of Hatshepsut in view which is located on the western bank of the Nile River in the Deir el-Bahri complex opposite the city of Thebes, now Luxor. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.
Temple of Hatshepsut in Egypt
Exterior view with the Temple of Hatshepsut in view which is located on the western bank of the Nile River in the Deir el-Bahri complex opposite the city of Thebes, now Luxor. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.