Historic sites

President Harry S. Truman (with hat and cane on left) and his party are given a tour of Fort Jefferson National Monument by one of the historical guides at Fort Jefferson, off of Key West, Florida. Standing on the right of President Truman is First Lady Bess W. Truman. All others are unidentified. President Truman and members of his staff took a post-election vacation in Key West.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from left) and Miss Margaret Truman (second from right) approach the entrance to Fort Jefferson National Monument accompanied by two unidentified naval officers. They are at Fort Jefferson with President Harry S. Truman and other members of his party for a post-election vacation.

Exterior view of what is believed to be part of a historic site taken during W. Averell Harriman's trip to the Soviet Union. He is thought to have been in Samarkand, Uzbekistan at this 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 negative.

Exterior view of an ancient building taken it is believed while W. Averell Harriman and his wife were touring in Uzbekistan. They were probably in Samarkand and this may be part of the Bibi Khanum mosque. 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 and his wife Marie standing in the center. They are touring an ancient building site taken it is believed while they were touring in Uzbekistan. They were probably in Samarkand and this may be part of the Bibi Khanum mosque. 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 and his wife Marie standing in the center. They are touring an ancient building site taken it is believed while they were touring in Uzbekistan. They were probably in Samarkand and this may be part of the Bibi Khanum mosque. 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 and his wife Marie seen touring a historic site while visiting the Soviet Union. They are believed to be in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. 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.

Man in center of photograph is believed to be W. Averell Harriman taken while he was visiting historic ruins in Tashkent located in central Asia. Tashkent was a location on his agenda during his 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. 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). 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 seated at a desk in the palace/sanitarium at Yalta taken during his 1959 Russian trip. Dr. Dadoyan is standing behind him. Thayer's account of this scene reads: "We then went to the Director's office where Roosevelt's chair was carefully preserved and where Mr. Harriman made an inscription in the visitors' book." 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).

Postcard of the Blue Mosque, or Shrine of Hazrat Ali, in Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan. It is one of the reputed burial places of Amir Sher Ali Khan.