Historic sites

Reathel Odum (left) and friend Hazel (right) in the stocks at historic Williamsburg, Virginia. Man in center unidentified. At this time, Ms. Odum served as a secretary to Senator Harry S. Truman.

Reathel Odum (left) and Catherine Bixler posing in the stocks at Williamsburg, Virginia. At this time, both women were secretaries to Senator Harry S. Truman.

View of the Ramses II temple located in Nubia (southern Egypt), near the borders of Sudan. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Former President Harry S. Truman with Judge Samuel Rosenman under the 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct at Pont du Gard, serving Nimes, France, during their 1958 European tour. (From original slide SL2586) From: Truman Home.

View showing parts of the Thayer party climbing the last part to reach the top of Mt. Sinai. Thayer describes as "we climb to the mount on foot. The figure in the foreground is my wife [Cynthia]." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Exterior view of camel and person with native on mountain path. Charles Thayer describes as "one of the party climbing toward the top of Mt. Sinai." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View which shows camels and Thayer party gathered near the top of Mt. Sinai. Thayer describes as "we leave our camels near the top of the mountain." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

President Harry S. Truman (right) stands atop a battlement of old Fort Taylor Historic Site, while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

Under the guidance of Commander Scanland (foreground) and Captain W. A. Saunders (background left), President Harry S. Truman inspects Fort Taylor, while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West. 17-23 November 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from left) on the inside grounds of Fort Jefferson National Historic Site at Dry Tortugas, Florida. Truman visited the Fort while on vacation in Key West. Others include: Admiral Charles Styer, Captain James Foskett, Dr. John Steelman, Ft. Jefferson caretaker Russell Gibbs, Admiral William Leahy, and Edwin Locke (behind the president). From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.