Hunting

Exterior view of a group of Russians and a dog posed by an automobile and taken during a duck hunting expedition near Zagorsk, Russia. Charles Thayer went with the group. Others he mentions in his typewritten diary that others that went include: Eddy Page, Grecia, a Red Army Brigadier General, the chief warden of the Army preserve and local guides. Charles Thayer was living in Moscow at the time in 1935.

Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson hunting.

Informal snapshots of former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (right) duck hunting with unknown persons.

Informal snapshot of former Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (right) standing beside an unknown man on a duck hunting trip.

Exterior view of a man and rifle, possibly Charles Thayer, posed by a deer recently shot and laying on the ground. Probably taken at the Thayer's vacation home in Bavaria, Germany. Original 35mm negative is in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Exterior view believed to be diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer kneeling and holding the rack of a recently shot deer. The hunt probably took place at the family's vacation home in Bavaria. (This photo was from a contact sheet for which we have original negatives).

Exterior view believed to be diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer kneeling and holding the rack of a recently shot deer. The hunt probably took place at the family's vacation home in Bavaria. (This photo was from a contact sheet for which we have original negatives.)

View showing Cynthia Thayer, wife of diplomat and author Charles Thayer, posed with her rifle and seated beside a recently shot deer. Location not given, may have been taken on a hunting trip at the Thayer vacation home in Germany. There is an original 35mm negative for this image.

View of the head and part of the body of a cape buffalo recently shot while on safari near Juba in Sudan. Charles Thayer describes as "a cape buffalo shot by myself." 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.

View of four individuals standing near a recently shot cape buffalo while on safari in Sudan. Charles Thayer identifies as "the white hunter, Jackson, the two trackers, and myself." 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 35mm negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.