Hunting

Exterior view of Charles W. Thayer standing next to a recently shot water buffalo. Taken while on safari near Juba, Sudan. Thayer identifies as "myself and the buffalo." 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.

Exterior view of a recently shot cape buffalo with Cynthia Thayer standing next to it. Taken while on safari near Juba, 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.

View of four individuals squatted near a recently shot cape buffalo while on safari in Sudan. Charles Thayer identifies as "the buffalo with the two trackers, my wife 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 negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View 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.

Exterior view of a woman, possibly Cynthia Thayer, sitting beside a recently shot deer. Two dogs are also in view. Location not given, but probably taken at the Thayer vacation home in Bavaria, Germany. There is an original 35mm negative.

View of a pig or boar laid out on wooden pieces and ready to be roasted on an open fire. Includes partial view of unidentified men standing by the animal. Location unknown. Probably taken by Charles Thayer on a hunting trip. Original 35mm negative.

Exterior view of a group of three unidentified men roasting a pig or boar over an open fire. Location not given, probably photographed by Charles Thayer on a hunting trip. Original 35mm negative.

Exterior view of four unidentified men standing by a pig or boar ready to be roasted. Location not given. Probably taken by Charles Thayer on a hunting trip. Original 35mm negative.

Exterior view of a group of men and some women seated in a forest area. Believed to have been taken in the fall of 1954 during an annual stag shooting event which included both Cynthia and Charles Thayer. Location not given.

Exterior view of a group of men and some women standing on a snowy path. Charles Thayer is standing in the left foreground with a rifle on his shoulder. Believed to be taken in the fall of 1954 during an annual stag shooting event which included both Cynthia and Charles Thayer. Location not given.