Landscape

View of snow on the ground in a wooded area, possibly near Villanova, Pennsylvania, home of Charles Thayer's parents.

Terrain in the World War I Argonne Sector. The wooded hills in the background are, from left to right: Le Petit Bois, Bois de Money, Bois de Boyon, Cote Montregagne, and Forest St. Germain. The town in the foreground is Chatel Chehery, the advance Post Command of the 78th Division. Chatel Chehery, Ardennes, France, Oct. 23, 1918. From: Lillian R. Craig, Scotland County Public Library, Memphis, Missouri.

View looking southeast across the valley of the Aire River toward the foothills surrounding the city of Apremont, Ardennes, France. In the far background is the Argonne Forest and the railroad grade across the valley. Ground taken by the 28th and 35th Divisions, Sept. 28 and 29, 1918, during the Argonne-Meuse offensive. From: Lillian R. Craig, Scotland County Public Library, Memphis, Missouri.

Exterior view of an unidentified person standing with back to a body of water possibly a stream or river. Probably taken at the Bavarian vacation home of diplomat and author Charles Thayer. Original 35mm negative.

Scenic view of the land taken near the vacation home of diplomat and author Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia Thayer, located in Bavaria. Back of photograph reads: "View from the house. There is a road over these fields and the brook that brings you to the house."

Scene at Pyongyang taken from Pauley Special Train. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ruined landscape in Japan, with wagons in background. From album created by Allied Reparations Committee, which was headed by Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, 1945-47.

Rural scenes in Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Rural Scene in Japan. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Scenes taken from the Pauley Special Train in North Korea. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).