Museums

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing on the right. He is believed to be in Stalinabad, Tajikistan at the time and touring what appears to be a local museum. 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. Original 35mm negative.

Interior view which includes W. Averell Harriman on the left standing beside an unidentified woman in native dress. It is believed that Harriman was in Stalinabad, Tajikistan, at the time visiting a local museum. 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 which includes W. Averell Harriman on the left standing beside an unidentified woman in native dress. It is believed that Harriman was in Stalinabad, Tajikistan, at the time visiting a local museum. 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 which shows W. Averell Harriman on the left. It is believed that he may be visiting a museum in Stalinabad, Tajikistan. 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. Original 35mm negative.

Interior view of a portion of the museum located in St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to the area in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Full view of an icon found hanging on the wall in the museum at St. Catherine's Monastery located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to the area in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Three hundred seventy-six steps leading to the Christian Museum Temple in Seoul, 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Exterior view of the Christian Museum in Seoul, 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 the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

An unidentified group of dignitaries examine an exhibit concerning the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Museum at Ford's Theater.

A group of unidentified dignitaries tour exhibits relating to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Museum at Ford's Theater.