Outdoor recreation

Exterior safari scene showing two unidentified skinners working on a recently shot cape buffalo. 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.

Outdoor view taken while on safari showing what appears to be an animal seen during the hunt. Charles Thayer describes as "a giraffe encountered during the hunt." 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.

Outdoor view taken while on safari showing what appears to be an animal seen during the hunt. Charles Thayer describes as "a giraffe encountered during the hunt." 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.

Outdoor view taken while on safari showing the African bush in Sudan with what appears to be an animal near a recent kill. Charles Thayer describes as "a maribou approaching the kill." 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.

Outdoor view taken while on safari showing the African bush in Sudan with what appears to be an animal near the recent kill. Charles Thayer describes as "a maribou approaching the kill." 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.

Exterior view of a falcon perched on a gloved hand taken during a falconry demonstration. Part of a series of falconry photographs in the collection. Falconry was a hobby enjoyed by diplomat and author Charles Thayer. Location of photograph unknown.

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.

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 safari camp taken in Sudan. Charles Thayer describes as "the mess tent at the camp." 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.

Countryside view taken in Sudan while on safari. Charles Thayer describes as "a part of the plain on which we shot." 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 35mm negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.