Theaters

First Lady Bess Truman (left) and Margaret Truman (right) enter the Metropolitan Opera House to attend the opening night of the opera. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 1.

The exterior of a Kabuki theater in the Ginza district of Tokyo, Japan, has crowds of people on the sidewalk. Cars can also be seen on the street. This is from an album of photos of a visit by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to the Far Eastern Theater.

Kabuki Theatre in Osaka, Japan.

A movie theater in Marilia, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Original caption in Portuguese: "Cine Marilia." The entire album, 63-1391-1 through 42, shows views of Marilia, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The original album cover has been retained in the audiovisual collection.

Exterior view of an unidentified classical style building with columns. A street cleaner is in view. Location not given. It may be the Winter Theater located in Sochi, Russia. According to Charles Thayer's curriculum vitae: "In 1955 I made an extended tour of European and Asiatic Russia and wrote a series for the Saturday Evening Post on post-Stalinist Soviet Union." Although not identified, it is believed that this photograph was taken during that trip.

Exterior view of an unidentified classical style building with columns. A street cleaner is in view. Location not given but it may be the Winter Theater located in Sochi, Russia. According to Charles Thayer's curriculum vitae: "In 1955 I made an extended tour of European and Asiatic Russia and wrote a series for the Saturday Evening Post on post-Stalinist Soviet Union." Although not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip.

Exterior view of large building and fountain area in front of the building. Believed to have been taken in the city of Tashkent located in Uzbekistan in central Asia. Building my be the Bolshoi Theater or Opera House. Visiting Tashkent was on Averell Harriman's agenda during is 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. 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).

Exterior view of large building and fountain area in front of the building. Believed to have been taken in the city of Tashkent located in Uzbekistan in central Asia. Building my be the Bolshoi Theater or Opera House. Visiting Tashkent was on Averell Harriman's agenda during is 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. 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).

Exterior view of large building and fountain area in front of the building. Believed to have been taken in the city of Tashkent located in Uzbekistan in central Asia. Building my be the Bolshoi Theater or Opera House. Visiting Tashkent was on Averell Harriman's agenda during is 1959 trip to the Soviet Union. 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).

The Rex Theatre (right) where the philharmonic symphony concerts were held in the Chinatown of Manila, Philippines. Carts and automobiles are also on the street. Donor: John Paxton.