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Cynthia Thayer on Vacation in Egypt

Cynthia Thayer, wife of author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer, can be seen on the right. Native man on the left is unidentified. Image taken in southern Egypt, exact location not known. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Irish Country Scene

Exterior view believed to have been taken in Ireland. Charles W. Thayer describes in his diary as: "'Inver' Maam Cross, County Galway..." (Ireland) He further states: "The place is on a small island in a little lake 35 or more miles from the railhead at Galway, no telephone or electric light, and the most attractive place you can imagine." Area visited by Thayer and others, which apparently included relatives of his, in the summer of 1935. Original photograph found in typewritten diary (p. 1 handwritten, back side) that Charles W.

Group in Travel to Palekh, Russia

Exterior view of an unidentified group of men and women, some of whom traveled with Charles Thayer on a trip taken to visit Palekh, Russia. Thayer's typewritten account of the trip included the following names as individuals who went with him: Mrs. Wiley, Mrs. Marion Parrott, and Betty Horter. They were going to Palekh to see and visit with the artisans who made painted lacquer boxes. Charles Thayer was living in Moscow at the time in 1935.

Irish Country Scene

Exterior view believed to have been taken in Ireland. Charles W. Thayer describes in his diary as: "'Inver' Maam Cross, County Galway..." (Ireland) He further states: "The place is on a small island in a little lake 35 or more miles from the railhead at Galway, no telephone or electric light, and the most attractive place you can imagine." Area visited by Thayer and others, which apparently included relatives of his, in the summer of 1935. Original photograph found in typewritten diary (p. 1 handwritten, back side) that Charles W.