Water

Damaged buildings along a coastal area during the Sicilian Campaign of World War II.

Ships sailing in a canal or other waterway during the Sicilian Campaign of World War II.

A postcard photo aerial view of a building, De Haka-Productiebedrijven Te Utrecht.

Photo of a factory alongside a waterfront, most likely somewhere in the Netherlands.

A group of unidentified men with donkeys carrying small tanks for gathering water. Before the Point Four program arrived in Iran, the village of Mayan obtained its water from seepage to shallow potholes from a polluted creek near the village. The village landlord decided to cooperate with the Point Four program to get residents better water.

View which contains a mountain in the background and a desert oasis. Described by Charles Thayer as "the garden of the Oasis of Feran." Photograph taken as part of a trip Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Two covered wooden barrels on bricks near a house on the island of Pho Quoc, Vietnam.

View of what appears to be a boat of some kind, perhaps near a harbor. Location is not given, possibly the Gulf of Mexico. Image is with a series of photographs which were taken from a U.S. aircraft carrier. Charles W. Thayer was invited to a civilian orientation cruise at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, held May 23-25, 1968. Part of the experience included one day at sea aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lexington to observe flight operations. This photograph may have been taken during this visit. Contact sheet image, original color negative in Library holdings.

Full view of a United States Naval aircraft carrier ship, anchored near a port. Charles W. Thayer was invited to a civilian orientation cruise at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, held May 23-25, 1968. Part of the experience included one day at sea aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lexington to observe flight operations. This photograph may have been taken during this visit. Original color negative in Library holdings.

Exterior view of water, possibly the Gulf of Mexico, with land in the background. Part of a series of pictures taken while on an aircraft carrier. Charles W. Thayer was invited to a civilian orientation cruise at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, held May 23-25, 1968. Part of the experience included one day at sea aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lexington to observe flight operations. This photograph may have been taken during this visit. Contact sheet image, original color negative in Library holdings.