Water

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman seen on the left, talking with unidentified men near water. He is believed to be at a hydroelectric plant located near Stalingrad. Thayer indicates in his account of the trip that "the Harriman party visited the Stalingrad hydroelectric plant which is about three quarters of an hour's drive from Stalingrad..." 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).

View includes W. Averell Harriman seen with dark hat accompanied by unidentified people while touring what is believed to be a hydroelectric plant near Stalingrad. Thayer in his account of the trip says, "the Harriman party visited the Stalingrad hydroelectric plant which is about three quarters of an hour's drive from Stalingrad..." 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).

View includes W. Averell Harriman seen with hat accompanied by unidentified people while viewing what is believed to be a hydroelectric plant near Stalingrad. Thayer in his account of the trip says, "the Harriman party visited the Stalingrad hydroelectric plant which is about three quarters of an hour's drive from Stalingrad..." 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).

View looking toward the water and mountain in the background. Believed to have been taken in Yalta. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell 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 negative.

Exterior view of mountains and a waterway in an unidentified location. The man visible in the center may be author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer. Probably taken while Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

Exterior view of an unidentified mountain and water landscape. An unidentified man is in the water fishing with a long pole. Probably taken while author and diplomat Charles Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

View includes two unidentified men in shorts and barefoot looking at water gushing through rocks in a mountainous area. Location is not given. Probably taken while author and diplomat Charles Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

View of Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park, California.

View is unidentified but image contains a waterway, probably the Nile River, and a native man. Probably taken in either southern Egypt or northern 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.

Early morning view of a water hole located in Sudan and taken while on safari. Charles Thayer describes as "a water hole in the early morning, showing cranes and other large African birds." 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.