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Oasis of Feran in the Sinai Peninsula

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.

Oasis of Feran in the Sinai Peninsula

View which contains a mountain in the background and a desert oasis. Described by Charles Thayer as "the Oasis of Feran, in ancient times the Oasis of Phiduin, where the children of Israel fought for the water rights with the Malakites." 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.

Oasis of Feran in the Sinai Peninsula

View which contains a mountain in the background, a desert oasis and three people in the foreground. Described by Charles Thayer as "the Oasis of Feran, in ancient times the Oasis of Phiduin, where the children of Israel fought for the water rights with the Malakites." 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.

Canadian Ambassador Hume Wrong signs the Canadian Water Diversion Treaty at Washington

Canadian Ambassador Hume Wrong signs the Canadian Water Diversion Treaty at Washington. Looking on are Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left) and Senator Herbert Lehman (D-NY). The Treaty is designed to encourage greater power development from the Niagara River and increase the scenic beauties of Niagara Falls.