Waterways

River view, believed to have been taken on the Volga River after leaving Stalingrad. According to Thayer's typewritten account of trip, "after luncheon we took the Leningrad-Rostov steamboat down the Volga. We traveled about an hour and a half down the river, passing numerous passenger boats and barges (both pusher and tugs)." Charles W. Thayer accompanied 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).

Exterior, expansive river view believed to be the Dnieper (Dnipro) River at Kiev in the Ukraine. Photograph taken during W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. 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 35mm negative.

View of a line of buildings situated along a waterway. Perhaps taken in Leningrad during diplomat Averell Harriman's 1959 Russian trip. 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 35mm negative.

Exterior view of buildings along a waterway, taken during W. Averell Harriman's 1959 trip to Russia. May be view of Leningrad. 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 35mm negative.

Exterior view of spacious buildings located along a body of water. Taken during W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Russian trip and thought be to Leningrad, Russia. Individual in view is not identified. 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.

View of building beside a body of water with Mongolian native and other men looking on. No exact identification or location in Mongolia. Diplomat and author Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum. Thayer states the group travelled through the provinces more than 1000 kilometers by bus and jeep and another 600 kilometers by air.

View includes an unidentified waterway among rocky outcrops in a mountainous area. Location of photograph is not given. Probably taken while author and diplomat Charles Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

View includes a fortress-like group of old buildings situated along a waterway in a mountainous area. A bridge over the water is also in view. Probably taken while author and diplomat Charles Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

View of what appears to be a river and rocky shoreline situated in a mountainous area. Location is not given. Probably taken while author and diplomat Charles Thayer was on vacation or assignment.