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View of Track Meet, Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view of an unidentified stadium with boys and girls seen participating in or practicing for a track meet. The location is believed to be Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, then part of the Soviet Union. The city was later named Almaty. 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 of Track Meet Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view of an unidentified stadium with boys and girls seen practicing for a track meet. The location is believed to be Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, then part of the Soviet Union. The city was later named Almaty. 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). 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.

View of Track Meet Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view of an unidentified stadium with boys and girls seen practicing for a track meet. The location is believed to be Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, then part of the Soviet Union. The city was later named Almaty. 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). 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.

View of Track Meet Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view of an unidentified stadium with boys and girls seen practicing for a track meet. The location is believed to be Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, then part of the Soviet Union. The city was later named Almaty. 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). 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.

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Palace of Pioneers in Sverdlovsk

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman and an unidentified woman viewing exhibits inside the Palace of Pioneers in Sverdlovsk. Back of picture reads, "Gov. Harriman inspecting scientific models made by Young Pioneers (Soviet Boy Scouts) at Palace of Pioneers Sverdlovsk." Back also contains an inscription in Russian which was written by the deputy mayor Kurganov of Sverdlovsk. 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).

W. Averell Harriman Visiting Palace of Pioneers in Sverdlovsk During 1959 Trip to Soviet Union

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman and an unidentified woman viewing exhibits inside the Palace of Pioneers in Sverdlovsk located in central Russia. They are inspecting scientific models made by Young Pioneers, Soviet style Boy Scouts. 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).

W. Averell Harriman and Wife Greeted By Young Pioneers in Yalta

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing on the right holding floral bouquets and receiving greetings from Young Pioneers (a youth organization). Location is in Yalta. Thayer's notes indicate "our cortege drove up to the palace door and a group of 20 or so Pioneers in white sailor blouses with red kerchiefs around their necks marched up and greeted Governor and Mrs. Harriman with chants of welcome, bouquets of flowers, red kerchiefs and Pioneer pins which they tied and pinned on them." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.

W. Averell Harriman and Wife Greeted by Young Pioneers in Yalta

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie standing on the right holding floral bouquets and receiving greetings from Young Pioneers. Location is in Yalta. Thayer's notes indicate "our cortege drove up to the palace door and a group of 20 or so Pioneers in white sailor blouses with red kerchiefs around their necks marched up and greeted Governor and Mrs. Harriman with chants of welcome, bouquets of flowers, red kerchiefs and Pioneer pins which they tied and pinned on them." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.