Marie Harriman With Others During 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union
Exterior view with Marie Harriman, wife of W. Averell Harriman, seen in the center of the picture surrounded by unidentified children. This picture was taken while the Harrimans were touring in the Soviet Union and it is thought they were in Uzbekistan at the time. 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).