W. Averell Harriman and Wife Touring During 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union
Interior view, exact location not given. W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie are standing in the center of the photograph. Believed to have been taken in Samarkand, Uzbekistan while the Harriman's were touring the Soviet Union in 1959. According to Thayer's account of the trip, while in Samarkand they did visit "at the Shah Zindah which contains a series of magnificent tiled tombs..." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.