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Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986

W. Averell Harriman While Touring the Soviet Union in 1959

View of W. Averell Harriman on the left surrounded by unidentified men. Image taken while he was touring in the Soviet Union, exact location not given. 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.

W. Averell Harriman Touring the Soviet Union in 1959

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman partially in view second from the right. The others with him are not identified and the exact location of the tour in the Soviet Union is not known. 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. Has 35mm negative.

W. Averell Harriman Touring While in the Soviet Union in 1959

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman visible in the center wearing a hat. Others in view are not identified and exact location in the Soviet Union is not given. 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. Has original 35mm negative.

W. Averell Harriman While Touring the Soviet Union in 1959

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman on the left surrounded by unidentified men. They appear to be touring in some type of Soviet factory or plant, exact location not given. 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.

W. Averell Harriman Touring While Visiting the Soviet Union in 1959

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in view and wearing a suit. Exact location in the Soviet Union not given. 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. Has original 35mm negative.

W. Averell Harriman While Touring the Soviet Union in 1959

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in the center in what looks like a garden area near a building. The shorter man standing next to him is probably his interpreter. They appear to be talking to a group of women and those seated appear to be natives of the area. Exact location is not given. 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).

W. Averell Harriman Visiting With Local Women While on His 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union

Exterior view with diplomat W. Averell Harriman seated on the right, talking with a group of native women and a child. They appear to be seated in a garden area. Exact location 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.

W. Averell Harriman While Touring During His 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in the center with an unidentified man who may be his interpreter on the right. A group of native women are seated on a bench behind Harriman and a lion sculpture or statue is visible in the background in front of a building. Exact location not known. 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).

W. Averell Harriman While on Tour of the Soviet Union in 1959

Exterior view with diplomat and journalist W. Averell Harriman on the right and shown shaking the hand of a native woman. Other women and a child are also in view as well as two other people. Exact location 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).

W. Averell Harriman Touring a State Farm During His 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view where W. Averell Harriman is seen standing, second from the right, between two unidentified men and a woman in a wheat field. He may have been visiting the Viktorov State Farm not far from Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan. Thayer's typewritten account of the visit states "that the farm was started on the 15th of April in 1955." Thayer also writes, "We drove out to the wheat fields over gently rolling country where we could see the green young wheat stretching for miles to the horizon." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W.