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St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai Peninsula

2008-1212-06
Accession Number
2008-1212-06
1x1.5
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NAID 350476968
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Historic sites
Monasteries
HST Keywords
Egypt; St. Catherine's Monastery; Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Rights

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Credit:
Charles W. Thayer

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
View of St. Catherine's Monastery, a Greek Orthodox site located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Charles Thayer describes scene as "another view of the Monastery showing the visitor's gallery." Photograph taken as part of a trip diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia took in March 1961. Photos intended for a possible magazine article by Thayer. Original negatives are in the collection of the Harry S. Truman Library.
Date(s)
March 1961