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W. Averell Harriman During Russian Trip

2008-1294
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2008-1294
3.5x4.75
Black & White
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Russia
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Description
Interior view of diplomat and former New York governor, W. Averell Harriman, seen with a group of children. Photograph was taken during Harriman's trip to Russian in 1959. 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. Mr. 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.
Date(s)
1959