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Mule Trip to Lalibela, Ethiopia

2008-1461-58
Accession Number
2008-1461-58
1x1.5
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NAID 350477088
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Diplomats
Mules
HST Keywords
Africa; Ethiopia
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Description
View of Charles Thayer party's mules and gear, getting ready for a trek to Lalibela, a town in northern Ethiopia known for its monolithic churches. Photograph taken as a part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.
Date(s)
March 1961