Charles W. Thayer

View which contains a mountain in the background and a desert oasis. Described by Charles Thayer as "the Oasis of Feran, in ancient times the Oasis of Phiduin, where the children of Israel fought for the water rights with the Malakites." Photograph taken as part of a trip Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View which contains a mountain in the background, a desert oasis and three people in the foreground. Described by Charles Thayer as "the Oasis of Feran, in ancient times the Oasis of Phiduin, where the children of Israel fought for the water rights with the Malakites." Photograph taken as part of a trip Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Exterior, mountainous view which includes a couple of people and a car described by Charles Thayer as one of the cars stuck in the deep sand at Wadi Feran as the group was headed east. Photograph taken as part of a trip Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Exterior view showing two automobiles and several people described in collection by Thayer as Ambassador (G. Frederick) Reinhardt unloading his car at the dock at Suez in Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. There is an original 35mm negative.