Automobiles

Exterior view of a group of unidentified individuals standing near a car. Some of the people were traveling with Charles Thayer on a trip taken to visit Palekh, Russia. Thayer's typewritten account of the trip included the following names that went with him: Mrs. Wiley, Mrs. Marion Parrott, and Betty Horter. They went to see the artisans in Palekh who made famous lacquered boxes. Thayer was living in Moscow at the time in 1935.

Exterior view of a group of Russians and a dog posed by an automobile and taken during a duck hunting expedition near Zagorsk, Russia. Charles Thayer went with the group. Others he mentions in his typewritten diary that others that went include: Eddy Page, Grecia, a Red Army Brigadier General, the chief warden of the Army preserve and local guides. Charles Thayer was living in Moscow at the time in 1935.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, waving hat) riding in an automobile in a parade in Chicago, Illinois. The car is at Jackson and Wells Street. Secret Service agents on the sides of the car and all others are unidentified. From General Scrapbook, Volume 2, 1948-1950.

President Harry S. Truman smiles happily as he arrives in Key West Florida to start a five day vacation. Riding with President Truman are (from left to right) Captain Cecil Adell, Commandant of the Boca Chica Naval Air Base and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff.

A crowd gathers to greet President Harry S. Truman (in white car, center) as he makes a visit to Arco, Idaho during his western trip (same as 2012-194).

President Harry S. Truman (in card, white hat), visits the Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington. Naval officers greet car; Captain Robert Dennison standing at left. Same as 66-699.

Unidentified chauffeur poses beside the car used to transport the members of Mrs. Bess W. Truman's bridge club while on a visit with the First Lady in Washington, D.C.

Unidentified chauffeur poses beside the car used to transport the members of Mrs. Bess W. Truman's bridge club while on a visit with the First Lady in Washington, D.C. In the background can be see the South Portico of the White House.

From left to right, General Joseph M. Swing, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, and General Ira P. Swift are seen standing in front of a car as they leave a luncheon at Fort MacArthur, California.

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman seen on the right. Man opposite him is not identified nor is the exact location. An automobile can be seen on the road just behind them. Location may be in the Sverdlovsk, Russia area. Charles W. Thayer accompanied 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.