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W. Averell Harriman and Wife During 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union

Exterior view with diplomat and journalist W. Averell Harriman and wife Marie posed next to a group of four children and an adult. Thought to have been taken while W. Averell Harriman and party were touring in Uzbekistan. 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.

Former President Harry S. Truman and President Kennedy at the White House

Former President Harry S. Truman converses with President John F. Kennedy at the White House. Also present are Tom Gavin (left) and Senator William Fulbright (right). Truman was in Washington to attend a $100-a-plate Democratic dinner at Washington's National Guard Armory, honoring Mr. Kennedy on his 44th birthday. The little boy is unidentified. The photo is autographed as follows: To Tom Gavin, approved! Harry S. Truman