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Group at Driggs Presentation of Maps and Books

Howard R. Driggs (second from left, partly obscured), President of the American Pioneer Trails Association, during the presentation of maps and books as gifts to the Harry S. Truman Library. Also present are Truman Library Museum Curator Milton Perry (left), Mrs. J. Roger DeWitt (fourth from right), and Truman Library Director Dr. Philip C. Brooks (right). Children and other women are unidentified.

Dignitaries and Children in a Courtyard

Image of (left to right) unidentified children, Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., unidentified woman, Mr. Dodson, unidentified woman, United States Economic Minister to Japan Arthur Z. Gardiner (mostly obscured by second woman), Mr. Satani, and unidentified woman in a courtyard at an unidentified location in Japan. In the background is a house or other structure.

W. Averell Harriman in Soviet Union

Exterior view believed to have been taken in Stalinabad, Soviet Union. W. Averell Harriman is seated with a native family on the front porch of their house. Charles Thayer wrote the following in his typewritten account of the trip: "We took a drive through the town [Stalinabad], stopping in the heart of the individual housing area. Here the Mayor suggested we pick any house at random to visit. We went to a neat little blue painted building nearby, knocked and walked in, to find the owner, Mr.

W. Averell Harriman During His 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view believed to have been taken in Stalinabad, Soviet Union. W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie are seated with a native family. Charles Thayer wrote the following in his typewritten account of the trip: "We took a drive through the town [Stalinabad], stopping in the heart of the individual housing area. Here the Mayor suggested we pick any house at random to visit. We went to a neat little blue painted building nearby, knocked and walked in, to find the owner, Mr.

Photo of Two Girls in a Field, Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view taken in a field of some type with a couple of young girls in view. Exact location not given, may be while the Harriman party was in Sverdlovsk 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. There is an original 35mm negative.

View of Children Playing, Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view with children playing in what appears to be a street area. Some are riding tricycles. Exact location not given, may be in Sverdlovsk located on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains and later called Yekaterinburg. 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.

W. Averell Harriman During His 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view believed to have been taken in Stalinabad, Soviet Union. W. Averell Harriman and his wife Marie are seated with a native family. Charles Thayer wrote the following in his typewritten account of the trip: "We took a drive through the town [Stalinabad], stopping in the heart of the individual housing area. Here the Mayor suggested we pick any house at random to visit. We went to a neat little blue painted building nearby, knocked and walked in, to find the owner, Mr.