Children

Margaret Truman Daniel and her husband, Clifton Daniel with their two children, Clifton Truman Daniel (at left) and William Wallace Daniel on board the Queen of Bermuda ship. They have traveled to Bermuda with their parents on this ship.

View of three children described by Charles Thayer as three Bedouin children photographed while at Wadi Feran. 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.

Interior view of an unidentified Soviet General shown inspecting a group of boy cadets who are standing below a portrait of Joseph Stalin. Two identifications with photograph. (1) "Military training begins young behind the Curtain. Here a Soviet General smiles benignly on 10 year old military cadets." (2) "A Soviet officer inspects a group of military cadets. These boys attend one of the many military and naval schools in the Soviet Union accepting boys from 10 to 17 years of age. Their training is supervised by Soviet Army and Navy officers."

Interior view of a group of young male cadets in uniform with an adult teacher and standing beside a ship model. Identified as: "Satellite children like their Soviet masters begin military training young. Photo shows Rumanian cadets." Illustration for publication "Imagini Militare" for April 1953.

Group of children in school uniform intermingled with soldiers and either watching or participating in an event. Identification in foreign language. Believed to be Prague, Czechoslovakia. Identified as "Svet V Obrazech, No. 18, Prag, 9. Mai 1953 (Czech illustrated).

Exterior view of a group of young boys watching a child draw a picture of a military tank which is located in view. Location probably Czechoslovakia. Illustration for a Czech illustrated weekly "Svet v Obrazech" for September 12, 1953.

Exterior view with what is believed to be Czech soldiers mingling with civilians while beside and on an army tank. Identified as: "The brotherly comradeship of the army and the people is best shown in the friendship between a tank-crew and the children for whose happy life they learn to use their weapons with precision."

Exterior view of two children standing beside each other. Child on the right may be Charles W. Thayer seen hugging one of his sisters.

Interior view of James (Jimmy) Thayer seated with two dogs on the floor. He is the son of diplomat Charles W. Thayer and his wife Cynthia.

Portrait of Elizabeth Virginia, "Bess" Wallace at about age 4 and a half.