Exterior, full view of a Russian church building identified by Charles Thayer in his typewritten diary as Chapel Vladimir (also called St. Demetrius Cathedral). It was located in Vladimir, Russia near the Uspenski (Assumption) Cathedral. Thayer writes: "Near by is a small square white church covered with decorations in relief, it is interesting and rather pretty." Charles Thayer visited the area when he was living in Russia in 1935.
Exterior view identified by Charles Thayer in his typewritten diary as Uspenski Cathedral (also called Assumption Cathedral) located in cathedral square in Vladimir, Russia. He described as "the cathedral is a large white Byzantine affair with an eighteenth century bell tower stuck on the front which rather ruins the proportions." Charles Thayer visited the area when he was living in Russia in 1935.
President Harry S. Truman attended the First Baptist Church in Kearney, Nebraska, during his trip to the West Coast. A cameraman stands outside the church with a motion picture camera. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.
Full, exterior view of what appears to be a church in partial ruins. Exact location not given but the photograph was taken while W. Averell Harriman was touring the Soviet Union in 1959. 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. Original negative.
Full, exterior view of what appears to be a church in partial ruins. Exact location not given but the photograph was taken while W. Averell Harriman was touring the Soviet Union in 1959. 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. Original negative.