Hunting

Exterior view showing a dog seated beside a recently shot deer. The hunt probably took place at the Bavarian vacation home of diplomat and author Charles Thayer. There is an original 35mm negative.

Outside view of Cynthia Thayer, wife of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer, knelt down beside what appears to be a deer. Probably taken at the family's vacation home Laubau in Bavaria. Original 35mm negative is in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Exterior view showing an unidentified person and a dog beside a recently shot deer. The hunt probably took place at the Bavarian vacation home of diplomat and author Charles Thayer. There is an original 35mm negative.

Exterior view which shows an unidentified young man kneeling and holding the rack of a recently shot deer. The hunt probably took place at the Charles W. Thayer vacation home in Bavaria. Original 35mm negative.

Exterior view of five people mounted on horses and dressed as if preparing for a fox hunt. Includes two attendants on each side. No identification, but may be members of the George Thayer family.

Duck hunting at the Emperor's Hunting Grounds, in Tokyo, Japan by members of the reparations team. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.)

On the lawn, in front of the villa, at the Duck Hunting grounds, Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley, in center, and party, have tea before starting on a hunt. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

A shot of Ambassador Edwin Pauley (third from left) and his party during the duck hunt. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Ambassador Edwin Pauley (left) has a look at one of the ducks he netted. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

A guide explains the unique method of duck hunting to Ambassador Edwin Pauley (second from left). Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).