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View of Track Meet Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view of an unidentified stadium with boys and girls seen practicing for a track meet. The location is believed to be Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, then part of the Soviet Union. The city was later named Almaty. 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.

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.

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

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in the center in a white short sleeved shirt and his wife Marie is standing next to him on the right. They are believed to be in Stalinabad, Tajikistan, in the Soviet Union. The other two men in the photograph are not identified but may be the prime minister. 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).

View of Track Meet Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view of an unidentified stadium with boys and girls seen practicing for a track meet. The location is believed to be Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, then part of the Soviet Union. The city was later named Almaty. 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 Touring During His 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing on the left. He appears to be accepting a basket of produce from a young girl in a field of some type. An unidentified woman is seen standing behind the girl. Location is believed to be strawberry field near Alma Ata in Kazakhstan. 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).

W. Averell Harriman While on 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union

View includes W. Averell Harriman in suit looking at what appears to be perhaps a store window. Believed to have been taken while he was touring in Stalinabad, Tajikistan. 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 35mm negative.

W. Averell Harriman While on 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union

Exterior view with W. Averell Harriman standing in suit by a beach and a body of water. It is believed that he was in or near Stalinabad, Tajikistan at the time. Charles Thayer in his typewritten account of the trip states: "From there we went to the 'lake', an artificial body of water much boasted about by officials, which is about waist deep with muddy water. The sandy shoreline was thick with Sunday bathers and the water itself hardly less populated." Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.

View of Track Meet Taken During W. Averell Harriman's 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union

Exterior view of an unidentified stadium with boys and girls seen practicing for a track meet. The location is believed to be Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, then part of the Soviet Union. The city was later named Almaty. 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 While on His 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union

Interior view with W. Averell Harriman seen on the left in a white coat standing among a group of children seated at tables. He may be visiting a children's hospital while he was touring in Stalinabad, Tajikistan. 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.