Monuments

Photograph of the Cathedral de Sacre Coeur, built by the French in Oran, Algeria in 1913. Crowds of men and women are gathered around a statue outside the building.

Photograph of a large statue in a plaza in an unidentified North African city, possibly Oran, Algeria.

Photograph of the Coat of Arms of King Philip V of Spain on the Chateau Neuf, a Spanish Fortress in Oran, Algeria.

Monument to the Dead of Algiers, or Le Pavois, located in Algiers, Algeria

A member of the United States Army (bottom, left) looks at the Monument to the Dead of Algiers, or Le Pavois, located in a park in Algiers, Algeria.

Monument to the Dead of Algiers, or Le Pavois, located in Algiers, Algeria.

View includes one of the great pyramids of Giza located just south of Cairo, Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View includes the great pyramids of Giza located just south of Cairo, Egypt. People in view include Cynthia Thayer on the right and perhaps Mrs. Frederick Reinhardt, wife of the U.S. ambassador to Egypt next to her. The young person is unidentified. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View includes the Great Sphinx as well as one of the great pyramids of Giza located just south of Cairo, Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View includes the great pyramids of Giza located just south of Cairo, Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and other countries in northern Africa in 1961. Trip journey and photos intended for possible magazine articles. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.