Mountains

Exterior view of two unidentified men standing by either a river or lake in an unidentified location. They are believed to be participating in a fishing trip. Probably taken while author and diplomat Charles Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

Photograph of an exterior view taken in an unidentified location. Includes a mountainous area near rough terrain. Probably taken while author and diplomat Charles Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

Exterior view photograph taken in an unidentified location. Includes a mountainous area near a river or lake. Probably taken while author and diplomat Charles Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

Rocks and mountainside, probably near Colorado Springs, Colorado. From: Truman home, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

A street with a house or other building at the end, with mountains in the distance. Possibly taken in Colorado Springs, Colorado. From: Truman home, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

A yard looking out towards mountains in the distance, probably near Colorado Springs, Colorado. From: Truman home, an album of Wallace family, friends, and vacations.

Mountain view taken from an unidentified village location. According to Charles Thayer's curriculum vitae: "In 1955 I made an extended tour of European and Asiatic Russia and wrote a series for the Saturday Evening Post on post-Stalinist Soviet Union." Although not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip. The village may be Gori located in Georgia in the Soviet Union (the birthplace of Joseph Stalin).

Exterior view of an unidentified village or town with a mountain visible in the background. Location not given. According to Charles Thayer's curriculum vitae: "In 1955 I made an extended tour of European and Asiatic Russia and wrote a series for the Saturday Evening Post on post-Stalinist Soviet Union." Although not identified, this photograph is believed to have been taken during that trip. The village may be Gori, birthplace of Joseph Stalin, located in Georgia which at that time was a part of the Soviet Union.

This postcard is of Hocheck Peak on Mount Watzmann in Bavaria, Germany.

View of Charles Thayer party riding on mules with their gear through a mountainous area. They are on a trek to Lalibela, a town in northern Ethiopia known for its monolithic churches. Charles Thayer describes: "The entire party including pack-mules on the way to Lalibela." Photograph taken as a 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.