Mountains

Exterior view of mountains and a waterway in an unidentified location. The man visible in the center may be author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer. Probably taken while Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

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

Exterior view of an unidentified mountain and water landscape. An unidentified man is in the water fishing with a long pole. Probably taken while author and diplomat Charles Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

View includes two unidentified men in shorts and barefoot looking at water gushing through rocks in a mountainous area. Location is not given. Probably taken while author and diplomat Charles Thayer was on vacation or assignment.

View of mountains and waterway, perhaps taken in the Mongolian steppes. Exact location not given. Diplomat and author Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum. Thayer states the group travelled through the provinces more than 1000 kilometers by bus and jeep and another 600 kilometers by air.

View of mountains and land, located in Mongolia. Exact location not given. Diplomat and author Charles Thayer headed a party of fourteen Americans who traveled to Mongolia on a vacation in the summer of 1963, probably in June. They arrived at Ulan Bator and during the trip visited the Gobi Desert as well as the steppes of Mongolia and the site of the ancient capital of Karakorum. Thayer states the group travelled through the provinces more than 1000 kilometers by bus and jeep and another 600 kilometers by air.

View of Emmons Glacier on Mt. Rainier, which is part of Mount Rainier National Park in the state of Washington. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

View of Mt. McKinley in Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska. Man in foreground is unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

View showing parts of the Thayer party climbing the last part to reach the top of Mt. Sinai. Thayer describes as "we climb to the mount on foot. The figure in the foreground is my wife [Cynthia]." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Exterior view of camel and person with native on mountain path. Charles Thayer describes as "one of the party climbing toward the top of Mt. Sinai." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Mt. Sinai and St. Catherine's Monastery in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.