Mountains

View of Tokyo, Japan from an aircraft. Mount Fuji can be seen on the background. This photo was taken while Vernice Anderson traveled with Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

An aerial view of Tokyo, Japan from a military airplane. Mount Fuji can be seen in the background. This photo was taken while Vernice Anderson traveled with Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup on his mission to the Far East.

View which contains a mountain in the background and a desert oasis. Described by Charles Thayer as "the garden of the Oasis of Feran." Photograph taken as part of a trip 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.

View which contains a mountain in the background and a desert oasis. Described by Charles Thayer as "the Oasis of Feran, in ancient times the Oasis of Phiduin, where the children of Israel fought for the water rights with the Malakites." Photograph taken as part of a trip 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.

View which contains a mountain in the background, a desert oasis and three people in the foreground. Described by Charles Thayer as "the Oasis of Feran, in ancient times the Oasis of Phiduin, where the children of Israel fought for the water rights with the Malakites." Photograph taken as part of a trip 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, mountainous view which includes a couple of people and a car described by Charles Thayer as one of the cars stuck in the deep sand at Wadi Feran as the group was headed east. Photograph taken as part of a trip 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.

View looking down and unidentified body of water, probably a lake, with mountains in the background. Probably taken near the Charles W. Thayer vacation home located in Bavaria, Germany. This photo is from a contact sheet for which we have original negatives.

Mountainous view of ski patrol members dressed in white. Possible location, Romania. Illustration for publication "Imagini Militare" - Rumaenische Illustrierte, Maerz 1953.

Expansive mountain view of Lamayuru gompa or monastery located in Ladakh. Back of photograph reads: "A gompa or monastery where the lamas live. All are Buddhists in Ladakh or Western Tibet & polyandry is the rule..."

Full view of the Spin-Wam Fort located in Waziristan (part of Pakistan). Identified on the back of the photograph as: "Spin-wam Fort in Waziristan. It has an important situation on Afghanistan border. A typical fort in the North West frontier province - India.