Rivers

Photo of a church next to a river near Remagen, Germany. John Redding acquired this photo when he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Air Force in World War II.

Bridge and castle near Heidelberg, Germany. John Redding acquired this photo when he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Air Force in World War II.

Unidentified man stands at a river site of a mass killing by the Japanese during World War II, in the Batangas Province, Luzon, Philippines. Donor: John Paxton

Riverfront view probably taken from a boat. Image shows the shore line of the upper Nile River and beyond. Probably taken in southern Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

The Grand Coulee Dam across the Columbia River in Washington state. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

View of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in Black Canyon, between Nevada and Colorado. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

View of the Caddoa Bridge during high water levels for the Arkansas River. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman visited the bridge.

Unidentified image but presumably an area near the Nile River in either southern Egypt or northern Sudan. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

River view identified by Charles Thayer as "the upper Nile at Juba [Sudan] where the ferry crossed and the safari." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of the Nile River and distant shore in late day. Probably taken in southern Egypt. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.