Women

Bess Truman (center) poses with six unidentified women in a room, probably at the White House. From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman sits at a desk in an office at the White House and inspects a card proffered by two unidentified women. From: Truman Home.

Exterior, full body view of a young man, perhaps James(Jimmy)Thayer, son of Charles and Cynthia Thayer, standing beside an older woman with partial view of a car behind them. Probably taken Laubau, the Charles Thayer vacation home in Bavaria. Original negative is in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Exterior view of a group of five men and women seated and standing at a patio area next to a home. May have been a family group taken at Laubau, the Charles Thayer vacation home located in Bavaria. Original 35mm negative is in Harry S. Truman Library collection.

At a USO party in Washington, D.C., Bess Truman (right) presents a WAVES member with a slice of cake from a three-tiered cake celebrating her three years of service. The identity of the woman is unknown. From: Truman Home.

Exterior view of an unidentified couple standing in a yard area. May have been taken at the Thayer home in Pennsylvania. Original negative is in Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Exterior view showing a Bedouin woman standing by a tree, taken at St. Catherine's Monastery located at the foot of Mt. Sinai in Egypt. Photo described by Charles Thayer as "a bedouin woman in her best clothes including an elaborate silver breast plate, poses in the garden of the Monastery with her young daughter." Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to the area in March 1961. Photos intended for possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

Exterior view of a group identified as Polish women laying on the ground during target practice. Identification with photograph reads: "Polish civilians are organized into League of Soldiers' Friends with almost a million members. Photo shows women members at target practice."

Photograph of a magazine cover of a group of women marching and dressed in winter uniforms. Photograph includes two identifications. (1) "'Everybody, even women, and particularly young people must learn how to fight' (Czech War Minister Cepicka). Photo shows Hungarian women in military training." (2) "How Hungarian woman is to follow the example of Soviet woman in preparing for the defense of peace. (At bottom of picture): published by the Pedagogical Section of the Hungarian ? for the fight for freedom."

Exterior view of a group of unidentified women participating in a military maneuver. They are shown advancing upside down along a hanging rope. Identification with photograph reads: "Comrades (female) cheerfully fight their way along the horizontal rope." Location unknown, but in a country behind the Iron Curtain.