Youth

Members of the Michigan Future Farmers of America Poultry Team standing on the north side of the Truman Home in Independence, Missouri.

Exterior view with three costumed Mongolian youth mounted and riding horses. Exact location in Mongolia not given but appears to be the steppes region. 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 four people standing together on a lawn. Cynthia Thayer is second from the right and her son James (Jimmy) is probably the young man on the left. The other man and woman in view not identified. Location is probably the Thayer vacation home in Germany. Original 35mm negative.

Group of unidentified young Czech men taken during target practice. Two identifications with photo. (1) "Army education for the working youth in Ostromer near Koeniggraetz. Shooting instruction." and (2) "'Every citizen must become a good soldier so that in case of enemy invasion shots may be fired from every house and every tree' says the Czech Youth Newspaper. Photo shows young Czech workers at target practice."

Exterior view of three unidentified young men running on an unknown road with guns in their hands. Photograph includes two identifications. (1) "Czech Union for Cooperation with the Army has about 600,000 members. Here are members participating in combination cross-country run and shooting competition." Other identification reads: "On the 21 and 22 of June 1952, organi[zed] by the Union for cooperation with the army. Shooting competition of a 3-man patrol."

Group of unidentified male youth seen practicing the throwing of hand grenades in a wooded area. Location identified as Ostromer near Koeniggraetz. Identification with photo reads: "Union of Czech Youth has over a million members. Here are some of them practicing throwing hand grenades."

A view of a small log building with an unidentified young man standing by the front door. Perhaps taken at the Charles Thayer vacation home in Bavaria. Original 35mm negative.

Exterior view of an unidentified male youth holding up a fish he probably just caught. Location is thought to be at Laubau, the Bavarian vacation home of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer. Original 35mm negative.

Full, exterior view of what appears to be an unidentified young man holding a fishing rod. Probably taken at Laubau, the Bavarian vacation home of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer. Original 35mm negative.

Exterior view of James (Jimmy) Thayer, son of Charles and Cynthia Thayer, standing with his step-sister Diana Cochrane, daughter of Cynthia Thayer. Both are shown with ski equipment. Taken at the family vacation home in Bavaria. Back of photograph reads: "Our two skiers! Laubau, 1960."