W. Averell Harriman Touring Candy Factory During His 1959 Trip to the Soviet Union
Interior view with W. Averell Harriman in the center in white coat standing by an unidentified female factory worker with others looking on. It is believed that the picture was taken while he was touring a candy factory in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).