W. Averell Harriman and Wife During 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union
Exterior view with A. Averell Harriman on the left and his wife Marie next to him. Believed to have been taken at the Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Thayer describes in his typewritten account: "We then went to the Registan where one mosque and two madrasehs (theological schools) line three sides of a square. These very handsome ancient buildings are greatly deteriorated..." Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959.