Thayer, Charles Wheeler, 1910-1969

Exterior view of a group of men and women standing with W. Averell Harriman in the center of the front row and Charles W. Thayer on the left behind Harriman. Taken on Harriman's 1959 trip to Russia and the Soviet Union, exact location not given and others in view unidentified. 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).

Exterior view of a man with his gun crouching near a recently shot deer. Man may be Charles Thayer. Photo is believed to have been taken when Charles Thayer was hunting in the Balkans area of Eastern Europe. Thayer was known to have traveled to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania to hunt. Original negative in Library.

Exterior view of a group of unidentified people standing with a dog. Charles Thayer may be the man second from the left. Photo is believed to have been taken when Charles Thayer was hunting in the Balkans area of Eastern Europe. Thayer was known to have traveled to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania to hunt. Original negative in Library.

Exterior view of two men standing by what is believed to be an Austrian made jeep called a Haflinger. Charles Thayer may be the man on the left. Photo is believed to have been taken when Charles Thayer was hunting in the Balkans area of Eastern Europe. Thayer was known to have traveled to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania to hunt. Original negative in Library.

Exterior view of two men standing in front of what is believed to be an Austrian made jeep called a Haflinger. The man on the right may be Charles Thayer. Photo is believed to have been taken when Charles Thayer was hunting in the Balkans area of Eastern Europe. Thayer was known to have traveled to Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania to hunt. Original negative in Library.

Interior view of author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer wearing a suit and tie and seated in a chair near a door in an unknown location. Scanned image from negative held by Library.

Interior view of author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer wearing a suit and tie and seated in a chair near a door in an unknown location. Scanned image from negative held by Library.

Full body view of a man dressed in a suit, coat and hat. The man may be diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer, no identification as to person or place given. Library has original negative.

View of author and diplomat Charles W. Thayer sitting beside a recently shot antelope while on safari in Sudan. He describes image as "a large bull roan antelope shot from among the herd..." Taken while on safari near Juba, 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 35mm negative is part of the Harry S. Truman Library collection.

View of diplomat and author Charles W. Thayer beside a recently shot warthog while on safari. Taken while on safari in Africa near Juba, 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 35mm negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection.