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W. Averell Harriman During 1959 Tour of the Soviet Union

2008-1391-29 (untitled)
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2008-1391-29
1x1.5
Black & White
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Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Children
Hospital patients
Hospitals
Journalists
HST Keywords
Soviet Union; Tajikistan
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
Interior view with W. Averell Harriman seen on the left in a white coat standing among a group of children seated at tables. He may be visiting a children's hospital while he was touring in Stalinabad, Tajikistan. Charles W. Thayer accompanied 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). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev. Original 35mm negative.
Date(s)
June 1959