Camels

A group of unidentified men, women and children look at a camel from the Basel Zoo on display in front of Basel City Hall in Switzerland. Note on back of the photograph reads: "Camel from Basel Zoo in front of City hall." Taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr., worked in Europe. Part of a group of photographs in an album belonging to E. Clifton Daniel, Jr., husband of Margaret Truman Daniel.

An unidentified woman and child look at the camel from the Basel Zoo on display in the Basel city square. The event was a celebration of the zoo's anniversary. Probably taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. worked in Europe.

Three unidentified children admire a camel from the Basel Zoo on display in the city square. The camel is part of a celebration in honor of the zoo's anniversary. Probably taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. worked in Europe.

A camel with a sign attached to its back advertising the celebration of the Basel Zoo's anniversary taken through an ornate iron gate. Probably taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. worked in Europe.

A camel from the Basel Zoo is on display in the Basel city square during a celebration of the zoo's anniversary. Probably taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. worked in Europe.

An unidentified United States Army soldier riding a camel in North Africa while a local Arab looks on.

An unhappy Arab camel, somewhere in North Africa.

Somewhere in North Africa, camel herder on his donkey (center) drives his herd of camels while a group of United States Army soldiers march past on the right. All are unidentified.

An unhappy Arab camel lets out a bray while a young Arab boy has his photograph taken.

View includes several camels taken while the Charles Thayer party was at an undisclosed location in Mongolia. 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. Harry S. Truman Library has original negative.