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Hand-painted welcome sign, Mustvee, Estonia, 1978

Maker: Unknown

Date Made: 1978; 1970s
Country: Soviet Union
Materials: photographic paper; emulsion; ink; craft paper; adhesive
Method: photographic print
Language: rus
Genre/Form: black-and-white photographs

A sign stands along a road with the handwritten note "Welcome Муствеэ! ВА" and a peace sign (Welcome Mustvee! VA) in Mustvee, Estonia, 1978. The gravelly side of the road stretches along the photograph's bottom edge and back to the right. Tall grasses line the left edge of the gravel. In this tall grass a road sign stands. A hand-painted message on it reads, "Welcome Муствеэ! ВА" and a peace sign. Beyond the sign, a mowed field stretches into the background. Trees line the far edge of the field.

Collection/Series: Soviet Hippie Collection
Sub-series: Genadii Borisovich Zaitsev Collection
Accession Number: 2013.1029.0962


		

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