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Protesters walking down the street, St. Petersburg, 1978

Maker: Unknown

Date Made: 1978; 1970s
Country: Soviet Union
Materials: photographic paper; emulsion; ink; adhesive; craft paper; pencil
Method: photographic print
Measurements: 3 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in
Language: rus
Genre/Form: black-and-white photographs

Several people march at an anti war and anti nuclear weapon protest down a street in St. Petersburg, 1978. The group walks towards camera and slightly to the right in the foreground. A couple people carry protest signs. The rightmost sign shows an "X" is drawn over a silhoutted bomb with an "N" on it. The leftmost sign depicts a flower and in the center of the flower, text reads, "мир" (peace). Other pedestrians walk along the street around the protesters. Buildings rise along the far side of the street in the background.

Collection/Series: Soviet Hippie Collection
Sub-series: Genadii Borisovich Zaitsev Collection
Accession Number: 2013.1029.0990


		

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