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USSR in Construction No. 1, 1933

Magazine

Date Made: 1933
Country: Russia; Soviet Union

Materials: paper; ink; metal
Measurements: .4 cm x 30 cm x 43 cm; 3/16 in x 11 13/16 in x 16 15/16 in

Oversized deep blue magazine with red text. The content relates to the developement of automobile industry. It depicts how automobilles could transfer Soviet from agricultural society to a more industrialized society. It also depicts the relation between American automobile industry (such as Ford), its American engineers/workers and the rising of automobile industry in Soviet. There are some picture depicting women and chidren being trained to use the machines. Contextual Note: 'USSR in Construction' was a Soviet propaganda magazine published from 1930 to 1941 and briefly in 1949. Printed in the USSR and distributed internationally, it was issued in five languages: Russian, English, German, French, and Spanish (added in 1938). The magazine aimed to promote Soviet achievements abroad through striking photography and avant-garde design.

Accession Number: 2024.056.006


		

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