Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Maps, maps, maps - Part 5



Here's one of the most unusual, and most beautiful, maps I have found at a world's fair. This map of Moscow hung in the window area of the USSR Pavilion at Expo 67. What made it so unusual was that it was all done in stained glass, an art medium I generally don't think of as Russian, at least in connection to the Cold War years. The map was really something to see, as it was very large, and with the wide windows behind it it really showed up well.

After Expo 67 ended the building was moved to Moscow. I wonder if the map made it there as well.

1 comment:

  1. "New York World's Fair, 1939"

    http://www.light-romance.on.ca/nywf.jpg

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