Color photos of summer Moscow in 1961
Categories: History
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/color-photos-of-summer-moscow-in-1961.htmlWe invite you to a photo tour of Moscow in 1961. A time when there were more pedestrians than cars, outdoor advertising didn't get into the lens, and men wore hats. Joel Martin Halpern, an anthropologist from the University of Massachusetts, took these pictures during his visit to the Soviet capital.
(18 photos in total)
Source: LiveJournal/humus
View of the Moskva River from the Kremlin embankment.
Then the wall was hidden by a whole grove.
Vodovzvodnaya tower of the Kremlin.
Soda machines in Gorky Park.
Showcase architecture.
Pay attention to the style of the two gentlemen. But the hats, of course, are different.
The American also looked into the kindergarten.
The queue to the mausoleum.
Then there was Lenin and Stalin.
At that time, a man with a camera attracted attention.
Similar banners were hung all over the city.
The square near the main building of Moscow State University.
And, in fact, the university itself.
Near the Grand Kremlin Palace.
Luzhniki Stadium, built five years earlier.
Parking for participants of the World Forum.
To work with a breeze.
Keywords: Kremlin | Luzhniki | Moscow
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