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Baltic hippies posing under a landmark along the highway, Uzhgorod, 1977
Maker: Unknown
Date Made: 1977; 1970s
Country: Soviet Union
Materials: photographic paper; emulsion; ink; pencil; craft paper; adhesive
Method: photographic prints
Measurements: 3 1/8 in x 4 1/8 in
Language: Russian; Ukrainian; English
Genre/Form: black-and-white photographs
Travelers pose under a sign that reads Ужгород (Uzhgorod) beside to a highway, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 1977. Four people stand beneath a large sign reading, "Ужгород". Hippies from Riga, Ilona (Илона) and Ingus (Ингус), stand at left look to camera. To the right of them another pair stands. Of the pair at right, Irena Ruda (Ирэна Руда), who is also from Riga, is leftmost and holds a camera by her side. Henrikas (Хенрикас), who is from Vilnius, stands at right looks towards her; a bag is slung over his shoulder. More bags lie on the ground in a pile behind Ilona and Ingus at left. Behind and between the several vertical posts, irregularly spaced in a row, rise. These posts support the large sign of Uzhgorod. A field extends behind the pairs and the sign. To the left of the field, a highway runs parallel to it and back towards center. A bus appears to be parked along the road and a road sign for Uzhgorod stands alongside the road in the distance.
Collection/Series: Soviet Hippie Collection
Sub-series: Genadii Borisovich Zaitsev Collection
Accession Number: 2013.1029.1597