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Spokane World's Fair 3
This was the Soviet Union's exhibition hall, not exactly what El Lissitzky would have designed. But I still have my Potemkin button that they gave to all visitors.
Spokane was happy to have the Russians in the World's Fair and the Russians were delighted with Spokane. Visitors came from all over and the Russian pavilion was one of the most popular. This was during the height of the cold war. People are just interested, even curious, about other cultures in spite of their own government's policy. And everybody had to try borcsht in their Soviet restaurant on the left. I noticed that the Russians were eating Crab Louis and western porter house steaks at the Spokane Ridpath Hotel. But if you came visiting from a Montana cattle ranch, you would rather try borcsht. "Steak again?" Everything is relative.
Spokane World's Fair 3
This was the Soviet Union's exhibition hall, not exactly what El Lissitzky would have designed. But I still have my Potemkin button that they gave to all visitors.
Spokane was happy to have the Russians in the World's Fair and the Russians were delighted with Spokane. Visitors came from all over and the Russian pavilion was one of the most popular. This was during the height of the cold war. People are just interested, even curious, about other cultures in spite of their own government's policy. And everybody had to try borcsht in their Soviet restaurant on the left. I noticed that the Russians were eating Crab Louis and western porter house steaks at the Spokane Ridpath Hotel. But if you came visiting from a Montana cattle ranch, you would rather try borcsht. "Steak again?" Everything is relative.