Illustrated Newspaper Illustratsionnaya Gazeta #7 1939

Illustrated newspaper was mostly concentrated on cultural achievements in USSR. This issue is mostly covering preparation All-Union Economic Exhibition, building of Kuibushev hydroelectric power plant, propaganda about so called "imperialist wars", overview of USSR pavilion in New York exhibition, as well as cinema and theatre. Photographs are by A. Shaihet, Soviet photographer, one of the founders of the Soviet photo essay, master of documentary photography, as well as A. Garanin, I. Gaikov, P. Manuilov, S. Korshunov, V. Grebnev and Sh. Bronshtein. Published by "Pravda" newspapers, 75 000 copies. Fair condition, missing paperclip, tears, minor loss of material and rubbings on the spine and on margins. Staining. Horizontal crease. 11 pages.