[Decorations in the city of New York to honor and welcome the Russian commission, July 6-7, 1917 / phot. by Wurts brothers]

1917 · 12 pictures

This is a set of photographs by the Wurts brothers documenting the 1917 decorations in New York City for the visiting Russian commission, which arrived in July during the First World War. The pictures record civic street decoration, with bunting, flags and ceremonial arches set against municipal buildings, offering a designer a record of wartime patriotic civic display.

World War, 1914-1918 -- United States · Art, Municipal -- New York (State) -- New York

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