Librarians Find Mass Destruction, 1952

From Grinnell College’s Scarlet and Black Newspaper, October 31, 1952

In Soviet Union, World’s Fair Exhibit YOU!

From the Official Guidebook of the 1939 New York World’s Fair:

“Visit the Soviet Pavilion and become acquainted with the 170 million people of the Soviet Union in their daily life, their work and their achievements in the first Socialist country in the world.”

The Soviet Union was one of sixty nations who participated in the Hall of Nations at the 1939 World’s Fair. Each participating country had their own pavilion, complete with exhibits, artifacts, performances, and food. Visiting the pavilion was to be an ersatz approximation of a visit to the country itself; it was to be both educational and entertaining. This is precisely where the EPCOT World Showcase concept comes from. In fact, the guidebook says the following, and these words could have came from the pen of Walt Disney himself:

I can has beef stroganoff? LOLcats from Russia

English translations of Eastern bloc LOLcats. Hopefully, someone will do Engrish LOLs next!

Ode to Communism

A poem about communism