Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Agency: PUBLIFOTO
Event Date: 1958-04-18
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004386

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten: Brussels World Fair; typed on label: KING BAUDOIN INAUGURATES WORLD FAIR 1958. / BRUXELLES [sic.], 17 APRIL 1958: KING BAUDOIN OF THE / BELGIANS TODAY INAUGURATED THE WORLD “EXPO” 1958. / THE SYMBOL OF THE FAIR O[struck through] IS THE “WONDER OF THE / WONDERS”, THE 320-FOOT-HIGH “ATOMIUM”, AN INPRESSIVE / STRUCTURE BUILT TO REPRESENT THE ELEMENTAL CRYSTAL OF / THE ATOM. / PICTURE SHOWS: THE CROWD SEEN FROM THE ATOMIUM. / 18//4//1958 [adhered over stamp]; stamped, Credit: [star shape] / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING, NEW YORK; handwritten: Publifoto – BS.

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / FAIRS: ATOMIUM
Retouching: N