Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: GAIRNES, David
Event Date: 1958-03-??
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004398

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten: Brussels Fair March 1958 / 7; stamped: Credit: [star shape] / [handwritten]: David Gairnes / [stamped] from BLACK STAR; handwritten on label: 7; typed on label: BRUSSELS WORLD’S FAIR 1958 / Foreign Section – Pavilion of THE HOLY SEE (Detail) / Twenty-six countries are participating in the exhibits of The Holy See / which presents a survey of the Christian community. The Holy See Pavilion / is among the five largest in the Foreign Section and consists of a number / of buildings sheltered behind a high wall and symbolizing “Civitas Dei” / (City of God)/ Towering high above the pavilion is a chuch, shown here, / capable of seating 2,500 worshippers.

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