U.S.S.R. Pavilion
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This is a photograph of the Sky Float chair lift as it takes visitors past the Soviet Pavilion.
Image courtesy of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
This file appears in: Cold War Thaw
Cold War Thaw
The 1974 World's Fair took place against a backdrop of improving relations between the United States and Soviet Russia. In May of 1972, USSR officials and President Nixon signed an environmental accord contributing to a general thawing of the…