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Hymna práce : labutí píseň československého ideálu na Světové výstavě v New Yorku v roce 1939
| Title in English | Hymn to Labour : The Swan Song of the Czechoslovak Ideal at the New York World's Fair in 1939 |
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| Year of publication | 2026 |
| Type | Chapter in a book |
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| Description | The first floor of the Czechoslovak pavilion at the World's Fair in New York was partly occupied by an exhibition by the Baťa company, which filled the curved section of the structure with a painted window themed the Hymn to Labour. In 21 panes, Cyril Bouda "showed how a simple little man, working with his hands, was able to rise high and build a place of satisfaction and a higher standard of living within the sphere of his work". Like many other artefacts prepared for this exhibition, the window did not survive. Czechoslovakia did not survive the exhibition either, as it ceased to exist even before the opening of this massive event at the end of April 1939. The national pavilion stood there as an "orphan", a "mute pavilion" and a "reminder of the tragedy of the Czechoslovak Republic". |
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