[Top: A group of people (elected representatives of the people") adopt a new constitution in Czechoslovakia. Bottom: 4 miners voting in Hungary]" – Antique Wall Art
![[Top: A group of people (elected representatives of the people") adopt a new constitution in Czechoslovakia. Bottom: 4 miners voting in Hungary]", 1950 — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/60/6083b441acf3-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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[Top: A group of people (elected representatives of the people") adopt a new constitution in Czechoslovakia. Bottom: 4 miners voting in Hungary]" comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Top: A group of people (elected representatives of the people") adopt a new constitution in Czechoslovakia. Bottom: 4 miners voting in Hungary]"
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Two photoprints are joined here: a top view of a group described as elected representatives adopting a new constitution in Czechoslovakia, and below it four miners casting ballots in Hungary. The caption card's 1950 date and subject tags are unverified, so the pairing is best read as a period document rather than a precise record. The scenes belong to the Communist consolidation of Eastern Europe after 1948, when single-party governments used constitutions, elections and staged public voting to display popular approval. Setting a legislative scene beside workers at the ballot box shows how such images were meant to present a unified national endorsement.
| Created / published | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Composite of 2 photoprints. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Czech.--Hist.--1950; Communists...--Czech.; Communists--Hungary; Voters--Hungary--1950; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,191 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-146650 |
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