Brastislava SNP c. 1974

full-page (280×280mm) and 63 smaller (90×90 mm) b/w original photographs pasted on black pages and protected by tissue guards. Gilt printed text on cream paper. Album size 410×320 mm. Gilt lettering on front cover, red cloth paste down and end papers. Protective cloth slip case. Beautiful album in fine condition. Photographic record of the reconstruction of No 6, Jiráskova Street [ named after the Czech writer Alois Jirásek (1851 – 1930. It is a two-storey building which is now in the popular pedestrian area of Bratislava (Venturská). The building however once was a public house where the Slovak National Uprising allegedly started in 1944. In 1974, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding socialist Slovakia, a major reconstruction of the building was undertaken and it repurposed as a socialist memorial. It became the 'Municipal House of Resistance'. The photographs show its reconstruction from cellar to roof, its new facade as well as its functional yet stylish interior designed by the architects Eva Spurná (b. 1940) and Ľubica Galikova (b. 1937). Text in Slovakian. An excellent record of a specific reconstruction project. Possibly a one off production or very limited one. Unrecorded.