Description
1. Beograd. Magyar Képes Újság. Borba (Manuscript verso).
Belgrade [probably ca 1950].
Black and white photograph. 12.5 x 17.5 cm (4.9 x 6.9 inches). Very Good, soft folds, manuscript verso.
Showcases Tito saluting to the members of the Yugoslav army Manuscript notes on the back locate the scene in Belgrade, and mention the appearance of the photo in the Hungarian newspaper (Magyar Képes Újság), and the Serbian newspaper Borba.
2. 1st May Parade in Zagreb. 1951.
Zagreb: May 1st, 1951.
Black and white photograph. 17.5 x 24 cm (6.9 x 9.4 inches). Small tear in the upper part, manuscript and a stamp verso, otherwise in a good condition.
The photograph showcase the 1st May parade in Zagreb with a presentations of cannons in front of a large Tito’s image. Tito and his higher officials are seated in an elevated area below the portrait.
3. Štafeta narodne tehnike (Saveza vazduhoplovstva). [The Relay of National Technics. The Association of the Aviation].
[Probably Belgrade, May 25st, probably 1950s].
Black and white photograph. 12.5 x 17.5 cm (4.9 x 6.9 inches). Very Good, soft folds, manuscript verso.
The photograph shows a young female pilot presenting a relay to Tito. The Relay, or the Relay of Youth, was an all Yugoslavian sporting event, held for Tito’s birthday, May 25th, also called the Day of Youth. A relay was carried by young people from Tito’s birthplace in Kumrovac through all large Yugoslavian cities to Belgrade, where it was presented to Tito at the stadium. Smaller relays were also organized by different associations and firms, to show their loyalty to Tito.
The relays were often presented by attractive young female workers and members of the army, as Yugoslavia was proud to involve women in the post war rebuilding of the country.
4. Tito in conversation with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, IX/78.
Photographer: D. Lipić.
Belgrade: September 1978.
Black and white photograph. 17.5 x 24 cm (6.9 x 9.4 inches). Small tear in the upper part, manuscript verso, otherwise in a good condition.
Tito is shown on a sofa between King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, engaged in a casual conversation. Tito and the Swedish royal couple were on friendly terms, and King Carl XVI Gustaf attended Tito’s funeral two years later, I 1980.
