BOX WITH CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS OF A HOUSE

HUNGARY - 1960s EA/HU/0003
https://europearchive.eu/country-index/hungary/

‘Darányi Street house construction’ reads the scrawl on the box, which contains a set of seemingly impersonal photographs. Yet the collection does give a funny hint to the character that documented the construction of their house, which could be at any of the four Darányi Streets in Hungary today (according to Google Maps). Bizarrely enough, the red writing at the bottom could be interpreted at first glance as ‘Menatva ’60’ meaning ‘Lost 1960’, however on further glance it actually reads ‘Menatvágó’, which means ‘thread cutter’…

BOX WITH CONSTRUCTION PHOTOS OF A HOUSE

HUNGARY - 1960s EA/HU/0003
https://europearchive.eu/country-index/hungary/

‘Darányi Street house construction’ reads the scrawl on the box, which contains a set of seemingly impersonal photographs. Yet the collection does give a funny hint to the character that documented the construction of their house, which could be at any of the four Darányi Streets in Hungary today (according to Google Maps). Bizarrely enough, the red writing at the bottom could be interpreted at first glance as ‘Menatva ’60’ meaning ‘Lost 1960’, however on further glance it actually reads ‘Menatvágó’, which means ‘thread cutter’…