Bus on line no 60 heading for the Stockholm Exhibition on Djurgården, 1930.
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Buss på linje 60 på Strandvägen vid Nybroplan 1930. Stockholmsutställningens skylt..Photograph by: Wallberg, Karl..Date: 1930.Photo Nr: 2021-10.sparvagsmuseet.sl.se ( http://sparvagsmuseet.sl.se )
Stockholm Transport Museum (Spårvägsmuseet) is exhibiting pictures of trams, busses, bikes, and cars, and the people that use them in different cities in Europe. So far, you can see impressions from the European capitals Paris, London, Berlin, and of course Stockholm, but also from smaller cities like Gothenburg, Leipzig, or Marienhamn.
Stockholm Exhibition 1930 took place from May through September 1930 and entertained about four million visitors. The exhibition's slogan was: Acceptera!, or Accept!, literally a plea for acceptance of functionalism, standardization, and mass production as a cultural change. The effort to persuade Swedish citizens of the benefits of a modernized lifestyle included serving mass-produced food. The Exhibition had a great impact o Functionalism and International Style architectural styles.
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