Description of the artwork «A van selling souvenirs in Moscow in the 1950s»
On October 9, 1950, the USSR Ministry of Trade approved order No. 830 "On the state of trade advertising and measures to improve it." He ordered "in large cities to expand the practice of using advertisements <...> on the sides of motor vehicles and vans; use these advertisements to advertise the best and newly opened trading and public catering enterprises, various forms of commercial services and advertising of certain goods. ”