"Rio de Janeiro" by Xavier Gonzalez
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This is one of the paintings that displayed on the second floor of the airport. Locals and visitors usually viewed these paintings when taking tours of the building guided by a hostess. This painting is currently held by the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans.
Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum
This file appears in: A Thing of Beauty: Shushan Airport's Administration Building
A Thing of Beauty: Shushan Airport's Administration Building
The art deco administration building epitomized a fine combination of form and function. Not simply a place for travelers to wait for their flights, the airport allowed white New Orleanians to relax…