Prized artifact from Ernie's newspaper clippings collection featuring Elliott Erwitt’s famous photo.

Louis, Odd, John and George at the Brussels Airport en route to Moscow. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Ernie at the Moscow construction site with his ever-present camera hanging around his neck, a box of Kent cigarettes in his pocket, and the 1950s version of a hard hat: the Dobbs straw fedora.

Artifacts from Ernie’s collection.

Construction sites of the American National Exhibition’s mall and other exhibits in Solokniki Park. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Russian women laborers hauling mortar. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Artifacts from Ernie’s collection.

All the construction materials were shipped in containers from the U.S. Once emptied, this container became the All-State Field Office HQ, and dressing room. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Crew member Nikolai gets snapped by a Russian photographer. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Artifacts from Ernie’s collection.

Artifacts from Ernie’s collection.

The Russian landscaping crew working on the patio. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Early framing of the model home shows the “split” where the walkway through the middle of the house would eventually be built. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

The asphalt truck barely fit into the opening of the walkway. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Laying asphalt on the walkway through the house. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Artifacts from Ernie’s collection.

Ernie with the Russia electrician.

Artifacts from Ernie’s collection.

Louis, Odd, and the Russian laborers. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Louis speaking with Russian journalists. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Artifacts from Ernie’s collection.

Construction crew with Russian onlookers. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Russian laborer and Russian security. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Nikolai checks in the American appliances. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

The crew takes a coffee break. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Artifacts from Ernie’s collection.

Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

The Russian electrician. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

The outside of the house, ready for landscaping. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

Crew member Nikolai gives Russian students a tour of the house. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

The blocked entry to the house during the Kitchen Debate. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz

To construct Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome, another exhibit at the American National Exhibition, a bladder was filled with air with the framing grid strung across it. Photo: Ernie Hurwitz