Lenin’s portrait hovers over this ominous scene. Is this a routine check-in or visa application, or is the woman on the left in the dock? Scheuer captured this scene from a low angle, probably concealing his camera.

These two children are looking delightedly towards a person on the photographer’s right. Perhaps one of Dick’s companions is offering them a treat.

Scheuer picks an older bearded man out of the stream of passers-by.

The marchers are members of Komsomol, the Communist youth league. They carry targets that show off their marksmanship. In the mid 1930’s the USSR and Japan had an ongoing border dispute. The figure on the targets represents a Japanese soldier.

A uniformed brass player leads the band.

No negative for this image survives. It was preserved as a paper contact strip, which has been digitized and restored. The location pictured here is unknown.