Street scene with bilingual advertising, Bulduri, Latvia
Street scene with bilingual advertising, Bulduri, Latvia (then part of Soviet Russia). All public signs and announcements were in two languages, the local language first and then the Russian. The poster shows forthcoming operas in Riga, with different performances in Latvian and Russian. In Riga's largest theatres Russian could book seats with earphones for a Russian commentary
Picture No
10694552
Media ID
46097265
Size
3500px x 5249px
(2.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Photograph by John Massey Stewart
Date
1966
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