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Set of matchbox labels from the Latvia made in 1959. About Sports Day Of The People.
ML Latvia
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Latvia matchbox label. Shown on the label is the building Liepaja Peter’s Market in the town of Liepaja. The label is made end 50’s, early 60’s.
Liepaja Peter’s Market is a market in Liepaja, Latvia, located in the center of Liepaja. The market is four pavilions, two sheds and more than 200 sales outlets. By area, it is the largest market in Liepaja and the second largest in Latvia after the Riga Central Market.
The central building is designed in Art Nouveau style and designed by Louis Melville. The Liepaja Peter’s Market is recognized as a state protected cultural monument.
Liepaja Peter’s Market
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Matchbox label from Letvia. The label says:”Turn off gas with phonecall”. Label is from the Kometa match factory. From late 50’s early 60’s.
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Matchbox label from the Vezuvs factory in Riga. From late 50’s/early 60’s. The label says:”15 january, the all union population census. Promote a succesful census”.
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Matchbox label from Latvia late 50’s/early 60’s.
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Matchbox label from Latvia with an image of the skyline of capital Riga. Label from late 50’s/early 60’s.
Skyline Riga
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Matchbox label from Latvia, 1959. The label says:”January begins the All Union Census. Do your best to facilitate census”.
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Matchbox label, late 50’s/early60’s from the famous Kometa matchbox factory.
The labels says:”About 300.000 Participants In Sport Games”.
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This Latvian matchbox label is made by the Kometa factory and is a promotion for a movie made in 1965.
Top of the label says:”Riga Movie Studio New Honeymoon Movie” and the bottom of the label says:”Tobago Changes Course”.
The Russian movie poster
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Latvian matchbox label from the Kometa matchbox factory. Late 50’s, early 60’s. The text says:”Donor Blood Saves Lifes”.
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Matchbox label from Latvia featuring the Museum of Arts in capital Riga. The top of the labels says:”Latvia papaer and woodworking industry””. The bottom of the label says:”Art Museum” and beneath that:”Vezuvs Riga”. Vezuvs is a matchbox factory. The label is from end 50’s, early 60’s.
The museum of art in capital Riga
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Matchbox label from late 50’s, early 60’s. Tekst on top of the label is Latvian language and on the bottom Russian. They both say the same:”Rigas Central Department Store” and it is called Galerija Centrs.
Galerija Centrs is a shopping centre in Riga, Latvia. The centre opened in 1938 and presently occupies nearly an entire block in the historic Vecrīga neighborhood. The centre is 29 000 sq. m in size, and contains 110 shops.
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Matchbox label from Latvia. Late50’s/early 60’s.
“Kometa” match factory started production in 1914. In 1992 the factory was privatized.. In the last years the factory has gone through big changes. There were reconstructed and built new production buildings and warehouses; production equipment changed to modern Swedish and German production lines. “Kometa” is now the biggest producer of matches in Latvian and Baltic states (as of 2019).
Former Kometa factory logo.
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Set of 5 matchbox labels from Latvia. The labels say:”Be Careful With Electricity!”. So now you know.
