Vintage Postcard Folder of 1970s Riga, Latvia

Panoramic View of Riga

As followers of this blog know, I like to feature vintage postcards (and photography generally), especially either of streetscapes or with political themes.

Today we are looking at a tourist postcard folder I came across that you could buy when visiting Latvia during the Soviet period. It is from around 1970, came in a nice little decorative packet and each image was described on the back in four languages.

There are 16 views of Riga in total, so here are some images of that city on the Baltic from over forty years ago. Each is accompanied by its description.

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Folder Cover

General Post Office

Riga State Philharmonics

Sea Terminal

The 3rd Middle School

The Laboratories of the Polytechnical Institute

New Dwelling Houses in Jugla

Komsomolembankment

Ancient Buildings 'Three Brothers' in Old Riga

Rainis' Boulevard

The Summer Terrace of the Cafe Veciga

The View of Old Riga

Riga Bus Terminal

Kirov Park

Monument to National Poet Rainis in Communards Square

Panoramic View of Riga

See also: Vintage 1970's Soviet Postcard Folder of the Streets of Volgograd (Stalingrad)!

See also: 30 Vintage Streetscapes of Estonia in the 1980's