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    Adolfs hitlers iela

    i just picked this up with a few other items. Never seen anything like it before. I was told it came from Latvia off the main Blvd ? its vaulted. Is it period or some made up thing. looks original or at least period to me. Any thoughts ?



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            Iela is the Latvian word for street / road.

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              Originally posted by FrankS View Post
              Iela is the Latvian word for street / road.

              Thank you. I guess that would explain the latvia part of the story

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                looks old and original,, nice one!

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                  Found this Info :


                  In 1936 the triumphal arch is replaced to the park Viestura verplaatst (north of the Elizabethstreet). This park was the first public city-park, in 1721 on order of Peter the Great constructed as 'Emperors garden'.
                  In 1870 a part of the Alexanderstreet get the name Alexander Boulevard , now a part of the Brivīdas Boulevard.
                  In 1923 the name Brivības-street, Freedom Street, is introduced.
                  During the German occupation in World War II the name became Adolf Hitlerstreet (1942 tot 1944) and the Brivīdas Boulevard became of course Aldolf Hitler Boulevard.

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                    I am curious, why would it say "Adolfs Hitlers" instead of Adolf Hitler?

                    Ron

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                      Originally posted by Ron C. View Post
                      I am curious, why would it say "Adolfs Hitlers" instead of Adolf Hitler?

                      Ron

                      I have no clue. For sure not good English but somebody from Latvia might shed some light on it ???

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                        this looks like a very interesting streetsign ..., great find ... would be nice to find a photo of the sign in use in Riga. This is a photo of Adolfs Hitlers iela in Riga today ... http://riga.in/2008/02/brivibas-street.html

                        Cheers, Torsten.

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                          Originally posted by Ron C. View Post
                          I am curious, why would it say "Adolfs Hitlers" instead of Adolf Hitler?

                          Ron

                          A street in Italy named after the Pope will be probably named Via Benedetto even though his name is Benedikt in German.

                          It must have something to do with that in some languages they change foreign names and places into local language

                          for example:
                          Brunswick / Braunschweig
                          Cologne / Köln
                          Last edited by FrankS; 02-01-2009, 06:10 PM.

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                            there are a lot of street signs in the USA spelled wrong, great sign!

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                              Can any of our WAF Latvian members tell me if this would be the correct way you would spell this sign in Latvia ?

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