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Aleksandrs Tīpainis

Cēsis 1886 - ?

Jānis Strupulis
date?

Description

Stone plaque with a bronze relief portrait and text in Latvian and English.

Inscription(s)

VEF - VEF
1932 - 1999

ALEKSANDRS TĪPAINIS
1886-1974
šajā namā 1919. gadā noorganizēja un vadīja
pasta un telegrāfa departamenta galvenās
darbnīcas, no kurām izveidoja rūpnīcu
un 1932, gadā to nosauca par
valsts elektrotehnisko fabriku - vef

in this building in 1919 aleksandrs tīpainis (1886-1974) organized and
managed the main workshops of the post and telegraph department.
these workshops bekame state electrotechnical factory (vef) in 1932

Signature

monogram JS 2006

Sculptor

Jānis Strupulis (Vecpiebalga 1949), Latvian medallist and painter (Wikipedia – Biography).

Locatie (N 56°56'51" - E 24°6'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lv067; Photograph: 10 July 2013
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