PP 1091 | Poster Plakat

A book to the masses!

**Poster Number:** PP 1091

**Category:** Education & Literacy

**Poster Notes:** (Background buildings): Club, School, LGTRK (Central Book Base).

**Media Size:** 36x25

**Poster Type:** Lithograph

**Publishing Date:** c.1948

**Editorial Information:** Technical Editor A. Rezhanskis

**Technical Information on Poster:** Order No. 215; Drawing Made in Art Factory, Riga; Price free of charge.

**Print Run:** 3,000

**Glavlit Directory Number:** IaT00092

**Catalog Notes:** PP 1091 Education & Literacy

**USSR Region:** Latvian SSR

**Language:** Latvian

**Additional Languages:** Russian

Artist: Shtikan, Iija (Štikāns, Iļja) — Штикан, Илья

Printer: LRTPP Typography, Riga —

Publisher: VAPP (State Supply and Printing Enterprises Administration), Riga — ВАПП, художественное издательство

VAPP (State Supply and Printing Enterprises Administration) -- Valsts apgādniecību un poligrāfisko uzņēmumu pārvaldes in Latvian -- was founded in January 1941 with support from the Soviet Union via Decree of the Latvian SSR People's Council of Commissars. VAPP controlled the paper distribution, book selling repositories, and nearly all printing and publishing operations within the Latvian SSR. Its headquarters were located at 11 Moskovskaia Street (today Teatrealnaia Street) in Riga.

A book to the masses!