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Circumpolar Digital Image Collection
The Circumpolar Digital Image Collection is a collection of photos, slides, other images and contributions shared by many of the University of Alberta’s polar researchers. Images in the collection may be used for teaching and research purposes. For any other use, please contact the Canadian Circumpolar Institute.
Items in this Collection
- 37Russia, St. Petersburg
- 19September, 2016
- 8Food prices - Arctic Regions
- 5September 2016
- 4Architectural decoration - Polar Regions
- 4Food prices - St. Petersburg, Russia
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2016-09-12
This five storey building at #17 Volodi Yermaka Street in St. Petersburg has six decorative panels at both ends of the building. The central part of the buildings has balconies. The decoration includes scrolls, leaves, fruit and geometric patterns.
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.jpg "Detail of cast iron fence at Muzey istorii gosudarstvennykh bumag Rossii fabriki «Goznak», St. Petersburg, Russia")
Detail of cast iron fence at Muzey istorii gosudarstvennykh bumag Rossii fabriki «Goznak», St. Petersburg, Russia
Download2016-09-14
This long fence runs alongside the back of the museum, Muzey istorii gosudarstvennykh bumag Rossii fabriki «Goznak» in St. Petersburg, Russia. The top of the poles are decorated with black spear-heads, four each on either side of a gold wreath, each spear head sitting on a gold tassel and a...
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2016-09-11
This two -wheeled self-balancing scooter was being ridden by a young boy on a sidewalk in St. Petersburg Russia. The LED lights in the fenders changed colour.
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.jpg "Fruit and vegetable bins in a St. Petersburg grocery store")
2016-09-11
These fruits and vegetables were available in a St. Petersburg grocery store in September, 2016. Cabbage, peppers, turnip, apples and tomatoes were among the products for sale.
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.jpg "Fruit and vegetable weighing and pricing system, St. Petersburg, Russia")
2016-09-11
In this grocery store in St. Petersburg, Russia, each bin of fruit or vegetables was marked with a number. Customers would bag their produce, take note of the corresponding number and go to the scales. On pressing the button on the scale that corresponds to the number on the produce bin, a...
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.jpg "Honey for sale in St. Petersburg, Russia, September, 2016")
2016-09-11
This honey was for sale in a small grocery store in St. Petersburg, Russia on September 11, 2016. The large pails (700 gr) were priced at 215 rubles, while the 250 gr tubs were priced at 69.96 rubles. The exchange rate was approximately 1CAD:47rubles, making the larger pail of honey about...
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2016-09-11
In St. Petersburg, it was not uncommon to see people fishing in the canals.
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.jpg "McDonalds restaurant sign with address in St. Petersburg, Russia")
2016-09-14
This sign for a McDonalds restaurant in St. Petersburg gives the address as TRK (Track) "Zhemchuzhnaya Plaza".
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2016-09-11
In St. Petersburg, many street-level windows on businesses and apartments have decorative metal security grilles. This one is a sunburst pattern that extends over two sections, covering the window opening. The sunburst begins with an arc in the lower right of the right section. Metal rods...
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.jpg "Ornate cast iron balcony railing, St. Petersburg, Russia")
2016-09-11
This cast iron balcony railings is one of the most ornate designs among St. Petersburg's decorative ironwork. The bilaterally symmetrical design is made up of leaves and curlicues and fills the whole panel without repetition. Behind the railing, a partially open French-door and ornately...