Rīga: Īsas ziņas book

This vintage green-covered book titled 'Rīga: Īsas ziņas' (Riga: Brief Information) is a historical guidebook or reference book published in Latvia. The cover features the distinct logo of the Latvian State Publishing House (LVI - Latvijas Valsts izdevniecība), which was a major state-owned entity during the Soviet period.

Produced locally within Latvia, these guides were common in the mid-20th century to provide residents and visitors with essential information about the city's infrastructure, travel, and geography. As a state-produced item from that era, its ownership was tied directly to the public sector of the Latvian SSR, under the oversight of the centralized Soviet publishing administration. In modern times, the intellectual and physical legacy of such works often falls under the national archives or successor state institutions of basic cultural heritage in the Republic of Latvia.