woensdag 16 december 2020

A German special


 When you see this you know you are in Berlin. Around 1961 developed as a pedestrian light by a traffic expert from the GDR ( Karl Peglau) . When the GDR went into Germany and they wanted to replace all the pedestrian lights by the usual types in western Germany there was such a commotion that they decided to continue using these "Ampelmann" figures. One for Signs2 here.

11 opmerkingen:

  1. ...these are a bit different than the ones that we have here, but this is easily recognisable. Thanks for sharing, take care!

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  2. The walking figure does have a spiffy hat. These signs translate in all languages.

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  3. You have a great header, perfect for the time :-) And it's true, these traffic lights were commonplace in the GDR.
    But they are well understood all over the world!
    best regards from Germany

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  4. Hmm, I guess I'm "linguistically" challenged. The figure on top (red), suggests all kinds of things.

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  5. Loving your header image. Who is that wonderful looking furry friend? What a cutie pie. Merry Christmas.

    Worth a Thousand Words

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  6. wow really some retro things!!Good to have!

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  7. I'm a believer in why change something if it already works well 😉

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