Hello everyone!

    I’m currently digitizing a large archive of original color slides from the Soviet era. Most of them were found abandoned in a dumpster — so no photographer info, no dates, no notes.

    This particular slide comes from a batch that seems to have been taken in Klaipėda and Nida somewhere in the late 1970s (maybe early 80s). The film looks original, no signs of later copying.

    The general atmosphere feels very “Curonian Spit” — maybe Nida, maybe the outskirts of Klaipėda

    I’ve already tried comparing it with old photos of Nida, Juodkrantė, and the Klaipėda old town, but nothing matches exactly.

    My questions for you:

    1. Does this building look familiar to anyone?
    2. Could it be a former hotel, sanatorium, fisherman’s house, or maybe a municipal building?
    3. Has anyone seen old photos of this exact place before?

    I’m trying to catalog everything properly for an open archive later. Even a small clue would help a lot.

    Thanks in advance! )

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    1. This is so upsetting. I grew up in Klaipėda and I think I’ve seen this – or, at least, something very similar – but I cannot remember where (because it’s been a couple of decades…). However, I walked through where I used to walk in googlemaps and I’ll suggest Liepu 39, Klaipėda