Detail View: SHIMMER: Ampelmann pedestrian lights
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Title:
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Ampelmann pedestrian lights
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Creation Date:
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1961
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Image Date:
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2012
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Period:
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20th century
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Location:
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Berlin
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Country:
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GERMANY
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Display Creator:
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PEGLAU, Karl
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Image ID:
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12-0023
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Description:
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Pedestrian traffic light symbols in use in Berlin. Known as the Ampelmann (Traffic light man) and used in East Berlin from 1961. The Ampelmann has become a huge tourist industry, and a symbol of old East Berlin, with many different products sold which utilise their image.
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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PEGLAU, Karl
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1927
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Creator Dates - Died:
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2009
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Creator Role:
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Traffic psychologist.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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German.
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Subject Heading:
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Streetscapes (Urban design) -- Germany
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Subject Heading:
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Tourism -- Marketing
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Subject Heading:
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Traffic signs and signals
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