PHOTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS

The paper objects group (documents, photographs and printed materials) forms the largest part of the museum’s collection.

Highlights of the collection include the Krapė Church archive, projects by local architect Vladimirs Šervinskis, photographs by Ogre-born photographer Ēriks Drubiņš, works from the “One Day in Ogre” photo campaign, and the Kažociņš family archive. The collection also features a wide array of old postcards, Soviet-era award documents, posters, and various albums.

The story of a pocket-sized booklet found by the new owner of a building in the attic of a house on Rīgas Street in Ogre. Fortunately, sensing the emotional and historical value of the small notebook, the man brought it to the museum.

In the book “The Deported March 25, 1949” among the list of thousands deported, Lidija Caunīte’s name can also be found. 25. On the morning of March 25, 1949, she, along with her family members—her daughter, brother, and father, as well as her godfather and his family—began their journey to the Teguldet district of Tomsk Oblast. 1956. In 1956, Lidija Caunīte, her brother, and her godfather’s family were released from settlement. However, seven years in Siberia brought painful losses — in January 1950, Lidija’s father died at the age of 60, and in October of the same year, her daughter Valda died of pneumonia at the age of four. The brief phrases in the notebook only hint at the woman’s experiences.