52o North
Street furniture, public sculpture or climbing frame? Whatever
you call the (slightly forlorn-looking) winged horse on Ravenswood, it
does provide Ipswich with some new lettering. Raised on the feathers
(ribs) of
its wings are the place-names shown below in smart serif'd capitals.
![Ipswich Historic Lettering: Pegasus 2](pegasus2.jpg)
'52o NORTH
PINSK [Pinsk: city in Belarus, in the Polesia
region, traversed by the river Pina.]
WARSAW [Warsaw: capital and largest city of
Poland.]
BERLIN [Berlin: capital city of Germany and
one of the 16 states of Germany.]
AMSTERDAM [Amsterdam: capital city of and the
most populous within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.]
IPSWICH [here!]
WATERFORD [Waterford: city in Ireland.]
SASKATOON [Saskatoon: city in central
Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River.]
IRKUTSK [Irkutsk: a city and administrative
centre of Irkutsk Oblast (region), Russia, and one of the largest
cities in Siberia.]
PAVLODAR [Pavlodar: city in northeastern
Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Province.]
LIPETSK [Lipetsk: city and administrative
centre of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, on the Voronezh River.]
ORYOL [Oryol or Orel: city and the
administrative centre, Oryol Oblast on the Oka River.]
HOMYEL' [Homyel, also spelled Homel or Gomel:
city and administrative centre, Homyel Oblast, Belarus, on the Sozh
River.]
Photographs courtesy The Ipswich Society
All the places listed are to be found on the latitude 52 degrees
North.
![Ipswich Historic Lettering: Pegasus 3](pegasus3.jpg)
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