Novosibirsk, vintage postcards (1977)
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This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
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You may have noticed that many of the Soviet space-themed pins are pentagon shaped. Why is that? The pentagon shape is a reference to the Moon pennant that was sent to the Moon on spacecraft in 1959.
Russian avant garde artist Varvara Stepanova at work (1924) ()
Born on October 23, 1894
“What Is Air Fleet?” book by N. Anoschenko. Cover design by I. Meisner. Published in 1923.
Hedgehog in the Fog enamel pin, a very very rare item ()
So thrilled to have found it at the flea market yesterday. Look at his starry spines - how cute is that!
“A Jolly Bee” by N. Pavlovich, book published in 1930.
“For peace. For cooperation.” ()
Russula pinback button made in Estonia ()
Art by Igor Pchyolko (1989)
I drove up to Nizhny Novgorod yesterday to visit the Sunday flea market and have a bit of a big city chill (eat out in hipster places, buy small run local-made shirts and ogle art nouveau architecture).
Hope you guys had a lovely Sunday too!
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