First day cover commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Sputnik launch. Autographed by Yuri Gagarin (1962)
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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Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard (Moscow, 1965)
Jam advertising poster. “Goes well with tea”. “Tangerine jam, Apple jam, Walnut jam, Rose jam.” 1961
Saint Petersburg, Summer Gardens fence. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich, 1960s
Polytechnical Museum in Moscow (1964)
“Towards the Sun and Wind”, song book for attendees of the 16th Komsomol Congress of Latvia (1962)
Leningrad 1962
View of the building. You can see neon signs for Aeroflot (left) and a fashion house (right).
Moscow in 1961
Cafe ‘Privet’ (Hi) in Moscow, 1964
Egg breakfast foods: eggs with jam, soft-boiled egg and sandwiches, sunny side up egg. From the book “Child Nutrition” (1963)