Baltic states traditional dresses - vintage pinback buttons, made in Estonia ()
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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Vintage advertising postcard for the Dining Car restaurant in Moscow (1934)
Vintage rooster pin ()
“Autumn in Sokolniki Park”, photo by G. Samsonov (1960)
Sofya Perovskaya street in Leningrad (historic and current name Malaya Konyushennaya; Saint Petersburg), 1990
“Indoor Planting”, antique Russian book by M. Gesderfer (1904)
Arkady Gaidar, “The Military Secret” illustrated by Vladimir Konashevich (1933)
One of the rarest Soviet children’s books (previously sold at an auction for $38,000).
Boxing kangaroo. Vladimir Durov Jr. Poster from 1933.
Remember this? :)
Large water skiing pin ()