Lights. Christmas almanac for children. Russia, 1912
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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Price list of Brothers Hummel (wines, brandies, liquors). Baku, 1908.
Саша Чёрный. Два желания.
I
Жить на вершине голой,
Писать простые сонеты…
И брать от людей из дола
Хлеб вино и котлеты.
II
Сжечь корабли и впереди, и сзади,
Лечь на кровать, не глядя ни на что,
Уснуть без снов и, любопытства ради,
Проснуться лет чрез сто.
<1909>
(1880-1932)
Two Wishes
1.
To live on an exposed peak,
To write uncomplicated sonnets…
Being sustained by the peasants
With bread, wine, and cutlets.
2.
To burn my ships, those behind and ahead,
To lie down, looking at nothing, in bed.
Drift into dreamless sleep and, for ken’s sake,
Some one hundred years or so hence, awake.
(1909)
Antique Russian board game “Home Race Track” (pre-1917)
Ukraine. New Year postcards by Anna Gorobiyevskaya (1984, 1987)
Agniya Barto “A Nice Evening” (1952). Illustrated by I. Bruni.
Vintage ads. Cocoa and tea biscuits by Einem Partnership (1906)
Baltica restaurant. Vasilyevsky island, Leningrad (St Petersburg). 1960s.
Postcards by Konstantin Zotov.
Published by the Institute of Sanitary Education in 1942 (in the middle of the war).
