Tea packaging labels from the Soviet Union (1950s)
Teas were named after their locations: Tseylon tea, Indian tea, Georgian tea, Krasnodar tea (a city in the South of Russia), Azerbaijanian tea, Chinese tea. There was also the name of the tea packaging factory on the back of the pack.
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Biscuit packaging, Soviet Union, 1950s (via)
Top: Lemon biscuits, bottom: Orange biscuits
“Morning Coffee” packaging design (USSR, 1950s)
Vintage ads for contraceptives (Soviet Union, 1950s)
Cakes and chocolates from the Soviet Union (1950s)
Sweet bread sticks, a very Soviet tea snack - box design from late 1950s (via)
Soviet Union razor blade packaging from the 1950s and 60s
Honey. Page from the Soviet TorgIzdat catalogue (1956-1961)
Tea. Page from the Soviet TorgIzdat catalogue (1956-1961)
Canned green peas, canned meat, sausages and beer - pictures from Soviet cookbooks (1950s)
Illustration by Kirill Ovchinnikov