Soviet mid-century children’s books
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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In the library. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Leningrad, 1960s).
“Soviet doctor” decorative porcelain plate. Made at Dulyovo Porcelain Factory, 1960s-70s.
By the wicker fence. Postcard by B. Kovalenko (1960).
Evening tea with grandson. Anton Ivanovich Karpunin and Domna Ivanovna Karpunina. Lyubertsy, Moscow oblast. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (March 19, 1949).
Autumn in Moscow. Photo by Ivan Shagin (1968-1973).
“Record player Estonia EP 016 S”. Poster ad from 1987.
Poet Anna Akhmatova. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei (1949).
Edgar Valter. Illustrations for Oskar Luts’ “Boy With Horns” (Estonia, 1987).
Autumn in the Summer Gardens, Leningrad (1980)
Frunzenskaya enbankment, Moscow (1981)