Packaging of Our Industry hard candy made at the Red October factory (USSR, 1920s). Wrappers showcase bridges, trains, tools etc.
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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“Morning Coffee” packaging design (USSR, 1950s)
Wrappers of Soviet candies from 1920s-30s. NEP-era naming is pure art: “Five Year Plan in Four Years”, “Pioneers”, “Bricks”, “Budyonny”. And then there’s “Mickey Mouse” and “Charlie Chaplin”.
Early Soviet beer labels (1920s-1930s) (via)
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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Vintage Soviet candy packaging from the 1930s (via)
Pasta box design (USSR, 1970s)
Vintage ads. Pressed oatmeal commonly known as ‘Hercules’ in Russia (1920s-early 1930s).
Beer manufactured at the Achinsk factory (Krasnoyarsk, Russia). Labels from the 60s and 70s.
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)