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.
Children and a dog play on high snow. Kolkhoz Avangard, Gorky oblast of Russia. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1960s).
Faculty Dean of the Leningrad Maritime School prof. K. A. Semyonov and engineer G. V. Maslova on a country walk. Photo by L. Zivert (Kavgolovo village, Leningrad region, 1952).
Quality controllers A. Andreeva and M. Mysova check the quality of black caviar before it being sealed. Kirov Fisheries Department in Azerbaijan
(1947).