Boys buying mimosa flowers for their mothers. Photo by Viktor Akhlomov (March 7, 1959).
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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Cover of Krestyanka [Peasant Woman] magazine, March 1976
Women’s Day postcard by Vladimir Zarubin (1987)
Vintage handmade cross-stitched pieces: a big decorative piece (a pillow throw?), a sort-of pillowcase and four napkins. These were made in 1950s or 1960s.
Size info
Long piece: 69 × 24 cm (27.2″ × 9.5″)
Pillowcase: 36 × 42 cm (14″ × 16.5Э)
Napkins: 37 × 32 cm (14″ × 12.5″) - two pink flowers, 28 × 33 cm (13″ × 11″) - pink & yellow
The sort-of pillowcase is a bit of a mystery to me. It’s basically a loop of fabric - a long piece connected at the ends. Two sides are open. It may have been intended as a decorative second pillowcase, or maybe something else entirely.
The napkins are ± in size, they’re not cut super evenly. They also have a couple brown spots from previous use.
Price
Long piece: $10
Pillowcase: $6
Napkins: $7 for each set of two
Shipping from Russia. Under 100g - $11, under 250g - $15
Women’s Day-themed wrapping paper from Moscow department stores (1970s-80s) (via Moscow Design Museum)
Foreign tourists in Moscow. Gorky street. Photo by Mikhail Ananyev (1967).
Crocuses on Women’s Day postcards (1970s-80s)
Spring. Photo by V. Sobolev (1967).
Moscow Metro, postcard set from 1980 (18 postcards). Size of each postcard is 9 × 21 cm (3.5″ × 8.2″). There’s a metro map on the inside of the set cover. As bonus I’ll add a 1985 metro map so you can spend some quality time seeing how the Moscow metro changed during the span of 5 years.
Price $28 + $14 shipping
How to buy. . I combine shipping if you buy more than one item.
In the art lab of the Lomonosov Leningrad Porcelain Factory. Photo by Fred Grinberg (1971).
“March 8. Morning” by Gherman Zavyalov (1980)