I went berry picking today! So beautiful in the forest, so many flowers in bloom! Lots of butterflies and mosquitos. We also saw a grass snake.
As soon as we exited the forest, a hailstorm started!
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.
The best of summer
“Wild Strawberries” by Yelena Romanova (1986)
Stone bramble berry (1978)
Berries - from the 1973 postcard set, artist V. Vasiliev.
Wild Strawberry postcard, artist A. Dudnikov (1956)
The card says “Little Yegorka the red head lives in the forest. Whoever passes him, bows.”
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Berries on vintage matchbox labels, 1969 (via)
These labels advertise for people to sell their berries to consumer cooperative organizations.
Berries - postcard set (1973)
Available in my shop: http://etsy.me/2nqp7O4
Mixed lot of forest-themed stamps: trees, berries, mushrooms, and ferns. 1960s to 1980s.
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Children’s book illustrated by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1937)
Vintage stamps from Soviet Union - listed in my shop:
Many vintage stamps added to the shop!
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Full set of 18 vintage postcards with pictures of fruit and berries: strawberry, raspberry, cherry, apple, pear, plum, grapes, black currants etc. Published in 1986. ()
by A. Bushkin, 1958