This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
The Golden Key illustration, postcard by Leonid Vladimirsky, 1957 ()
Buratino on Back To School postcards:
- “Buratino’s Walking To School” by A. Kantorov (1976)
- “Tomorrow’s School Day” by A. Sher (1982)
I love the second one particularly because of the magnetic alphabet set pictured. I had one like that, too!
Wall hooks decorated with characters from Buratino (Russian book, cartoon, movie).
I had these very type of hooks at the back of my room’s door when I was little!
Illustration for “The Golden Key”, book by Alexey Tolstoy (aka the Adventures of Buratino). Artist Leonid Vladimirsky. Ukraine, 1988 ()
The Golden Key (Adventures of Buratino) - illustration by Leonid Vladimirsky. Postcard from 1955.
In my shop:
Illustration for Alexei Tolstoy’s The Golden Key, artist Aminadav Kanevsky (1955)
Buy here:
7 unused Buratino mini cards by I. Lobova (1990)
Buy:
Back to School postcard by
Vladimir Zarubin
(1979)
Buy:
New Year Soviet postcard (1960), artist Ilyin
by V. Zarubin and S. Rusakov, 1964
Back To School postcard by T. Narskaya, 1981
Back to School postcard by N. Zhebelev, 1985
Puppet postcards for housewarming (USSR 1970s-1980s)