Vintage ads. “Make out of town
daytrips, in the morning and at night.” Poster by A. Sonni (1961)
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.
Calligraphy from the Soviet Screen magazine, 1960s ()
Cafe ‘Privet’ (Hi) in Moscow, 1964
Lettering by Ivan Bilibin (early 1900—1920s).
Based on traditional Russian lettering styles: устав (uncial), полуустав (semi-uncial) and скоропись (cursive).
Vintage Soviet navy-themed books. Love the hand-lettered designs!
It was Navy Day in Russia this past Sunday.
Vintage Russian books with hand-lettered covers (1950s-60s)
Here are some amazing hand-designed covers from the pile of sheet music I recently acquired (for sale).
These are all from 1954.
Handlettered titles of Soviet movies from 1930s and 1940s
“Schrift und Schreiben”, a vintage German (DDR) book about fonts and hand lettering book (1981)
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