Jeffrey Brooks collection of Russian postcards

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0990

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection of 341 Russian postcards dating from approximately 1905 to 1989, as well as a cabinet card from 1882, were produced by a variety of publishers, likely primarily for sale at Russian museums. Materials have been arranged into two archival binders which roughly correspond to theme and content. Box 1 contains black-and-white postcards that are mostly reproductions of artwork, as well as notable Soviet leaders. Major themes depicted in Box 1 include war, labor, poverty, death, life in Russia, and landscapes. Box 2 contains mostly color postcards containing depictions of fairy tales, folklore, and other similar works of fiction, as well as reproductions of art, real photo depictions of entertainers and other people, a cabinet card of a costumed performer from the Imperial Moscow University, and other miscellaneous images. A folder containing the box for a series of 16 postcards of Andrei Platonov's Volshebnoe kol'tso (The Magic Ring) is included in Box 2; this series of postcards appears first in the Box 2 binder.

Dates

Creation: 1882 - 1989

Creator

Russian Red Cross (Publisher, Organization)
Bilibin, Ivan I︠A︡kovlevich, 1876-1942 (Person)
Afanasʹev, A.N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich), 1826-1871 (Person)
Platonov, Andreĭ Platonovich, 1899-1951 (Person)
Ershov, P. P. (Petr Pavlovich), 1815-1869 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.

Extent

0.42 Cubic Feet (2 clamshell binders (12.5 x 12 x 2.5 inches))

Language of Materials

Russian

Additional Description

Abstract

A collection of 341 Russian postcards dating from approximately 1905 to 1989, as well as a cabinet card from 1882, produced by a variety of publishers, likely primarily for sale at Russian museums. The images on the postcards are mostly reproductions of art, in color and black and white, on a variety of themes ranging from Russian folklore to meditations on labor, war, and death.

Arrangement

Materials have been arranged into archival binders which roughly correspond to theme and content. See scope and content note for details. Within each binder, postcards have been arranged according to publisher and series, to the extent that these could be identified.