Soviet Museum Kit – Made in USSR Slide Viewer, Kievan Rus Slide Film & Art Propaganda Slides - 1970s-1980s Viewer
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The Soviet Museum Kit Made in USSR slide viewer from the 1970s–1980s is in very good condition and has been tested and is in working order.
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-Complete Soviet museum kit – a unique, coherent lot for collectors of vintage objects from the Soviet era, enthusiasts of historical slides, history teachers, or decorators seeking an authentic piece in an industrial/museum style.
Lot contents:
1. Vintage Soviet slide viewer
Marking: “СДЕЛАНО В СССР” / “Made in USSR” engraved on the front face.
Compact device in white and gray plastic, rectangular. It functions as a single viewer: the slide inserts from the top and is viewed through the eyepiece. Typical design of the Soviet plastics industry of the 1970s-1980s.
-Condition: good overall, clean casings, a few micro-scratches consistent with age. Sliding loading mechanism visible on the top.
Approximate dimensions: 7.5 × 5 × 7 cm.
2. Complete slide-film “Culture of Kyiv Rus’”
Editor: Молодежное объединение «Радуга» (Youth Association “Rainbow”), Moscow.
Title: “КУЛЬТУРА КИЕВСКОЙ РУСИ” (Culture of Kyiv Rus’).
Contents: 36 slides, delivered in their original cardboard box with the original publisher label. Box never opened.
Theme: history, architecture, art and culture of Kyiv Rus’, IX–XIII centuries, foundational period of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Soviet-era educational material.
Condition: authentic original cardboard box and never opened.
3. Lot of cultural slides – Bureau of Propaganda of Soviet Cinema
Origin: Всесоюзное бюро пропаганды киноискусства (Bureau of Propaganda of Soviet Cinema Art).
-Examples of content:
Slide No. 20: Paul Cézanne – “Still life with drapery”, 1898-1899.
Slide No. 23: Pablo Picasso – “Absinthe Drinker”, 1901.
Other slides from the same bureau in the yellow box: reproductions of classical and modern art, featuring Peterhof/Petrodvorets and the Hermitage.
Features: paper framing with bilingual Russian/English captions, serial numbering visible (e.g., 70-1964, 70-1967), red “Made in USSR” marking. Cultural dissemination materials produced by the official Soviet propaganda organs.
Condition: colors faded in line with Eastmancolor/Sovcolor processes of the era, with the characteristic sepia/pink bias; readability perfect.
---Ideal for: collectors of Soviet objects, history teachers, analog photography enthusiasts, interior decorators in industrial/museum style, or anyone seeking an authentic cultural curiosity that is both functional and collectible.
-Complete Soviet museum kit – a unique, coherent lot for collectors of vintage objects from the Soviet era, enthusiasts of historical slides, history teachers, or decorators seeking an authentic piece in an industrial/museum style.
Lot contents:
1. Vintage Soviet slide viewer
Marking: “СДЕЛАНО В СССР” / “Made in USSR” engraved on the front face.
Compact device in white and gray plastic, rectangular. It functions as a single viewer: the slide inserts from the top and is viewed through the eyepiece. Typical design of the Soviet plastics industry of the 1970s-1980s.
-Condition: good overall, clean casings, a few micro-scratches consistent with age. Sliding loading mechanism visible on the top.
Approximate dimensions: 7.5 × 5 × 7 cm.
2. Complete slide-film “Culture of Kyiv Rus’”
Editor: Молодежное объединение «Радуга» (Youth Association “Rainbow”), Moscow.
Title: “КУЛЬТУРА КИЕВСКОЙ РУСИ” (Culture of Kyiv Rus’).
Contents: 36 slides, delivered in their original cardboard box with the original publisher label. Box never opened.
Theme: history, architecture, art and culture of Kyiv Rus’, IX–XIII centuries, foundational period of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Soviet-era educational material.
Condition: authentic original cardboard box and never opened.
3. Lot of cultural slides – Bureau of Propaganda of Soviet Cinema
Origin: Всесоюзное бюро пропаганды киноискусства (Bureau of Propaganda of Soviet Cinema Art).
-Examples of content:
Slide No. 20: Paul Cézanne – “Still life with drapery”, 1898-1899.
Slide No. 23: Pablo Picasso – “Absinthe Drinker”, 1901.
Other slides from the same bureau in the yellow box: reproductions of classical and modern art, featuring Peterhof/Petrodvorets and the Hermitage.
Features: paper framing with bilingual Russian/English captions, serial numbering visible (e.g., 70-1964, 70-1967), red “Made in USSR” marking. Cultural dissemination materials produced by the official Soviet propaganda organs.
Condition: colors faded in line with Eastmancolor/Sovcolor processes of the era, with the characteristic sepia/pink bias; readability perfect.
---Ideal for: collectors of Soviet objects, history teachers, analog photography enthusiasts, interior decorators in industrial/museum style, or anyone seeking an authentic cultural curiosity that is both functional and collectible.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Brand
Soviet Museum Kit – Made in USSR Slide Viewer, Kievan Rus Slide Film & Art Propaganda Slides
Model/type nr
- 1970s-1980s
Physical condition
Very good
Functional condition
Tested and working
Estimated period
1970-1980
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