Postcards

The collection includes postcards and open letters not belonging to personal papers. The most valuable collections are Belozersk view postcards (early 20th century) and Elisabeth Boehm’s postcards.

The postcard collection of the Belozersk Regional Museum of Local Lore has 556 items dated back to the late 19th — early 21st centuries. It includes postcards illustrating different Russian cities, pictures, greeting cards. The below list includes postcards of the 1900 – 1917s. The name of Belozersk photographer A. Khokhryakov is well known. Some postcards have his full name, while others bear just his initials “A.Kh.”

1. Alekseevskaya Fair open letter (early 20th century)
2. Voskresenskaya Street in Belozersk postcard with a letter addressed to Maria Kolyshkova in the town of Romanov of the Yaroslavl province from Belozersk dated 01.04.1908
3. The Police Station postcard (1914)
4. The Police Station postcard (1914)
5. Religious Procession postcard (with images of the Church of Elijah the Prophet and the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin) with a letter addressed to August Greenman in Riga from Belozersk dated 19.10.1913
6. The Church of John the Evangelist postcard (1900-1917s)
7. The Church of the Ascension of Christ postcard marked by A. Razumovsky dated 13.10.1913
8. The View of the North-East Part of the Town from the Fire Tower postcard (1900-1917)
9. Belozersk Downtown postcard (images of wooden and brick shopping premises, the Church of the Nativity, the Church of Peter and Paul, the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin taken from the earth wall) (1900-1917)
10. Streetway postcard (early 20th century)
11. The Post and Telegraph Office postcard (1900-1917)
12. The Town of Belozersk postcard (images of the Market Place and the Post and Telegraph Office) (1900-1914) with a letter addressed to A. Nazarov in Saint Petersburg from V. Bykov from Belozersk
13. The Town of Belozersk. View from the Lake postcard dated 10.07.1913
14. Belozersk Views postcard (6 images: Town. Parish School, Arbor on the Lake Shore, Hospital, Treasure House, Monument to Memory of the Canal Construction, Wine Warehouse) (1900-1917) with a letter addressed to L. Donker in Tsabeln of the Kurlyandia provice
15. Belozersk Avenues postcard (early 20th century)
16. The Elementary School postcard with a letter addressed to Maria Kolyshkova in Rybinsk from Belozersk dated 08.01.1907
17. Fish Boats postcard (early 20th century)
18. The Canal Embankment postcard (early 20th century)
19. The Church of John the Evangelist and Territorial Court Building postcard with a letter addressed to Maria Ivanovna in Rybinsk (1906)
20. The Town of Belozersk. Girls’ Gymnasium postcard (1910 – 1917)
21. The View from the Fire Tower to the Northern Part of Belozersk postcard (early 20th century)
22. Belozersk. Elementary School. Girls’ Gymnasium postcard (early 20th century)
23. The View to the North-Eastern Part of the Town from the Fire Tower postcard (1900-1917s)
24. Belozersk. Cathedral. Religious School. Earth Wall postcard (early 20th century)
25. White Lake. Fish Boat Stopping Place postcard (early 20th century)
26. Postcard with two images of Belozersk (Lake Dam and Garden, Bridge over the Moat to the Earth Wall) (early 20th century)
27. Belozersk. View to White Lake colored postcard (early 20th century)
28. The Town of Belozersk postcard (6 images: Parish School 1, Arbor on the Lake Shore, Hospital, Treasure House, Monument to Memory of the Canal Construction, Wine Warehouse) (1900-1917)
29. Alekseevskaya Fair in Belozersk postcard (early 20th century)
30. Belozersk Street postcard (early 20th century)
31. Spasskaya Street colored postcard (market place view) (1910-1917s)
32. Belozersk. Spasskaya Street (sloping beach view) (early 20th century)
33. The View from the Earth Wall to the Northern Part of Belozersk postcard (early 20th century) addressed to Maria Kolyshkova in Rybinsk from Belozersk
34. White Lake. Fish Boat Stopping Place postcard (early 20th century)
35. The Town of Belozersk. Town Garden postcard (early 20th century)
36. The Town of Belozersk. Water Drain postcard (early 20th century)
37. Belozersk. Elementary School postcard (1910-1917s)
38. The View to the Belozersk Downtown from the Earth Wall postcard (early 20th century)
39. The Town of Belozersk. Administration. Public Bank postcard
40. The View to the Canal and Lake from the Hill postcard with a letter addressed to Alexander Pokrovsky in Saint Petersburg dated 26.08.1909
41. The Town of Belozersk. Parish School postcard (1900-1917)
42. Belozersk. Public Club. Post and Telegraph Office postcard (early 20th century)
43. Tekhnik Motor Vessel Going along the Canal postcard with a letter addressed to Alexander Nazarov in Saint Petersburg from the Kruchinins living in Belozersk (early 20th century)
44. The Police Station. Presence due to Military Duty in 1914 postcard (1914)
45. Belozersk. Administration postcard (early 20th century)
46. Hello from Belozersk postcard (Windmills in the District, Near the Earth Wall from the North-Eastern Side) (early 20th century)
47. Belozersk. The Holy Trinity Church postcard (view from the canal) with a letter to the Goritsy  Monastery addressed to Olga Karlina (early 20th century)
48. Belozersk. Girls’ Gymnasium postcard with a letter addressed to Anna Chmutova in Petrograd from Bechevinka dated 02.10.1914
49. Two Images of Belozersk postcard (Hospital, Territorial Council) (early 20th century)
50. Belozersk postcard (3 images: Spasskaya Street, Women’s Parish School, View to the Church of the Nativity and Parish School 1) (early 20th century)