Vintage Razor Blades and Wrappers

I came across this collection of vintage razor blades in wrappers. They are mostly Swedish and I would guess they are mainly from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

The hobby of collecting these I know nothing about, however I can imagine it was pretty popular once upon a time. Being an affordable household item with varying and often elaborate design it must have been much like collecting matchboxes/books, bottle caps or cheap stamps.

If anyone has information on the subject or can point to a place of information, let us know.

Vintage Razor Blades and Wrappers

And it burns, burns, burns

Dick Sprang, 1944 (altered)

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Illustrations from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by Nicolas Bentley, 1940.

The Art of Coffee-Making

The Art of Coffee-Making. Booklet published in 1948.
Uploaded by alsis35 (now at ipernity).
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4CP

4CP 
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Skull, urchins and lamp on a table

Skull, urchins and lamp on a table, Pablo Picasso, 1943

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10

my vintage book collection (in blog form).
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Wong

Boris Karloff in The Fatal Hour (1940)  

Greenbriar Picture Shows
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Kickin' It

The Spirit 
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The Anti-Nazi Seal

Link to more illustrations from the book

Wikipedia: "In 1941 Sælen famously wrote and illustrated the book Snorre Sel ('Snorri the Seal'). The book, subtitled "A fable in colors for adults and children", was a subtle satire on Nazi Germany..."

Le Titanic

Agence eureka: "Géographie" cours élémentaire (1943)
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Nevada

Illustration: Ben Cunningham

x-ray delta one: Science and Industry
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Cake

Golden Age Comic Book Stories: SUPERMAN - a handful of Sunday strips (1945-46)
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Ha! Ha! Ha!

Golden Age Comic Book Stories: SUPERMAN - a handful of Sunday strips (1945-46)
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Final Method

Golden Age Comic Book Stories: SUPERMAN - a handful of Sunday strips (1945-46)
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BANG

Golden Age Comic Book Stories: Air Fighters Comics (1941-45)
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Show Stopper

Fantasy Ink: Sunday Science Fiction
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Lottor

via Stockholmskällan, Stockholms Stadsmuseum, cc

Two women from the Swedish Women's Voluntary Defence Organization (Lottakåren) doing target practicing in 1943.
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And then...

Golden Age Comic Book Stories: Crime Does Not Pay (1944-46)
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Proverbes pour les enfants

"Agence eureka: 30 proverbes pour les enfants sages" Henri Monier (1943)
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