They Kept the Sea Lanes Open, Original 1918 WWI Poster

This is an early lithographed anatomical chart by Amer-Frohse. Fritz Frohse (1871-1916) was the original artist, a German anatomist and doctor, publis...

1890s-early 1900s by the Donaldson Litho Co. of Newport, KY. "Al G. Field Big Minstrels - Dan Quinlan Poster has inset image of Field in upper left-hand corner. Main image of poster ...

This is a rare and early French poster for a Concert Cabaret. The image has a full length female harlequin with doll and a second clown lurking behind. Art is by H. Gray and poster r...

This was an estate find and part of a beautiful collection of rare excellent turn of the century posters. They were hidden away for over 100 years. This is a rare and impressive 3 sheet poster that is 7 foot tall. It make quite a statement. About the poster: You'd think that a play called "The New Baby" might feature said child in its promotional material. But here's the thing - there really isn't a baby at the centre of the comedy, and that's the crux of this entertainment. The plot concerns a husband who is so bored with country life that he dreams up the idea of having an illegitimate son in London as a way to get into town for an occasional 'night off'. When his wife decides that the child should be adopted, the expected comic tissue of falsehoods and misunderstandings frays and hilarity ensues. Adapted from German by A. Bourchier, the farce opened in London in 1896 to what a local critic termed 'much mirth'. Several years later, when the play had crossed the Atlantic and entered the repertory of David de Wolf cleverly called the Baby's chaperone on the poster and his troupe of traveling players, that understated review was translated into the more American howling success. The cast and director would've been totally unfamiliar with the British hinterlands, so this splendid design concentrates on the hi-jinks of the characters and their situation. At the start of the 20th century, America was in the full glory of its cultural adolescence, bursting with energy and optimism. In 1900 in New York there were 33 legitimate Broadway theaters...

Original antique World War One war loan poster - War Loan. Onwards, for Motherland! / ??????? ????. ??????, ?? ??????! - featuring a dynamic design depicting a soldier in armour riding forward into battle on a horse at speed with his cape flowing in the wind and his bow and arrows at his side, holding a flag flying in the background with the imperial Russian double headed eagle...

Original antique World War One recruitment poster - Take up the Sword of Justice Join Now - featuring a hand holding up and offering a sheathed sword with a golden handle to the view...

Original antique World War One recruitment poster featuring the bold stylised text within a red border reading - To the Women of Britain Some...

Original antique World War I recruitment poster featuring a dynamic design by Lionel Edwards (1878-1966) of soldiers riding horses and ca...