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Period: 1940s
Original Vintage WWII Poster Anti British State Values Domination Exploitation
Located in London, GB
Original vintage anti-British World War Two propaganda poster issued in Fascist Italy - I principi di vita e di Stato Dell'Inghilterra. Sete di dominio. ...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage War Poster Your Britain Fight For It Now Rehousing Plans WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Your Britain Fight For It Now - featuring a great design by the notable British graphic designer Abram Games (Abraham Gamse; 1914-1996) depict...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Arosa Switzerland Travel Poster by Hans Aeschbach Alpine Resort
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Arosa in the Swiss Alps featuring colorful artwork by Hans Aeschbach (1911-1999) depicting a hiker lying on the grass under a bright blue sky with ...
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Travel Poster Birchington Kent Beach Sea Wall England Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the Kent seaside resort of Birchington - At all Seasons the fine dry air is invigorating beyond any other on our coasts - featuring a colourful ill...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage WWII Poster Men Working Together US Military Home Front Workers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Men Working Together! - featuring a US Army soldier and Navy sailor in military uniform standing behind a smil...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Framed Scandinavian Traditional Embroidered Blouse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Visually striking Danish traditional blouse in off-white with blue embroidery reminiscent of a vyshyvanka decorative shirt, but Scandinavian in orig...
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Danish Rustic Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Silk, Glass, Wood

Original Vintage Poster El Vino Es La Mas Sana Wine The Healthiest Drink Pasteur
Located in London, GB
Original vintage alcohol drink advertising poster with a quote by the renowned French chemist, microbiologist and bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895): Wine is the Healthiest and Most Hygienic of Beverages / El Vino...
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Uruguayan Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Food Poster Sausage Cutting Standard Methods Meat Slices Cook
Located in London, GB
Original vintage food poster showing the different methods of cutting sausage meat slices with the description below each board, the title...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Signed WPA Style Harborscape Oil On Canvas
By Bolus
Located in Chicago, IL
Colorful impressionistic oil on canvas painting of fishing boats in a harbor. Greens, blues and reds comprise the majority of the color pallet. Nicely framed and signed Bolus. 33" x ...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Wood, Canvas

Original Vintage WWII Poster British Aeroplanes Guard African Skies RAF Spitfire
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - British Aeroplanes Guard African Skies - featuring a colourful design depicting a Royal Air Force RAF Spitfire plane flying low ove...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Bedouin, " Striking Art Deco Painting by Stahlhut, NY World's Fair Poster Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Striking and handsome, this depiction of a Bedouin in his traditional robe has the color and intensity one would associate with the fierce sun and heat of North Africa. The painting ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

Original French Oil Painting
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a gorgeous French still life! The countertop with cookware and ingredients waiting to be used makes it easy to imagine a morning cooking in the kitchen. Light colors pair tog...
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French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

Original Vintage WWII Poster For Savings Certificates Royal Navy War Ship Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Put Your Trust In The Navy & Your Money In Savings Certificates - featuring a military illustration of sai...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Antique Baseball Catchers Mask Collection (7)
Located in Stamford, CT
A collection of 7 steel antique baseball catchers masks circa 1930's-1960's. Great graphic presentation. Easy to hang and display multiple ways. The a...
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American American Classical Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Metal

Original Vintage KLM Travel Poster Winter Sport Skiing Sun Snow & Fun In Austria
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Austria / Autriche issued by KLM - Fly KLM The Skiers' Airline with John and Lois Jay - Sun, Snow and Fun in Austria. Great image of a snowy scene ...
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Austrian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage WWII Poster Save Tractor Fuel To Speed The Tanks Darts Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front poster - Double and Treble your efforts to save tractor fuel to speed the tanks - featuring an illustration of darts in a dartboard with the...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Drink Poster Non Alcoholic Soft Drinks Juice USSR Food Industry
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster - Drink soft drinks made with pure sugar, natural juices and tinctures made by the Belbroadtrest factories - featuring a...
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Belarusian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Hollywood Regency Pisces Astrology Medallion
Located in Evanston, IL
Charming and chic medallion for a Powder room or your favorite Pisces
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American Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Plaster

Original Vintage Poster Denmark Unconquered Though Captive WWII Grundtvig Church
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Denmark Unconquered, Though Captive - featuring a great image entitled The Grundtvig Church Copenhagen on a blue background with the Danish fl...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage WWII Poster British Railways Home Front General Post Office GPO
Located in London, GB
Original vintage propaganda poster printed by British Railways during World War Two - Your Parcels and Letters Depend on the Lines Behind the Lines - one of a series of war effort posters highlighting the importance of railway services for transportation during the war featuring a great illustration showing a photo of a worker sorting the parcels on General Post Office GPO baskets behind sacks of letters in front of a picture of railway tracks in green shades with an image of a train and the text in red and white letters below. Printed by Rembrandt...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Karl Blossfeldt Photogravure: Nature's Elegance in Classic Frame (1942)
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Presenting a captivating Karl Blossfeldt Photogravure from the 1942 edition of the book 'Wunder in der Natur.' In its original condition, this piece boasts minor wear that beautifu...
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Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Road Safety Poster Road Accidents Royal Air Force RAF Military
Located in London, GB
Original vintage road safety poster - Road Accidents in the Royal Air Force average 2 an hour That's two too many! - featuring a great graphic design depicting a clock face on a yellow and blue shaded background with an image of a military truck behind the hands of the clock as an RAF plane...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Sport Poster Dameshockey Womens Hockey World Championship 1948
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport poster for the Women's Hockey World Championship held on 10-17 May 1948 in Amsterdam - Wereldkampioenschap Dameshockey 10-17 Mei 1948 Amsterdam - featuring col...
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Dutch Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original British WWII Poster - Careless Talk May Cost His Life - Royal Air Force
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British World War Two poster - Careless talk may cost his life Don't talk about aerodromes or aircraft factories - featuring a black and white photo of a smiling Royal Air Force RAF pilot...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Whiskey Sours, " Cubist-Art Deco Painting with Bottle and Jigger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Taking its cues from the broken planes and tilted objects of Cubist masters such as Braque and Gris, as well as the polished art of the Art Deco movement, this brilliant painting sho...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

Original Vintage War Poster Labour Management Strength Canada Victory War WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - This is our Strength Labour and Management are pooling their strength to give us the means for victory in war ... and progress in peace - feat...
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Canadian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Soviet War Poster Leningrad Workers WWII Rebuild The City
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Soviet home front propaganda poster - Трудящиеся Ленинграда! Восстановим наш город. Отремонтируeм дома и жилищa, приведем в порядок городское хозяйство...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Poster An Open Window On Life Education Sport Health Propaganda
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport and health propaganda poster issued by the General Commission for General Education and Sports - Une Fenetre ouverte sur la vie / An open window on life - feat...
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French Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Marjorie Bishop "New York Sunset" Painting with Sand on Canvas 1940s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Mixed-media painting with sand on canvas titled "New York Sunset" by Marjorie Bishop, American, 1940s (signed on front, title on sticker on back). This...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Original Vintage WWII Poster Air Training Corps Royal Air Force Cornwall Recruit
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment propaganda poster for The Air Training Corps featuring the text - No 24F Penzance Squadron Young Men betw...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Post War Hawaiian Airbrush Zebra in Original Frame w/ large Mat, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original Post-War Hawaiian Airbrush zebra in original period white painted wood frame with large mat border, Pair. Art: 21" X 26" Frame: 25.25" X 28.25"
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Set of 4 Diamond Shaped Framed Romantic Landscapes
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Set of 4 unusual diamond shaped prints having matte rustic wood frames and oval romantic Renaissance style landscapes with bathers and riders in bucolic settings. The matts are silve...
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North American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Wood, Paper

Original Vintage Poster Winter Sports In Austria Alps Mountains Snowball Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster - Winter Sports in Austria - featuring artwork by Paul Aigner (1909-1984) depicting a fun image after a snowball fight of a smiling lady with snow ...
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Austrian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Poster IV Mecanografia Typing Championship Hispano Olivetti - H
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the IV National Typing Championship / IV Campeonato Nacional de Mecanografia sponsored by Hispano-Olivetti featuring a great graphic design illustration of a large letter H type...
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Spanish Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Under the Tree, " Striking Mid-Century Scene by Heitland for Liberty Magazine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and bold example of illustration art, this scene of a young man in a bathing suit conversing with an elegant woman in her car coat, was drawn by Wilmot Heitland for Libert...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Poster Geroba Tabletten Cough Lozenges Health Graphic Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster advertising Geroba cough lozenges featuring a great graphic design illustration by Edi Hauri (1911-1988) depicting a yellow hand shape held up as a stop signa...
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage WWII Poster Norway A Fighting Ally Viking Boat War Ships Planes
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster for Norway... - A Fighting Ally! featuring a colourful design depicting a sailor looking out to sea with a traditional Viking boat...
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Norwegian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original World War II Poster - Civil Defence Women Wanted for Evacuation Service
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War II poster “Civil Defence, Women wanted for Evacuation Service,” offer your services to your local council or any branch ...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Poster Back Them Up WWII Battle Artillery Coastal Battery Cuneo
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Back Them Up! - featuring dramatic artwork by the notable British artist Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996) showing five soldiers in uniform loading and firing a cannon gun from the shore with another artillery gun firing...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original WWII Illustrated Map Poster - Time And Tide Map Of The Atlantic Charter
Located in London, GB
Original vintage illustrated map poster in Spanish by the notable graphic designer, cartographer and artist MacDonald Gill (Leslie MacDonald Gill aka Max Gill; 1884-1947) commissioned by the British Time & Tide magazine (1920-1986) following the World War Two Atlantic Charter agreement between the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill "for a better future for the world" 14 August 1941 - La Carta del Atlantico. Stunning design featuring detailed colorful pictorial depictions of agriculture and food production, Industrial raw materials and traditional life around the world including images of people, animals, trees, cattle, ships at sea, planes flying overhead and markers with a symbol box listing the locations of metals, wine, crops, petroleum, tobacco, sugar, rubber, silk, coffee, fruit, precious stones etc., surrounded by clouds on the sides and the sun shining down from The Atlantic Charter in the text box at the top with a black and white image below of an Industrial metal worker destroying tanks and machinery and a farming family ploughing a field with horses, the cities, countries, continents and quotes in banners with a seal and a compass point on both sides, all framed within a decorative border. Printed in Great Britain by Philip George & Son Ltd London and published in collaboration with the Time and Tide...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Midcentury British European Airways Poster for Business Abroad
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for British European Airways - Business Abroad In Half The Time BEA Takes You There And Brings You ...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Lying on the Sand, " WPA-Era Atmospheric Beach Scene with Male & Female Bathers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In an era when Reginald Marsh, Paul Cadmus and many other painters loved to capture the joy and energy of crowded beach scenes in America, John Winters created this lovely genre scene of a male bather in his one-piece swim suit reposing on the sand (probably the Lincoln Park beach in Chicago...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

"Spring, " Brilliant Silkscreen Art Deco Print by Szoeke, Gray, Black and White
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Admired in his day as one of the great graphic artists of America, Andrew Szoeke put his mastery of form and silhouette to work in furniture, type design, graphic design and fine art...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Rare Original Russian Propaganda poster 40 Years printed 1945
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is an original rare Russian propaganda poster called 40 Years. 1945 print
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Russian Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Original Vintage Skiing Poster, Winter Sports Happiness and Health Joie Et Sante
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport advertising poster in French: Winter Sports, Happiness and Health / Sports d'Hiver-Joie et Sante. Great image by Edi Hauri (1911-1988) of a smiling young lady ...
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Albert Serwazi 'American', "Gertrude with Parrot", Oil on Canvas.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Albert Serwazi (American 1905-1992) "Gertrude with Parrot". Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1944 upper right. Measures: 24" x 31" (Image size without frame) A painter from Philadelphia, Albert Serwazi was also a designer and illustrator. He was a student at the Pennsylvania School...
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North American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Pinball Playing Cards Backglass Framed as Found Art
Located in New York, NY
Original early backglass for a vintage pinball machine. These were the art pieces found in the back of the pinball ball machines that would l...
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North American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Glass, Wood

Original Vintage Poster Now The British Must Have Ambulances WWII Red Cross Aid
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Now! The British Must Have Ambulances - featuring a bold colourful design depicting an ambulance with a Red Cross on the side in fr...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Adolescent Parallels, " Midcentury Mural Design with Male Youths, 1949
By George Frederick Hinchcliff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable vision of brotherly utopia, with a hint of homoeroticism, this beautiful study was painted by British artist George Frederick Hinchcliff in preparation for a proposed mu...
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

"High-Stepping Horse, " Unique Art Deco Midcentury Ceramic Relief Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Demonstrating a modern take on Etruscan and other ancient sculpture, this 1941-vintage relief rondel depicts a high-stepping horse and a leafing branch,...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Ceramic

Airbrushed Daffodil Flowers with Bow Mid Century Art Signed by Terone
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original artwork Pink Daffodil Hawaiian Flowers with a bow (original airbrushed over a print) signed by Terone. In hardwood frame with carved details. A great example of the post-WWII Hawaiian and tropical art...
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Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint, Paper

Original 1948 British Railways Poster, Sands across the Sea, Brittany Normandy
By Clodagh Sparrow
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways poster, Sands Across The Sea, Brittany Normandy Picardy, details of services from any Station or from Continental Enqu...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Journey into Fear
Located in London, GB
Original American photographic production still. For the 1942 Film Noir Journey into Fear. The film starred Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles ...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

”Unconquered” ”De Obesegrade” Cecil B. De Mille Film Poster, 1947
Located in Stockholm, SE
Original Swedish version of this movie poster. Some wear as seen on pictures. Unconquered is a 1947 adventure film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard...
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Joshua Felise Ziro Brevio 'American, 1900-xxx' "Market in Milan"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Market In Milan" on verso, signed and dated lower right '48, unframed.   
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Canvas

Set of Six Original World War Two Food Posters - Vegetables from the Open Ground
Located in London, GB
Set of six original vintage World War Two food propaganda posters - From The Open Ground and From Store - featuring different vegetables for every season of the year with the months ...
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British Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

"Pan Playing His Pipes, " Charming Mural Sketch for Liberty Music Shop, NYC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of verdant greens and suffused with a lovely quiet spirit, this depiction of Pan resting against a tree and playing his pipes was a perfect image for the famous Liberty Music Shop in New York. This sketch for a mural at the Shop was painted by Donald Forbes, who worked for the Federal Art Project in the 1930s where he would have learned from the work of other muralists supported by federal programs. Liberty Music Shop was famous for its collection of sophisticated jazz recordings from around the world; in the 1930s it created its own label, producing a series of records for Lee Wiley, Beatrice Lillie, Mabel Mercer, Ethel Merman...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

"Carrying Water, " Striking Scene of Women in Italian Hill Town by Wachtmeister
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and atmospheric depiction of women fetching water in jugs and urns, descending into a lovely, picturesque hill town in Italy, this painting was made in 1942 by Sophie-Loui...
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Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paint

"Night at the Follies" 1947 Original Linen Backed Theatrical Poster Evelyn West
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
"Night at the Follies" 1947 an original vintage linen backed one-sheet theatrical film movie poster. Size is 30 X 44 with the linen added.  A Night at the Follies, the 1947 W. Merle Connell burlesque documentary ("Daring!"; "Gorgeous Girls Great comedians Glamorous dancers"; "You've heard about it! You've read about it! Now see Big Time Burlesque Just as presented at the world famous follies theatre in Los Angeles"; "Something new in entertainment!"; "Evelyn West...
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American Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

Portait of African Male, Charcoal on Paper, Signed Banzyville, 1944
Located in Leuven , BE
C.P. Initials,Portait of African Male,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated
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Congolese Vintage 1940s Wall Decorations

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Paper

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