1930s Posters

Original vintage ski travel poster promoting the popular alpine resort village of Wengen in Switzerland featuring a photograph of a blond lady laughing a...

Original vintage GWR Great Western Railway travel advertising poster for Cornwall featuring a great illustration by the artist, metal worker and designer Gregory Brown (Frederic Greg...

Original vintage travel poster - Visit Ribe the oldest town in Denmark - featuring a stunning illustration by the Danish artist Hakon Spliid (1893-1959) depicting a view of the histo...

This is an exceptionally rare original French lobby card used to advertise the film in French cinemas. This film was directed by Jean Renoir and starred Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay...

Original vintage poster for the French National Lottery weekend railway tranche - Loterie Nationale Week-End 4e Tranche 1939 Tranche Ferroviaire - featuring a fun image of a man with...

Original vintage travel poster for Monte Generoso featuring a stunning view of the Alps by Louis Koller (1904-1978), depicting the old Hotel Kulm and Ristorante Vetta restaurant buil...

Original studio portrait photograph of Marlene Dietrich 1938. This piece is framed in a Sapele wood frame with acid free card mounts and UV Plexiglass. The size given is before fram...

Original vintage Shell poster from their Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell advertising campaign featuring a great painting by Walter James Steggl...

Original photographic production still for To the 1938 musical romance Carefree. This film starred Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and was directed by Mark Sandrich. This photo was ta...

Original vintage travel poster - Visit Spain Granada Alhambra and Sierra Nevada / Visitez L'Espagne - depicting the historic Alhambra palace and fortress complex in red surrounded by...

One of the most famous posters by Leonetto Cappiello for Cachou Lajaunie, a breath mint originally used to disguise the smell of tobacco. A distinctly feminine piece by Cappiello, an...

Original Vintage Poster for Mossant Hats dating from 1938 by Leonetto Cappiello. Artist: Leonetto Cappiello Title: Mossant Date: 1938 Size: 47.25 X 63 in / 120 X 160 cm Printer : Editions Nouvelles Cappiello, EDIMO, 15 rue Galvani - Paris Materials and Techniques: Colour lithograph on paper Linen backing: Yes Condition: A (Normally designates a poster in very good condition. Colours are fresh and there is very little or no paper loss. Any imperfections are marginal and unnoticeable). Additional Details: The headquarters Mossant was founded in 1833 by Casimir Mossant. The company is developing thanks in particular to the development of the railway, which allows for distant supplies and expeditions. In the 1920s, the firm Mossant is at its peak. The factory employs 1,200 workers and produces up to 2000 hats per day, nearly half of which is in the United States. After 1929, the economic crisis affected exports and the company diversified its production of felt (bags, berets, ...). Hat manufacturing activity declined and, in the 1950s, the factory's activity was converted into apparel until 1985, when the company was wound up. About Leonetto Cappiello, The Father of Modern Advertising Leonetto Cappiello, born on April 9, 1875, in Livorno, Italy, is considered a pioneer in the world of advertising, often referred to often hailed as the "father of modern advertising." His groundbreaking work in poster design revolutionized the industry and cemented his status as a visionary artist. Cappiello was renowned for his innovative and impactful poster designs, characterized by bold colors, simple forms, strong outlines and a strong focus on the product. His work significantly influenced the development of advertising as an art form. Initially drawn to caricature, Cappiello's true genius blossomed when he shifted his focus to poster art. His innovative approach, marked by bold colors, simple colours, simplified forms, strong outlines and a strong emphasis on product identification, set him apart from his contemporaries. Cappiello’s posters were instantly recognizable, capturing the essence of a product or brand in a single, powerful image. His work significantly influenced the development of advertising as an art form. The artist's career flourished in Paris, where he immersed himself in the vibrant artistic scene and his work spanned various industries: Food and Beverage: Campari, Cinzano, Café Martin...

Original vintage cruise ship travel advertising poster promoting special fares from RM.65 Reichsmark offered by the Hamburg-South America Steamship company for 7 seven day trips from...

Original vintage cruise travel advertising poster - French Line Your Gayest Entree to Europe France Afloat From New York to England & France - featuring a great Art Deco design depic...

Original vintage Art Deco cruise travel poster advertising Orient Line Tours and Round Voyage Tickets - It's Summer In Australia - featuring a great design by Frederick Halford Coven...

Original vintage Summer Olympic Games poster for the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin from 1-16 August published by the German Railways Head Office for Tourist Traffic and the Propa...

Original vintage alcohol drink advertising poster for the fortified wine based aperitif Dubonnet (since 1846) featuring an iconic illustration by the notable poster artist d'apres A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Mouron Cassandre; 1901-1968) depicting a stylised design as three images of a man wearing a bowler hat and suit sitting at a small table and pouring himself a drink from a Dubonnet bottle into a full glass of wine with his other arm over the back of the chair, the text below the images running diagonally as the colour forms over the man in white and black against a pink, blue and yellow shaded background - Dubo Dubon Dubonnet vin tonique au quinquina - the text repeated in black and white on the sides and rest of the text divided by the logo below - Grande Chartreuse liqueur...

Original vintage advertising poster for Duco a quick dry enamel lacquer Already Dry! / Duco Laque-Email A Sechage Rapide Deja Sec! Great design featuring a smiling painter sitting ba...

This is a large-scale French Travel Lithograph Poster, designed by Graphic Designer Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron under his well-known pseudonym ‚...

Original vintage drink advertising poster for the iconic Irish stout beer with the caption - A Guinness a day Guinness is good for you - featuring artwork depicting seven smiling pin...

Original vintage travel poster for the USSR Dance Festival Moscow - Leningrad 10-20 June 1936 commissioned by Intourist, the Soviet state travel monopoly, featuring a stunning design...

Original vintage German Railways travel poster featuring a stunning Art Deco design by the German artist Wilhelm 'Willy' Dzubas (b. 1887) depicting a steam train running along a high...

Original vintage train travel poster advertising Sunny Rhyl For Golden Sands & Sunshine Served by the LMS Main Line / London Midland and Scottish Railway. Great Art Deco illustration...

Original US film poster for the 1938 crime drama Crime School. This film starred Humphrey Bogart, The Dead End Kids and Gale Page. This film was directed by Lewis Seiler and William ...

Original vintage travel poster - Visitez Le Portugal / Visit Portugal - featuring a stunning design depicting a boat with a large red sail full in the wind sailing along a river thro...

Original vintage travel poster - Paris London Golden Ray Air Union - featuring a stunning Art Deco design by Edmond Maurus (1903-1977) depicting a Liore et Olivier LeO 21 biplane pla...

Original black and white single-weight glossy studio promotional photograph from 1939. Few films have enjoyed such enduring popularity as the 1939 adaptation of L. Frank Baum's child...

Original vintage Paris Lyon Mediterranee PLM railway poster for Mont Revard a 1550m par Aix-le-Bains Savoie Sport Confort Repos / Sport Comfort Rest - featuring artwork by Paul Ordne...

Original vintage London & North Eastern Railway train travel poster - Whitby An Ancient Port and Modern Resort It's Quicker by Rail - featuring artwork by the English artist and post...

A dramatic Italian poster by the well-known Italian graphic artist Leonetto Cappello for Cognac Pellisson. The delightful image depicts a small figure moving an enormous barrell of c...

An amusing French advertising poster by Joseph Stall (French 1874-1933) for Sauvion's Brandy depicting a flying clown, a parrot and a bottle of the brandy...

An original French lithographic advertising poster for Cafe Paul Fouquet, circa 1925-1930. Now archivally framed and glazed with UV resistant plexiglass. Provenance: Sarah Stocking, ...

Original Vintage Art Deco Poster, 'Au Louvre Les Armes De La Femme', 1935 This poster has been linen backed for preservation. There are some slight fold marks, ARTIST Anonymous ...

Original vintage travel advertising poster for the World's Fair in Paris May-November 1937 enchanting art and light - Paris 1937 Exposition Internationale Feerie d'art et de lumiere ...

Original vintage advertising poster issued by the Empire Marketing Board EMB - Buy Indian Rice - featuring a great design by Frederick Charles Herrick (1887-1970) depicting an elepha...

Original vintage Summer Olympic Games poster for the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin from 1-16 August published by the German Railways Head Office for Tourist Traffic and the Propa...

Original vintage travel poster for Australia The World's Loveliest Harbour Sydney featuring a stunning painting by Albert Collins (1883-1951) depicting an aerial view over the docks,...

Art-Deco Original Poster RAYON DES SOLERIES by Maurice Dufrene, 1930 This is an original vintage poster, it has been linen backed for preservation. This poster, produced in 1930, w...

Original vintage Soviet travel poster for the Georgian Military Highway issued by the state tourism agency Intourist featuring great Art Deco artwork...

Original vintage ski and winter sport travel poster for Austria featuring stunning artwork by Paul Kirnig (1891-1955) depicting two people skiing wearing long turquoise scarves, the ...

Original vintage travel advertising poster for the Open Air Festival Plays of Szeged in Hungary from 23 July to 15 August 1938 featuring a great image depicting a view of the Votive ...

Original vintage advertising poster issued by the Empire Marketing Board EMB - Buy Canadian Apples - featuring a great design by Frederick Charles Herrick (1887-1970) depicting a bis...

Original vintage advertising poster issued by the Empire Marketing Board EMB - Buy Home Produced Cheese - featuring a great design by Frederick Charles Herrick (1887-1970) depicting ...

Original vintage advertising poster issued by the Empire Marketing Board EMB - Buy Australian Sultanas - featuring a great design by Frederick Charles Herrick (1887-1970) depicting k...

Rare original vintage USSR travel poster in Swedish - Visit the Soviet Union / Besok Sovjet-Unionen - featuring a great Art Deco design depicting classic cars and buses driving through Red Square towards the viewer past the Gum department store and Lenin's Mausoleum / Lenin's Tomb in front of the historic wall of the Moscow Kremlin with the clock on the Spasskaya Tower rising into the sky, crowds of people outside St Basil...

Original Belgian film poster from the 1931 film that was broadly based on the life of Mata Hari, a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was a German spy during World War I. Greta Ga...

This is an extraordinary rare Walt Disney Studios, 1937 original water colour concept painting of Snow White and all seven dwarfs showing Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy,...

Original vintage advertising poster for Peugeot bicycles featuring a countryside scene depicting a young boy showing off his shiny new Peugeot bike wi...

Original vintage Empire Marketing Board (EMB 1926-1933) poster - Scottish Oat Harvest - featuring artwork by George Houston (1869-1947) depicting hay bales in a field with the wheat ...

Original vintage advertising poster for the Open Air Plays in Szeged Hungary from 28 July to 15 August 1939 including Aida The Tragedy of Man Hungarian Passion Play Byzantium Turando...

Original vintage poster - Timber Stacking - issued by the Empire Marketing Board (EMB 1926-1933) featuring artwork by the notable Burmese artist Ba Nya...

Original vintage travel poster advertising Yeoward Line Sunshine Cruises to Lisbon Madeira Canary Islands featuring an ocean liner at sea sailing towards the viewer on the blue water...

Original vintage travel advertising poster for Puszta Hongrie Hungary Ungarn Ungheria featuring a view of the the Great Hungarian Plain with a horse and rider holding up a whip on th...

Original vintage travel poster advertising Magyar Kir. Folyam-es Tengerhajozasi R.T. Turista-Es udulo Hajojaratok a Dunan / Hungarian Ex. River and sea navigation R.T. tourist and re...

Original vintage travel poster advertising A Winter Cruise by P&O on the Viceroy of India departing on 29 December 1933 on a 45 day trip visiting West Indies Rio de Janeiro Sierra Le...

Art Deco Original Vintage Poster, 'LIBERIA CYCLING', 1934 This is an original vintage poster from 1934 advertising the French road bike frame, Liberia. Th...

Original vintage travel advertising poster - Travel Luxuriously in the World's largest airliners Europe Africa India Far East Imperial Airways The Greatest Air Service in the World -...

This original poster was created to promote tourism to the Australian town of Marysville. At that time, the main mode of transportation was via train. Much later, as people began to ...