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Period: 1940s
The Big Sleep
Located in London, GB
Original 1946 US Title card for The Big Sleep.
This film was directed by Howard Hawks and starred Humphrey Bogart, and Lauren Bacall. This film was bassed on the classic novel by R...
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American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Lick Them Over There WWII Canada Soldier
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Lick Them Over There! Come On Canada! - featuring a dramatic image depicting soldier in uniform holding a bayonet rifle gun in one hand and lo...
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Canadian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
"Let 'Em Have It. Buy Extra Bonds" Vintage WWII 4th War Loan Poster, 1943
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II poster, dating to 1943. The poster reads "Let 'Em Have It" and “Buy Extra Bonds” in bold yellow and white block letters. The poster's composition features a soldier throwing a grenade on the battlefield. Black and blue smoked filled skies and barbed wire are seen behind him. The 4th War Loan Shield is illustrated prominently at center left. The poster was illustrated by Bernard Perlin...
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American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Map Poster Belgian Congo Africa Thiriar Margraff Belgium
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel map poster for the Belgian Congo / Belgisch Kongo featuring a pictorial map of the area bordering Equatorial Africa, French Sudan, ...
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Belgian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Rare Original Russian Propaganda poster of Leaders Meeting
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a rare original Russian propaganda poster of Hitler and other leaders gathered at table.
1945 print
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Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Back Them Up British Commando Raid On A Norway Port
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Back Them Up! Dynamic battle scene illustration featuring British soldiers with bayonet rifle guns running down a hill towards a Ge...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
"Buy War Bonds" Vintage WWII Poster by Newell Convers Wyeth, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is an original World War II poster by Newell Convers Wyeth (1882-1945). The poster features bold lettering at bottom reading "Buy War Bonds," with a dynamic depiction of Uncl...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
"The U.S. Marines Want You" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster, 1940
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, issued in 1940. The poster depicts a no-nonsense Marine drill instructor, pointing directly at the viewer, in front of a ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster 25th Anniversary Komsomol USSR WWII Soviet Propaganda
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Soviet propaganda poster - Long Live the 25th Anniversary of the Leninist-Stalinist Komsomol! Dynamic artwork depicting soldiers and workers marching f...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster WWII Defender Of Freedom RAF Hudson Fighter Plane Norway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Second World War propaganda poster in Portuguese - A Gra-Bretanha Defensora da Liberdade Um raide efectuado por "Hudsons" ...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Mickey Mouse / Flower Show
Located in London, GB
Original artwork (ink and watercolour) from Mickey Mouse annual, Mickey and Friends 1949. The annual was printed in 1950. It is the final illustrati...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Pinocchio
Located in London, GB
Original artwork used to create the British front of house stills. Gouache on artboard.
This original artwork features the films scene where Pinocchio is under the sea.
Exceptionally rare. Original artworks rarely surface, as the majority were destroyed.
Pieces on the Classic Disney films are always highly prized. This original artwork only recently surfaced, and was previously owned by an English lady, who had been given this piece in the 1940s. Prior to this discovery no other Pinocchio artwork for posters or front of house stills had been seen.
Walt Disney's second animated feature film was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, (1937). Pinocchio, the world’s most famous wooden puppet, is originally the creation of the Italian writer and social commentator Carlo Collodi. Entitled The Adventures of Pinocchio...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paint
Casablanca
Located in London, GB
Original cover to the sheet music for Casablanca 1942.
This classic film starred Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman and was directed by Michael Curtiz.
This piece is conservation pap...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Citizen Kane
Located in London, GB
Original American double weight glossy finish studio photograph for the 1941 film Citizen Kane This film starred Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and was directed by Orson Welles.
Ther...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Lady From Shanghai
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production photo from 1948 film Noir The Lady from Shanghai starring Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles and directed by Orson Welles. The photo was taken by Robert Cob...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Attack On All Fronts WWII Canada Hubert Rogers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Attack On All Fronts - featuring a dynamic design by Hubert Rogers (1898-1982) depicting three people leaning forward side by side in a diagon...
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Canadian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Berlin Awaits Its Guests Germany Wagner Bear
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Berlin awaits its Guests / Berlin erwartet seine Gaste - featuring a fun illustration of the mascot a Berlin bear holding the historical Brandenburg ...
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German Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
"Warhawks Are Killers!" Vintage WWII U.S. Army Air Force Poster, 1943
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage WWII U.S. Army Air Force poster of a P-40 Warhawk fighter plane. The poster was illustrated by Melbourne Brindle and published by the Recruiting Publicity Bure...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
"Save Freedom of Worship. Buy War Bonds" Vintage WWII Poster by Norman Rockwell
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original 1943 War Bonds poster by Rockwell Kent, illustrating “Freedom of Worship.” The poster is one of the four iconic War Bonds posters by Norman Rockwell known as...
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American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Capri Island Of The Sun ENIT Italy G Riccobaldi
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster published by the Italian Tourism Board ENIT for Capri l'isola del Sole / Island of the Sun featuring a colourful view by Giuseppe Riccobaldi (1887-1976) of the cliffs and faraglioni rock...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster You Are On War Work WWII Home Front UK
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - You Are On War Work - featuring the white text over an image of a military warship at sea in front the blue waves and blue sky shaded backgrou...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Leonetto Cappiello, Vintage Poster, Thermogene, Cough, Devil, Clown, 1940
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Original Vintage Poster for Chest Rub Thermogene dating from 1940 by Leonetto Cappiello.
Artist: Leonetto Cappiello (1875 - 1942)
Title: Le Thermogène
Date: 1940
Size: 28.6 x 38.4 in / 79,6 X 120 cm
Printer : DEHON & Cie. Valenciennes_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).
Details:
Poster for the promotion of Thermogene, a medical product that creates heat.
"The Thermogene generates heat and fights: coughs, rheumatism, side points etc ..."
This poster is a 1940 reissue from the original 1909 poster...
Category
French Belle Époque Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
"Ready. Join U.S. Marines" Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster by Haddon Sundblom
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, issued in 1942. The poster depicts a uniformed Marine, standing strong and proud at attention. The persuasive text reads ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Wizard of Oz
Located in London, GB
Original British front of house still for The Wizard of Oz.
These British front of house stills are the equivalent to Lobby cards in the US.
The film came out in 1939. This still wou...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Union Of South Africa Map Natural & Industrial Resources
Located in London, GB
Original vintage illustrated map poster for the Union of South Africa Her Natural and Industrial Resources featuring colourful images of the main cities including Cape Town, Pretoria...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
It's a Wonderful life
Located in London, GB
Original American Key book studio photograph for Frank Capra's Christmas masterpiece.
This film starred James Stewart and Donna Reed, is one of the most loved films of the 20th cent...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Freedom Shall Prevail WWII Victory Soldiers W Little
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Freedom Shall Prevail! - featuring an illustration of soldiers from Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Southern Rhodesia, Newfoundland, ...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Careless Talk Costs Lives These Four Walls Fougasse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator, Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887-1965), one of the posters from the popular Careless Talk C...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
I Know Where I'm Going
Located in London, GB
Original US black and white photographic production still used by the studio to advertise the film. these stills were sent out to news papers. This production still is from the films...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
"Work on a farm... this Summer. Join the U.S. Crop Corps" Vintage WWII Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original WWII U.S. Crop Corps recruitment poster. Designed by Douglas, this poster was issued by the Office of War Information in Washington DC, in 1943. In the compo...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Red Banner Baltic Fleet USSR Navy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet Navy propaganda poster depicting Red Banner Baltic Fleet sailors in military uniform with the naval ensign of the Soviet Union behind them flying from the mas...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Suspicion
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 Thriller Suspicion. This photo shows the stars Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine
This piece is framed in a Sapele wood f...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
A Matter of Life and Death / Stairway to Heaven
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still from the 1946 drama , romance musical starring David Niven, Kim Hunter and Ramond Massey.
This film was directed by Michael Powell and Emeric P...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Pin Up Lady Telephone Hat George Petty Girls Model Nude
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster featuring an illustration by the notable American pin-up artist George Brown Petty IV (1894-1975) depicting a lady in a sheer body suit holding a sketch of a ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster London Blitz Bombarded Street War Office Training
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Street Scenes Series Fig. 2 (to be viewed at 4-5 yards) - issued by the War Office and intended for rifle shooting directional training featuring artwork by Beric Young (1902-1963) depicting a war torn London street scene with damaged buildings and broken windows, fallen pylons, a tank under rubble from a bank, a double decker bus on its side and an ambulance crashed into a bomb crater in the road, the colourful image including trees, factories and chimneys, a Co-Op Cooperative Stores shop and a hospital on the hills in the background, London Underground stations and a clock tower in the centre, a teashop, church spire, camouflage tank, railway train signals...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Johnny O'clock
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for the 1947 Film Noir Johnny O'clock starring Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb and John Kellogg.
This film was directed by Robert Rosse...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Fratricidio Fratricide WWII Fascist War Propaganda Italy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage fascist Italian World War Two poster - Fratricidio! / Fratricide - featuring an Italian soldier wearing a torn and bloodied uniform and ...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Freedom France Liberty WWII R Mount
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - La Liberte Pour la France ... Les Libertes Pour les Francais / Freedom for France ... Freedoms for the French - featuring great art...
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British Art Deco Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster New Orleans Southern Pacific Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - New Orleans Part of your trip across America on Southern Pacific Railroad - featuring a colourful design depicting a scenic view of the h...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
AIR FRANCE Original Vintage Poster 'France is Paris is two Thousand Years Old'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
AIR FRANCE Original Vintage Poster 'France is Paris is two Thousand Years Old'
A stylistic travel poster for Air France airline, this poster is a nod towards the history and early...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster American Relief Czechoslovakia Chains National Fund
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two charity fundraising poster - American Relief for Czechoslovakia Member Agency of the National War Fund - featuring a dynamic design depicting a photogr...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Pinocchio
Located in London, GB
Original American production still for Walt Disney's second animated feature film it was made after the success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). Pinocchio, the world’s most...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Casablanca
Located in London, GB
Original US black and white photographic production still.
The film staring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid. The film remains one of the most famous of all time.
Th...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster United For The Liberation WWII Allied Soldiers Flags
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two military poster - Unis pour la Liberation / United for the Liberation - featuring a dynamic graphic design depicting a stylised image of three Allied s...
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British Art Deco Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Rare Original Vintage WWII Soviet Propaganda Poster Homeland Stalin Tank USSR
Located in London, GB
Rare original vintage World War Two Soviet propaganda poster - For the Homeland! For Stalin! / За Родину! За Сталина! - featuring a troop of soldiers carrying bayonet rifle guns char...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Nora Inu / Stray Dog
Located in London, GB
This is an exceptionally rare very rare original Japanese film poster for Akira Kurosawa's 1949 crime film.
This is not the general release poster but one created for local theatres ...
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Japanese Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
"U.S. Marines. Reserved for you!" Vintage WWII Marine Corps Recruitment Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster, designed by Joe Richards. The poster, a color lithograph, was issued on November 28, 1941, less than 10 days before the a...
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North American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Canadian WWII Poster Help Finish The Job Buy Victory Bonds
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - It's in your hands Help finish the job Buy Victory Bonds - featuring a colourful design depicting a hand holding a crown topped yellow gold $ dollar sign as a sword piercing a green dragon marked with a German Nazi...
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Canadian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Workplace Safety Poster Roll Them Up Its Safer Tom Eckersley
Located in London, GB
Original vintage workplace safety poster issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and produced by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ROSPA - Roll Them Up ...
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Wallis Zwitserland Erich Hermes Switzerland Swiss
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Wallis Zwitserland / Valais Switzerland featuring a scenic view by the notable painter and poster artist Erich Hermes (1881-1971) depicting people ...
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster BEA London Trafalgar Square Westminster Chapman
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for London by British European Airways BEA featuring design by Kenneth George Chapman (1908-1993) depicting a black and white illustration of a smiling...
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Documentary Film Poster Whales In Antarctica Life Of Insects
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster advertising the new Soviet film collection No. 6 of Popular Science and Documentary movies - За Китами в Антарктику / After the Whales in Antarctica - featuri...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Holland Jan Wijga Netherlands Sailboat Windmill
By Jan Wijga
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Holland featuring colourful design by Jan Wijga (1902-1978) depicting a lady wearing the red, white and blue stripes of the flag on her swimsuit di...
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Dutch Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Middle East Travel Poster Lebanese Way Lebanon Mountain Air
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Middle East travel poster for Lebanon - To The Cool Mountain Air The Lebanese Way - featuring scenic artwork of a path winding through th...
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Lebanese Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Life In Britain To-Day Department Store Grace Golden
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster - Life in Britain To-Day A Typical Department Store - published by the Central Office of Information featuring a fascinating detailed illustration by the Engl...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Food Poster Fresh For Health From Americas Orchards Fruit USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage food poster - Fresh For Health From America's Orchards - featuring a great design depicting a smiling farmer wearing a hat and re...
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American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Help Britain Finish the Job Libya WWII
By Marc Stone
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Help Britain Finish The Job! - featuring a dynamic image by the British artist Marcus Stone (1909-1991) showing British soldiers ar...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Skiing Poster Winter Sports In France Jean Leger Ski
By Jean Leger
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing poster advertising Winter Sports in France featuring a great design depicting a couple on skis enjoying the view of the snowy mountains below the blue sky bac...
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French Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
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