1940s Posters
Period: 1940s
Color: Gray
WW2 Factory Safety Poster Circa 1940s
Located in Gloucester, GB
WW2 Factory Safety Poster Circa 1940s
- Original litho poster
- Designed by Bruce Angrave
- Framed in a black wooden frame with glass
- English ~ 1940s
- 52cm wide x 78.5cm tall
B...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
1945 Viceroy Cigarettes Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Introduced in 1936, this poster for American cigarette brand Viceroy was created in 1945. Depicting a pack of cigarettes in front of the American flag...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Somewhere in the Night 1946 U.S. Window Card Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1946 U.S. window card poster for the film Somewhere in the Night directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with John Hodiak / Nancy Guild / Lloyd Nolan / Richard Conte...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
"For Defense, Buy United States Savings Bonds and Stamps." Vintage WWII Poster
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is a vintage savings bond poster from WWII, dating to 1941. The poster reads "For Defense. Buy United States Savings Bonds and Stamps. Ask About Our Pay Roll Allotment Plan" in dark green, teal, and red lettering. The poster was published in Washington, D.C. by the U. S. Government Printing Office. It depicts the Concord Minute Man...
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American 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...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Sport Poster Dutch Grand Prix Zandvoort Formula One Car Race
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the Grote Prijs van Zandvoort der KNAC / Zandvoort Grand Prix on 31 July 1949 featuring a dynamic design depicting a classic car racing at spee...
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Dutch Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Notorious
Located in London, GB
Original US trade advertisement from the first release of this Hitchcock Classic, 1946 thriller Notorious.
The film starred Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine.
Th...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Genova Genoa Italy ENIT Tourism Italia Lighthouse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Genova / Genoa issued by the Italian Tourism Board ENIT featuring historic monuments and modern city buildings with a ...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Brief Encounter 1946 U.S. Scene Card
Located in New York, NY
Original 1946 U.S. scene card for the film Brief Encounter directed by David Lean with Celia Johnson / Trevor Howard / Stanley Holloway / Joyce Carey. ...
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American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Liberated Paris She Does Not Sink Eiffel Tower Flag
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two French liberation poster featuring a large blue, white and red flag flying on the side of the Eiffel Tower with the Blason de Paris / coat of arms of P...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Woman in the Window
Located in London, GB
Original Us Original production still for the 1944 Film Noir The Woman In The Window directed by Fritz Lang
and starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett. Th...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
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 Posters
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Paper
Brief Encounter
Located in London, GB
Original British photographic studio production for the 1945 Drama Romance staring Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway and directed by David Lean.
The film is undoutable ...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Conflict
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still used by the studio to advertise the film. these stills were sent out to news papers. This piece shows a great image of Humphrey Bogart as archi...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Shop Around the Corner
Located in London, GB
Original black and white photographic production still used to send out to the press to advertise The 1940 comedy romance drama The Shop Around the Corner...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
"Airacobra poison to the Axis" Vintage WWII Poster, 1943
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a vintage WWII U.S. Army poster of a P-39 Airacobra fighter plane. The poster was published by the Recruiting Publicity Bureau in 1943. The p...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Ricominciamo Rebuild Italy Labour Mechanic Farmer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage post World War Two propaganda poster Ricominciamo / We start again - featuring a bold design depicting the hands of a worker, farmer and mechanic holding tools over ...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Amsterdam Fashion Week Mid Century Design Sewing Textile
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Mid-Century Modern advertising poster for the Amsterdam Fashion Week 14-21 May 1949 featuring a colourful illustration of an open pair of sewing scissors...
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Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster 650 Years Swiss Confederation Mountain River Lily Flower
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising 650 Jahre Eidgenossenschaft 1291-1941 Gang, Lueg d'Heimet a! / 650 years of the Swiss Confederation 1291-1941 featuring an image promoting ...
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Angels with Dirty Faces
Located in London, GB
Original US black and white photographic production still for Faces 1938.
This still was were sent out to newspapers to advertise the re-release of the film in the 1940s
The film w...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Letter From an Unknown Woman
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1948 drama directed Max Ophuls and starred Joan Fontaine, Louis Jordan.
The poster was printed in 2 sheets and designed to be pasted up on bill board...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
"The Red Shoes" Photo
Located in London, GB
Original British Studio production photos featuring Moira Shearer in the films famous dance scene. The film directed by the famous duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and is co...
Category
English Vintage 1940s Posters
Little Whirlwind
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Walt Disney's 1941 short animation.
This is an exceptionally fare poster for the 1941 Mickey Mouse short.
There are belived to be no more than five of t...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Sweden Skiing Travel Winter Sport Mountain Ski Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster for Sweden featuring a fun image of a smiling lady wearing a bright red, white and green dress with a head scarf and floral patterned gloves standi...
Category
Swedish Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Out of the Fog 1940s Yugoslav B2 Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1940s Yugoslav B2 poster for the first Yugoslav theatrical release of the film Out of the Fog directed by Anatole Litvak with John Garfield / Ida Lupino / Thomas Mitchell / ...
Category
European Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Brighton Rock
Located in London, GB
Original black and white photographic production still used to send out to the press to advertise The 1948 Thriller Brighton Rock.
This film was directed by John Boulting and starre...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster BCPA England London British Commonwealth Pacific Travel
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines flights to England - Via BCPA to England. Design features an illustration of a mounted Royal Guard on...
Category
Australian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Twelve O'Clock High
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1949 film Twelve O'Clock High. This American war film was adapted from the 1948 novel of the same name by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay, Jr. The screenpl...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
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 ...
Category
Austrian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Lake Zurich Switzerland Sailing Swiss Alps Travel Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Zurich Switzerland Suisse Schweiz featuring a great image by the Swiss artist Alex Walter Diggelmann (1902-1987) of the lake with seagu...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Rita Hayworth Portrait Photo
Located in London, GB
Original Rita Hayworth portrait photo. This is a silver gelatin, double weight satin photograph from 1940s. This piece would be shipped flat in strong card.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Armee De L'Air Force France Military Recruitment
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two military recruitment poster for the French Air Force - Ton avenir assure par l'acquisition d'un bon metier Engage...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original WWII Map of New Zealand - Natural & Industrial Resources in War & Peace
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two pictorial map for New Zealand her natural and Industrial resources featuring a great illustration by the notable graphic designer, cartographer and artist MacDonald Gill (Leslie MacDonald Gill aka Max Gill...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Walt Disney Animation / Un Cartone Animato
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Walt Disney Animations / Un Cartone Animato. This rare animation poster was designed to advertise Walt Disney sh...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Dark Passage
Located in London, GB
Original US Warner Brothers photographic production still used to promote the 1947 film Noir Dark Passage. This crime thriller was directed by Delmer Dave...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Shuffle Rhythm 1944 U.S. Scene Card
Located in New York, NY
Original 1944 U.S. scene card by Albert Hirschfeld for the film Shuffle Rhythm directed by Reginald Le Borg with Henry Busse. Very good condition. Please note: the size is stated in ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Shockproof
Located in London, GB
Two atmospheric original production still for the 1949 Film Noir classic starring Cornel Wilde, Patricia Knoght, John Baragrey.
The film was directed by Douglas Sirk.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Sailing Poster "Come to Britain for Yachting" by Arthur Burgess
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sailing poster: Come to Britain for Yachting. Great scenic image of sailing boats on the water with hills in the background an...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
I Know Where I'm Going! 1947 U.S. Scene Card
Located in New York, NY
Original 1947 U.S. scene card for the film I Know Where I'm Going! directed by Michael Powell / Emeric Pressburger with Wendy Hiller / Roger Livesey / Pamela Brown / Finlay Currie. F...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Week-End at the Waldorf 1947 Danish A1 Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1947 Danish A1 poster for the film Week-End at the Waldorf directed by Robert Z. Leonard with Ginger Rogers/Lana Turner/Walter Pidgeon/Van Johnson. Very good-fine condition,...
Category
Danish Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Alain Le Yaouanc Original Vintage Poster
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Alain Le Yaouanc, (1940) was a painter, sculptor, poet, writer, engraver, and illustrator. His work is often linked to surrealism. This poster is an o...
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Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
"Whisky Galore!" Original British Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British movie poster for the 1949 Ealing Studios comedy.
This size is known as a door panel and is one of the hards posters to find on t...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
"The Loves of Joanna Godden" Original British Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1947 Ealing Studios drama starring Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCullum. The film was directed by Charles Frend.
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
The Maltese Falcon" / "Le Faucon Maltaise
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster The Maltese Falcon, 1941.
Warner Bros. released the film in American in 1941. Although Humphrey Bogart had already been in ...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Spitfire, US Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1942 British movie staring Leslie Howard and
David Niven. The film was originally titled First of the Few.
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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