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Period: 1940s
Original Vintage War Poster Whatever Your Job Fight Canada Home Front WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Whatever your job may be Fight - featuring a great design showing the same man depicted as a civilian worker holding a hammer in th...
Category
Canadian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original World War II Recruitment Poster - Make a Date with Uncle Sam USCG Spars
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War II recruitment poster for the USCG United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (known as SPARS from the Latin USCG motto Semper Paratus / Always Ready): Make a date with Uncle Sam, Enlist with coast guard spars, apply nearest coast guard office. Stunning image by the renowned artist Bradshaw Crandell (1896-1966), showing a glamorous young lady wearing a US coast guard...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Free Labor Will Win WWII Home Front Propaganda USA Flag
Located in London, GB
Original vintage American World War Two poster - Free Labor Will Win - published by the U.S. Government and the War Production Board as a reminder that the Fascist enemies were using...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Careless Talk Strictly Between You And Me Fougasse
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887-1965) from the popular and iconic Careless Talk Costs Lives...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Thief of Bagdad
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1940 Adventure Fantasy Film The Thief of Bagdad.
This film starred Conrad Veidt, Sabu and June Duprez and was directed by
a host of wonderful directo...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Winter Travel Ski Poster Flims Graubunden Grisons Switzerland
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski poster for Flims Graubunden Grisons die modernste sesselbahn Europas / the most modern chairlift in Europe. Colourful design depicting a lady in skiing boots...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Home Front Poster Army Savings Treasure WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front poster - There is Treasure for you in Army Savings - featuring an image by the English artist Frank Henry Mason (1875-1965) depicting an his...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Philadelphia Story
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the classic 1940 comedy
starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart.
The art work on this poster is unique to the films first release ...
Category
Japanese Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Juke Girl
Located in London, GB
Original Us film poster for the 1942 Film Juke Girl.
directed by Curtis Bernhardtand starred Ann Sheridan and Ronald Reagan.
This poster is conservation linen backed and it would be ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Beware Wasp Design War Production Drive
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster issued by the War Production Drive Headquarters as a warning featuring a dramatic design depicting a large angry looking flying insect - bee / wasp / mosquito - with black and yellow stripes outlined in blue, facing the viewer with the word Beware! written in bold blue font across the image over the wings in front of a white and yellow shaded background. Bulletin Board...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Phantom of the Opera / Il Fantasma Dell' Opera
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1943 Horror film The Phantom of the Opera.
This film was directed by Arthur Lubin. The cast includes Nelson ...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Dodecanese Liberation Day 9th May 1946 WWII Allied Flags
Located in London, GB
Original vintage post World War Two poster celebrating the first anniversary of the Allied liberation of the Dodecanese islands from the occupying Na...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster British Commonwealth Of Nations Together
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - The British Commonwealth of Nations Together - featuring a dynamic military illustration depicting a group of British Empire Common...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
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...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Raw Deal
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for The 1948 Film Noir Raw Deal.
This film was directed by Anthony Mann and starred Dennis O'Keefe and Claire Trevor.
This poster is conservation linen backed...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Rare Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Defeat Fascist Attackers USSR Army
Located in London, GB
Rare original vintage World War Two propaganda poster issued in the Soviet Union - Defeat the Fascist Raiders / Разгромит фашистских налетчиков! - featuring dynamic black and white a...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
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
Materials
Paper
The Philadelphia Story
Located in London, GB
Original colour studio promotional photograph for the classic 1940 comedy
starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart.
This piece is conservation framed with in a Tuli...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Postman Always Rings Twice
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card number 8 (withdrawn) for The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946.
This American film noir is based James M. Cain novel of the same name. The film was directed by ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Located in London, GB
Original candid photographic production still for the 1948 drama, adventure film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
This film starred Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and was directed b...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Pinocchio
Located in London, GB
Original British front of house card used inside the foyer of the cinema.
The artwork features the films scene where pinocchio takes his first steps.
Walt Disney's second animated fe...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paint
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Fight For Freedom Half Slave Free WWII
By John Falter
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - This world cannot exist half slave and half free Fight For Freedom! - featuring a dynamic image by the American artist John Falter ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Lawless Frontier
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1934 Western starring John Wayne and directed by Robert N. Bradbury.
This poster was created for the films US re-release 1940s.
This poster is conser...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Royal Netherlands Navy Koninklijke Marine War Ships
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - They keep our colours high! What are you doing? / Zij Houden Onze Kleuren Hoog! Wat doet gij? - featuring an illustration by Jan Ve...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Central Kitchens War Food Centrale Keukens Map Chef
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two food propaganda poster - Central Kitchens A nutritious meal for little money / Centrale Keukens Voor weinig geld een voe...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Food Poster Dig For Victory Empire Feed Fighting Men WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two food propaganda poster - Dig For Victory Your Groundnuts Help to Feed The Empire's Fighting Men - featuring four illustrations by Alfred John Nunney (1...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Train Driver Soviet Railway USSR
By V. Elkin
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - I will be a train driver! / ???? ??????????! Great artwork of a young train driver in uniform operating the controls with a view towards m...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Wizard of Oz / Il Mago di Oz
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original Italian film poster for The Wizard of Oz 1939.
Due to World War II The film had its first release in Italy 1949.
The art work on this piece is unique to t...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Tarzan and the Amazons
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card for Tarzan and the Amazons 1945
This action advenure film starred Jonny Weissmuller and Brenda Joyce. The film was directed by Kurt...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Careless Talk Fougasse Bus Train Transport WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887-1965) from the popular and iconic Careless Talk Costs Lives...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Careless Talk Costs Lives Train Fougasse WWII
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 Co...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Careless Talk Costs Lives Phone Booth Fougasse WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887-1965). Great design from the popular Careless Talk Costs Li...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster They Too Buy Victory Bonds Canada WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Eux Aussi Achetent des Obligations de la Victoire / They Too Buy Victory Bonds - featuring artwork by ...
Category
Canadian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Heiress Poster- Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster from (1949) drama ,romance starring Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery Clift. This film was directed by William Wyler
This poster would have been used ou...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
The Lady from Shanghai
Located in London, GB
Original Trade Advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly March 18th 1948 This Film Noir The Lady from Shanghai starred Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles and...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Keep It Under Your Stetson Bring Him Home
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster issued by the John B. Stetson Company during World War Two with a propaganda warning - Let's bring him home quicker Loose talk lengthens the war K...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster French Resistance Voix Du Maquis Fighters Magazine
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster advertising La Voix Du Maquis / The Voice of Maquis bi-monthly magazine issued by the National Federation of Maquis featuring a bold Art Deco style illustration of a soldier wearing a beret hat with a logo on it and his mouth open in speech set against the blue, white and red colours of the French flag with the text below the image - Dit Tout Pense Jeune / Says it all Think young On sale at all depositories on the second and fourth Saturday of each month Prices 3 francs. Formed in c.1943, the Maquis French Resistance...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster San Francisco American Airlines McKnight Kauffer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for American Airlines to San Francisco designed by one of the most renowned poster artists of the 20th century Edward McKnight Kauffer (189...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Soviet Sailor Fighters Fascist Enemy WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Let's show the despicable fascist murderers how a Soviet sailor can fight / Покажем презренным фашистским убийцам, как драть...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster French Wine Free Litre De Vin Copper Recycling War
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two era propaganda poster - Pour 200 grammes de cuivre 1 Litre de Vin immediatement et gratuitement Secretariat d'etat a la production industrielle mobilisation des metaux non ferreux / For 200 grams of copper 1 Litre of wine immediately and free of charge State Secretariat for Industrial Production Mobilisation of non-ferrous metals - featuring a great design by Rene Ravo...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Mighty Joe Young
Located in London, GB
Original British trade advertisement for the 1949 Andventure, Fantasy film Mighty Joe Young.
The film was directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and stared Terry Moore...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster The Downfall Of The Dictators Is Assured Submarine
By Marc Stone
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - De Ondergang De Dictators Is Verzekerd / The Downfall of the Dictators is Assured - featuring a dynamic image of a battle at sea by...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Ladri di Biciclette / Bicycle Thieves
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for 1948 landmark Neo-Realism film
Ladri di Biciclette / Bicycle Thieves. This film was directed by Vittorio De Sica and starred Lamberto Maggiorani, En...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Gone With The Wind (1947R)
Located in London, GB
Gone With The Wind (1947R) - FRAMED
Lobby Card (11 X 14 Inches)
Original 1947 Re-Release Lobby Card
The manipulative daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a turbulent rom...
Category
Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Gold Coast Manganese Makes Steel Ships WWII Navy
By Roy Nockolds
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Your Manganese Makes Steel for Fighting Ships Thank You Gold Coast! - featuring a design by Roy Anthony Nockolds (1911-1979) depicting two ill...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Food Poster The Right Way To Cook Greens Kitchen Cooking HMSO
Located in London, GB
Original vintage food poster - The Right Way to Cook Greens - featuring an image of shredded green vegetables inside an outline of a pot in red below the b...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster BEA London Bainbridge Mounted Household Cavalry
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for London by British European Airways BEA featuring great design by John Bainbridge (1918-1978) depicting a black and white illustration of a smiling ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
"The French Line" Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British Trade Advertisement for the 1942 comedy romance starring Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland and Arthur Hunnicutt.
The film was directed by Lloyd Bacon.
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
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
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...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Health Safety Poster Sound Tools Safer Working ROSPA WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two health and safety poster published by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents ROSPA - Sound Tools Safer Working - featuring a great graphic d...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Careless Talk Strictly Between You And Me Fougass
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster by the notable British cartoonist and illustrator Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird; 1887-1965) from the popular and iconic Careless Talk Costs Lives...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Back Them Up WWII British Commando Raid 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 runn...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Smash Japanese Aggression Malacca Strait
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - A British submarine torpedoed two large Japanese supply ships in the Malacca Straits / Smash Japanese Aggression! - featuring a dyn...
Category
British 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 Coburn...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Gulliver's Travels
Located in London, GB
This is a ver rare original Japanese film poster for The 1939 Fantasy Animation Gulliver's Travels. This film was directed by Dave Fleisher.
This poster was created for the films fir...
Category
Japanese Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Odd Man Out
Located in London, GB
Original British Film poster from the first release of the film in the UK in 1948
Odd Man Out is a classic British film that fits the film noir definition...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
"Shanghai Gesture / Shanghai Ville De Follies" Original Belgium film poster
Located in London, GB
Original Belgium film poster for the 1941 film Noir staring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature. When posters were used to advertise films in Belgi...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Posters
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