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Period: 1940s
Key Largo / L'Isola Di Corallo, Original Italian Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian Movie poster for the Classic 1948 gangster film directed by John Ford and with the amazing cast including, Bogart, Robinson and Bacall.
The poster has two stamps on...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
Original Vintage Travel Poster Philippine Airlines PAL USA The Orient Europe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - USA The Orient Europe by DC-6 sleeper PAL Philippine Airlines Speed Comfort Dependability - featuring a great desi...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Postmark Betrayed HQ Army Post Office WWII Modernism
By Abram Games
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two safety poster - A postmark betrayed this HQ... Use the Army Post Office - featuring a modernist design by the notable British graphic designer Abram Games (Abraham Gamse; 1914-1996) depicting bombs being dropped over an English countryside town in grey with a red warning background behind the postal stamp...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Grain Farmer Government Bread USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - First Bread Goes to the Government! - featuring a great image of a farmer holding a rope leading his horse drawn cart and sitting on the l...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Home Front Poster Put Out Waste Paper Ammunition WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front recycling poster - Put out waste paper It is used for ammunition and other vital needs - featuring a dramatic image of a soldier firing a ma...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster The French Speak The Spy Listens The German Acts
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - The French Speak The Spy Listens The German Acts / Le Francais Parle L'Espion Ecoute L'Allemand Agit -...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Recruitment Poster SPARS Your Duty Ashore US Coast Guard
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment poster for the USCG United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (known as SPARS from the Latin USCG motto Semper Paratus / Always Ready): Your Duty Ashore ... His Afloat. Great design depicting a smartly dressed lady in a US Coast Guard...
Category
American 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...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Linen, Paper
Original Vintage Water Sport Poster for Grand Meeting International Motonautique
By Geo Ham
Located in London, GB
Original vintage water sport poster for the Grand Meeting International Motonautique held on 12 and 13 June 1948 at the Bassin Du Trocadero featuring a dynamic illustration by Geo Ham (Georges Hamel; 1900-1972) of speed boats racing around a chequered buoy with a race flag blowing in the wind. Founded in 1922 in Belgium as the Union Internationale du Yachting Automobile, the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM; since 1927) is the international governing body of power boating...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage USSR Poster American Lifestyle Crime Anti-USA Soviet Propaganda
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet anti USA propaganda poster - American Lifestyle / ???????????? ????? ????? - featuring images depicting life in America including a...
Category
Russian 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
Original Vintage WWII Chinese Poster Outstanding Youths Join the Air Force China
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster promoting the Chinese air force - outstanding youths, join the air force! Printed by the board of political training, military affairs commission. The design features a great illustration of a Chinese pilot in aviation goggles...
Category
Chinese Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Set of 12 vintage post-war British design posters Council Industrial Design 1946
Located in Hastings, GB
Want a whole wall covered? Here's a set of 12 oak-framed original post-war British design quiz posters, produced by the Council of Industrial Design in 1946, presumably a tie-in to t...
Category
English Industrial Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Oak, Paper
Original Vintage Film Poster Ziegfeld Follies Fred Astaire Judy Garland Pin Up
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for an MGM film in Technicolour - Ziegfeld Follies - the Greatest production since the birth of motion pictures! featuring an all star cast including Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Gene Kelly and others, directed by Roy Del Ruth and Vincente Minnelli, and produced by Arthur Freed. Fun pin-up style design depicting a lady in a feather bird costume smiling at the viewer while holding a telephone with her other hand on her hip, the bold stylised title letter Z following the shape of her body with the text on the side against the yellow background. This musical film was a cinematic take on The Ziegfeld Follies theatrical production on Broadway New York City that ran from 1907 to 1931, inspired by the pretty pin up chorus girls...
Category
Australian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Gran Premio Pena Motorista Barcelona Montjuic
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the Gran Premio Pena Motorista Barcelona Circuito de Montjuich / Grand Prix Pena Motorista Barcelona Montjuic Circui...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Civil Defence Women Wanted For Evacuation Service
By Jack Mathew
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster: Civil Defence, Women wanted for Evacuation Service, offer your services to your local council or any branch of Women's Voluntary Services. Imag...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Propaganda Poster Combattants Indochine French Corps Indochina
Located in London, GB
Original vintage propaganda poster for the Association des Anciens du CEFEO et des F.F. d'Indochine (Corps Expeditionnaire Francais en Extreme-Orient CEFEO Forces Francaises FF) Combattants D'Indochine / French Far East Expeditionary Corps and French Forces alumni of Indochina Fighters featuring an image of three men - an air force pilot with an army soldier and a navy sailor...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Fill That Gap WWII Armament Work Training
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster Fill That Gap featuring an image of gentlemen walking alongside a blank silhouette with an illustration of a worker holding a wrench in front of...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
"Wear the 'FIGHTIN'EST' wings in the service" Vintage WWII Marine Poster, 1942
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is an original World War II Marines recruitment poster from 1942. The poster, a color lithograph, was printed by the Alpha Litho. Co., out of Camden, NJ. In the center of the composition appears a striking blue eagle, which tears apart a Japanese plane with its talons. The poster displays the slogan "Wear the FIGHTINEST wings in the service, Fly with the Marines" in bold letters above and below the image. On the bottom in black lettering is the phrase: "Apply, or write, to nearest recruiting station." The Marines logo appears in yellow in the top right hand corner of the composition, set against a red background.
The Second World War ushered in the biggest government-led advertising campaign to date, critical to the wartime communication needs of every combatant: from raising money, recruiting soldiers and boosting volunteer efforts, to spurring production and provoking outrage at enemy atrocities. The Office of War Information (OWI) commissioned some of the nation’s leading artists to produce the stark, colorful graphic designs. The posters played to the fears, frustrations, and faith in freedoms that lingered in people's minds during the war.
The most common themes found in the posters were the consequences of careless talk, supporting the war effort at home through conservation, victory gardens, and the purchasing of War Bonds, and anti-German and Japanese propaganda...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two French Wine Vineyard Copper Recycling WWII Design
By Rene Ravo
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two era propaganda poster - French vineyards are in peril To sulfate our vines we need copper / Le Vignoble Francais Est en Peril Pour Sulfater Nos Viones Il Faut Du Cuivre - featuring a great design by Rene Ravo...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
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...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Drink Poster 5 Million Guinness For Strength Every Day Steel
By John Gilroy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the iconic drink Guinness Irish stout beer - 5 Million Guinness for strength every day - featuring a smil...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Post War London Underground Transport Poster Piccadilly Circus
By Fred Taylor
Located in London, GB
Original vintage post-war London Underground Transport poster for London Piccadilly Circus featuring artwork by the notable British artist Fred Taylor...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Rough Handling Ruins Ammunition Safety Care Warning
By Abram Games
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two military safety propaganda poster - Rough Handling Ruins Ammunition Handle It With Care - featuring a dynamic des...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Join The Army Nurse Corps WWII Red Cross Recruitment USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment poster calling for nurses - You are needed now Join the Army Nurse Corps Apply at your Red Cross recruiting station - featuring an elegant photo by the notable American photographer Ruzzie Green (Kneeland L'Amoureux Green; 1892-1956) of a young lady in a smart US Army uniform with an Army Nurse Corps branch insignia badge on the lapels of her jacket set against a light blue background. Established in 1901, the United States Army Nurse Corps' successful recruitment campaign during WWII increased the number of nurses from a thousand at the beginning of the war to 65,000 in both the Army and Army Air Force...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Closed For The Duration Loose Talk Can Cost Lives WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Loose Talk Can Cost Lives Closed for the Duration - featuring great artwork by Howard Scott (1902-1983) depicting a man with tape s...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Rare Original 1941 Russian Propaganda poster June 22-Day of Sorrow by Kharkevich
Located in Pasadena, TX
This is a rare original Russian propaganda poster called June 22-Day of Sorrow 1941.
By Kharkevich I. I.
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Union Propaganda Poster Kazakhstan Anniversary KSSR USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Do you fulfill your obligations in honour of the 25th anniversary of the Kazakh SSR? - featuring an army soldier in military uniform point...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Pictorial Map Poster Ceylon Tea And Other Industries Sri Lanka
Located in London, GB
Original vintage pictorial map poster for Ceylon Her Tea & Other Industries featuring artwork by the notable British cartographer, graphic design...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster To The Merchant Navy Thank You WWII Thumbs Up Artwork
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - To the Merchant Navy Thank You! - featuring two men wearing suits and hats and holding briefcases, one smoking a pipe, showing their thumbs up...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Back Them WWII Up Hudsons Coastal Command
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Back Them Up! A raid by "Hudsons" of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aelesund Norway in which eleven ships were hit - fea...
Category
British 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
Original Vintage Poster Engagez Vous Dans La Marine French Navy Recruitment WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two naval military recruitment poster Engagez-vous dans la Marine / Join the Navy featuring dynamic artwork of a warship at sea with the title in bold red ...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Poster Long Live Our Moscow Our Glory & Pride 1147-1947
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster celebrating the 800th anniversary of Moscow 1147-1947: Long Live Our Moscow - Our Glory, Our Pride! Great design featuring colorful images o...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
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...
Category
Canadian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Propaganda Poster Darn Holes At Once WWII Coupon
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Darn holes at once Odd wool will do for hidden darns Little holes soon grow into big ones if left undarned a stitch in time saves c...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster SSAFA Soldiers Sailors Airmen Families Association
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - SSAFA Soldiers' Sailors' & Airmen's Families Association - The Fighting Man's link with his home. For Forces' Families Flag Day, September 3rd...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster ARP Here's A Mans Job WWII Air Raid UK
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - ARP Here's A Man's Job - featuring an illustration of a man in a blue shirt, red necktie and flat cap hat giving the thumbs up sign with his t...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Sports Poster Olympic Games Helsinki 1940 Finland Athlete
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sports poster for the 1940 Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki Finland featuring a dynamic image depicting the sculpture ...
Category
Finnish Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage American WWII Recruitment Poster For Your Country's Sake Today
Located in London, GB
Original vintage American World War Two recruitment poster - For your country's sake today For your own sake tomorrow Go to the nearest recruiting station of the armed service of you...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet WWII Propaganda Poster Gossip Provocateurs USSR Red Hand
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two period propaganda poster - We will expose and destroy the provocateurs and spreaders of panicking rumours / Разоблачим и уничтожим провокаторов ...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Tout Va Tres Bien Madame La Marquise Churchill BBC
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - tout va tres bien. Madame la Marquise - featuring a caricature of Winston Churchill in torn clothing with crossed band aid...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Britain Defender Of Freedom Africa RAF Beaufighters
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster in Portuguese - A Gra Bretanha Defensora de Liberdade Avios Britanicos "Beaufighters" bombardieam no Norte de Africa as colunas de Ro...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster For Martha's Vineyard By The New Haven Railroad
By Ben Nason
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Martha's Vineyard published by The New Haven Railroad featuring a bold illustration of a figurehead in front of a...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Military Recruitment Poster Our Homeland Is Strong Netherlands
Located in London, GB
Original vintage military recruitment poster - Our Homeland is strong Report to Support Legal Authority for the Reserve Services / Ons Vaderland Sterk Meldt u bij Steun Wettig Gezag ...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Post War London Underground Transport Poster Whitehall Taylor
By Fred Taylor
Located in London, GB
Original vintage post-war London Underground Transport poster for London Whitehall featuring artwork by the notable British artist Fred Taylor (1875-1963) showing a street view with people walking along the pavements and London buses and cars driving by the statue of Prince George the Duke of Cambridge on a horse leading to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben clock...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster American Relief Italy Please Help National War Fund
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two fundraising poster - Please Help American Relief for Italy Inc. Member Agency National War Fund - featuring a photograph of a man carrying a child and ...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster What It Takes To Win WWII Colonel Merritt Dieppe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - What it takes to win / Ce qu'il faut pour vaincre - featuring a dramatic image of a soldier in military uniform running through a battlefield holding guns with soldiers and explosions behind him and helmets and barbed wire in the foreground, an extract in French from the citation awarding the Victoria Cross to Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt of the South Saskatchewan Regiment Dieppe on 19 August 1942 below - "When last seen...
Category
Canadian 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 Poster For Football - National Sport Ukraine Ft. Football Match
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet sport poster promoting football as a national sport featuring a football match with players from each team running to kick the ball during a match in front of...
Category
Ukrainian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet WWII Poster Guerilla War Partisan Fascist Territory USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Start The Guerilla War In The Fascist Territory! Destroy communications, bridges, roads, fuel, warehouses and enemy gangs! /...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster for Nantucket The New Haven Railroad Ft. 1772 Courthouse
By Ben Nason
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Nantucket published by The New Haven Railroad featuring a great illustration of the historic Courthou...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster ABA Swedish Airlines Olle Svensson
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for ABA Swedish Air Lines (1924-1950; now part of the SAS Group / Scandinavian Airlines System). Great design de...
Category
Swedish Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Africa Travel Poster Belgian Congo Congo Belge Illustrated Map
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Africa travel poster for the Belgian Congo / Congo Belge including a pictorial map of French Equatorial Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Tanganyika, Rhodesia and Angola. Desig...
Category
Belgian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Ekstra Bladet Danish Newspaper WWII Royal Air Force Jeep
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Danish Ekstra Bladet newspaper featuring a fun illustration of four smiling men in uniform jackets and hats with papers reading - Elstra B...
Category
Danish Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Am I Proud I'm Fighting Famine By Canning Food At Home
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two era home front food propaganda poster - Am I Proud!. I'm fighting famine... by canning food at home - featuring a great pin up style illustration by Dick Williams (Richard F. Williams; 1908-1981) of a lady with a wide-eyed expression looking at the viewer, wearing an ruffled apron and holding three jars of vegetables with three more glass jars in front of her, set against a pale background with the bold stylised lettering in red above and rest of the text below. A Home Food Preservation Program message is given on the back of the poster addressed Dear Fellow Citizen outlining the importance of canning and preserving fruit and vegetables during the war years with the need for maximum Victory Garden...
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American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
1940 Mont-Dore Auvergne Original Vintage Poster
By Jean Even
Located in Winchester, GB
With stunning artwork from Jean Even, this poster was created in 1940 to advertise the Le Monte-Dore area in Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes in central France.
The gorgeous design depicts a ma...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
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Original Vintage Winter Sport Travel Poster Berner Oberland Switzerland Bear
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport travel poster for Berner Oberland Suisse on y fait du ski jusqu'a fin Avril / Bernese Oberland Switzerland skiing until the end of April featuring fun artwork...
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster UK Navy Recruitment Holland WWII Dutch East Indies
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two military recruitment poster for the Dutch Navy relating to action in the Dutch East Indies - Ik val aan ... volgt mij dit sein waarmee schout bij nacht...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Look First Prevent Accidents Bullets Graphic Design
By Abram Games
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two safety poster - When handling arms Look first Prevent accidents Is there anything 'up the spout'? Is that magazine really empty? Great modernist design...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
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