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Period: 1940s
Original Vintage Poster Czechoslovaks Carry On WWII Soldiers Army Flags War Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Czechoslovaks Carry On - featuring a dynamic image of a soldier holding a rifle gun in front of soldiers and flags against the deep...
Category
Czech Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster British Airways BOAC BSAA BEA World Route Map Air Travel
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster promoting British airline companies - BEA BOAC BSAA British European Overseas S American Airways - featuring a colourful graphic design showing three yellow and orange maps marked with flight routes and the respective company logo in white on black backgrounds. In 1949 BOAC British...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
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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
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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...
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Spanish Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Support The Legacy Of Our Fallen Navy Men WWII Dutch
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Support the legacy of our fallen Navy men / Steunt de nagelaten betrekkingen van onze gesneuvelde Marinemannen - featuring dramatic artwork by...
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Dutch Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Rare Large Vintage Laurel & Hardy Poster, "The Dancing Masters"
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A rare version of the original theatrical release poster for the black and white 1943 movie by 20th century fox. The frame obscures a name lower right.
This one is the same image as...
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Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Sport Poster Dameshockey Womens Hockey World Championship 1948
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport poster for the Women's Hockey World Championship held on 10-17 May 1948 in Amsterdam - Wereldkampioenschap Dameshockey 10-17 Mei 1948 Amsterdam - featuring col...
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Dutch Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Pursued / Notte Senza Fine
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original Italian film poster for the 1947 western Pursued.
This film was directed by Raoul Walsh and starred Teresa Wright and Robert Mitchum. To date no other exa...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Pan Am Travel Poster To Australia And New Zealand Pan American
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Pan Am travel poster - to Australia and New Zealand PAA Pan American World Airways The World's Most Experienced Airline ...
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American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Labour Management Strength Canada Victory War WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - This is our Strength Labour and Management are pooling their strength to give us the means for victory in war ... and progress in peace - feat...
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Canadian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet War Poster Leningrad Workers WWII Rebuild The City
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Soviet home front propaganda poster - Трудящиеся Ленинграда! Восстановим наш город. Отремонтируeм дома и жилищa, приведем в порядок городское хозяйство...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
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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
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Air France Afrique Du Nord, Bernard Villemot
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Original vintage travel poster Air France Afrique Du Nord - Bernard Villemot
circa 1946
Original vintage travel poster realised by Villemot in 194...
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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
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Munition Workers Allied Countries British Factories
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Munition Workers of Allied Countries... Are hitting back at Hitler... Through British factories! Colourful design featuring the bold text flowing through four images with flags of the allies against a black background, the top two images depicting air and ground battle scenes showing a Royal Air Force RAF plane flying against a blue sky and dropping bombs on a convoy of Axis Power military trucks and the other a tank battle...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Dolomites Holiday Italy Franz Lenhart
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster in French - Pour vos vacances Sud Tirol Italie Dolomites / For your holidays South Tyrol Italy Dolomites - mountain range located in north eastern Italy. Colourful illustration by Franz Lenhart (1898-1992) depicting a pair of glasses next to a pot of alpine country flowers...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Recruitment Propaganda Poster Join The AIF WWII Australia Force
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment propaganda poster for the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF; 1939-1947) voluntary military forces - How proud they'll be to pass ar...
Category
Australian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Salute The Soldier WWII National Savings Home Front
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two National Savings home front poster - Keep on Saving Salute the Soldier - featuring an image of soldiers in uniform marching w...
Category
British 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
Original Vintage Travel Poster Holland River Canal Dutch Houses Netherlands Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Holland featuring a bright and colourful illustration depicting boats on a tree lined canal in front of traditional Dutch houses...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Skiing Poster Dartmouth College Winter Carnival 1941 Ski USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing poster for the Dartmouth Winter Carnival held on 7-8 February 1941 featuring a dynamic design by Stanley Samuelson Pratt Institute depicting a skier wearing a...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Verzend Per Spoor Express Goods By Rail Wine Den Haag
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster - Send By Rail / Verzend Per Spoor - featuring an image by the Dutch artist Fedde Weidema (1915-2000) of a wine basket labelled Express Goods Den Haag in fron...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Propaganda Poster Work 8 Hours Strengthen Motherland USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front industry propaganda poster - Work 8 Hours and Strengthen the Power of Our Motherland / Работать 8 Часові Крепить Мощь Нашей Родины! Dynamic photomontage artwork by the notable Soviet political poster designer...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Propaganda Poster Navy Upholds Victory Torch WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - The Navy Upholds the Victory Torch You can uphold the Navy by depositing your savings in the Glasgow Savings Bank A trustee savings...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster BOAC World Air Routes Western Hemisphere Design
By E.O. Seymour
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for BOAC World Air Routes Western Hemisphere featuring a pictorial map with colourful illustrations of people in national dress, places of ...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Home Front Recycling Poster Bones Make Explosives WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two Home Front recycling poster - Bones Make Explosives Put Out All Bones For Salvage - featuring a great modernist graphic design by Reginald Mount (1906-...
Category
British Modern Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Soviet Air Force Pilot Hero Pride USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster issued just a month before the attack of Germany on the Soviet Union in the World War Two - I'm Proud Of My Son! / Горжусь Сыном! The image ...
Category
Russian 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 London County Council Poster Freedom Vote Conservative Election
Located in London, GB
Original vintage London County Council poster - LCC Election Thursday 7 March You fought for freedom Break that link Vote Conservative - featur...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Spellbound
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1945 Thriller was directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll. Dr. Edwardes (played by Gr...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Drink Poster Fino Quinta Osborne Sherry Spain Map Bull Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage drink advertising poster for Fino Quinta Osborne Puerto de Santa Maria Espana featuring a great design depicting a bull above a bottle of wine next to glass on an ou...
Category
Spanish Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage British Railways Poster South Wales Docks Industry Cargo Ship
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster - South Wales Docks For Quick Despatch - featuring a busy scene at the docks with cranes hauling crates and boxes from a ship named the Cymric Enterprise moored alongside, dock workers...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Sailing Poster "Come to Britain for Yachting" by Arthur Burgess
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
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Britain's Sea Power Maintain Savings WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Britain's Sea Power Maintain it with your Savings - featuring a dynamic image of Royal Navy warsh...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Collective Farms Enemy Paratroopers WWII USSR Propaganda
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Turn Collective Farms into an Impregnable Fortress for the Enemy - featuring great artwork in black and white shades depicti...
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Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Railway Travel Poster Weymouth GWR SR Railway Map Express Train
Located in London, GB
Original vintage railway travel poster advertising Weymouth and District Frequent Express Trains and Cheap Fares GWR Great Western Railway SR Southern Railway featuring a pictorial map of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis with significant locations and historical events marked on the map including illustrations in Weymouth Bay of sailing boats near the shore, navy battle ships, fishing boats and an angling description, the Shambles light ship, and the captions Weymouth ships captured two galleons from the Spanish Armada / Weymouth furnished 20 ships and 265 mariners for the Siege of Calais in 1345, as well as places of interest and sporting activities on land such as Roman remains and villa, the grave of Lawrence of Arabia, golf, people on horses, steam trains on routes marked in red through the hills, rivers, trees and towns, sub-tropical gardens, bird sanctuary, churches, the Race at Portland Bill...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage General Post Office Advertising Poster Send A Cable Eckersley
Located in London, GB
Original vintage GPO General Post Office advertising poster - Send a cable It's easy - featuring a great design by the notable artist Tom Eckersley (1914-1997) depicting an outline o...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster British Short Sunderland Flying Boat WWII RAF Navy
By Roland Davies
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - A British Short Sunderland Flying Boat patrolling the sea lanes - featuring an illustration of an RAF Royal Air Force bomber plane flying abov...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Cable Greetings GPO Anywhere In Commonwealth
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the GPO General Post Office - Cable Greetings Anywhere in the Commonwealth 5'- for Eleven Words (including GLT prefix and the address) from th...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Glory Of Stalin Aviation Records USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Athlete pilots of the voluntary society for the promotion of aviation Increase the glory of Stalin's aviation USSR The birthplace of aviat...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster Telephonez! Swiss Telecom Girl And Dog Advertising Art
By Donald Brun
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Swiss Telecom - Telephonez! - featuring an adorable illustration by Donald Brun (1909-1999) depicting a young girl ...
Category
Swiss Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster War Savings Are Warships Norman Wilkinson Navy Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front poster issued to encourage people to buy war savings bonds and help win the war. Dramatic artwork by the notable British artist and illustra...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Poster Move To The Far East With Us Cattle Crop Farming
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Move to the Far East With Us / ??????????? ? ??? ?? ??????? ??????! - featuring a lady behind wheat and a man framed by a tree welcoming a...
Category
Russian Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Sport Poster Tour De France 1949 Cycling Nancy Ville Etape
By Selig
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport poster - Le Tour De France 1949 Nancy Ville Etape Tourisme Art et Histoire / City stage Tourism Art and History - featuring artwork by Alfred Selig (1907-1974)...
Category
French Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Zwarte Markt Black Market Theft WWII Pat Keely Rat
By Pat Keely
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Black market is a robbery Do not order your compatriots Equal distribution for all / Zwarte markt is roof! Besteelt niet uw landgenooten gelijke verdeeling voor allen! Dynamic design by the notable British artist Pat Keely (Patrick Cokayne Keely; 1901-1970) depicting a rat eating grain from a hole in a sack being watched by eyes in the dark, a Nazi Germany swastika flag, the flag of the National Socialist...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Recruitment Propaganda Poster Join The AIF Son WWII Australia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two recruitment propaganda poster for the Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF; 1939-1947) voluntary military forces - Make her proud to say 'My Son overseas' Join the AIF - featuring a photograph of a smiling soldier in uniform in a picture frame with a ball of wool and knitting needles...
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Australian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Speed Your Message Imperial Radio Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Art Deco poster advertising British radio telecommunication services - Speed your message via Imperial Eastern Empiradio or Marconi - featuring a stunning geometric ...
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British 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
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...
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Australian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Great Britain Will Pursue Japan WWII Plane
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster featuring an illustration of an RAF Royal Air Force plane flying at speed above a Royal Navy warship in camouflage flying a White Ensign flag, t...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Great Britain Will Pursue Japan WWII Tank
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster featuring an illustration of a military tank driving at speed over a hill with a Union Jack flag of the United Kingdom flying against the blue s...
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British 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...
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Belgian Vintage 1940s Posters
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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 ...
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Finnish Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Nachte Neben Der Tur Koln Illustrated Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Nachte Neben der Tur neuer Roman in der Kollnischen Illustrierten / Nights by the Door new novel by Justus Franz Wittkop in the Koln illustrated featuring a great graphic design depicting a pair of black shoes outside a row of numbered hotel doors...
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German Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster His Rifle Will Fire Abram Games War Military Safety
By Abram Games
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two military safety poster - His rifle will fire Will mine? Care of arms is care of life - featuring a dynamic design...
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British Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Austrian Alpine Club Osterreichischer Alpenverein Skiing
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster for the Austrian Alpine Club / Osterreichischer Alpenverein featuring a skier carrying skis over his shoulder with snowy mountain peaks behind him, the stylis...
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Austrian Vintage 1940s Posters
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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...
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Ukrainian Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
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...
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American Vintage 1940s Posters
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Paper
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