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Period: Mid-20th Century
Original Vintage Movie Poster Queen Of The Nile Egypt Nefertiti Nofretete Film
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for the German release of an Italian adventure drama film - Nofretete Konigin vom Nil / Nefertite, Regina del Nilo / Queen of the Nile - directed by Fer...
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German Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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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 Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Gagarin Space Pioneer Cosmonaut USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Our Motherland is the Pioneer of Space! / ???? ?????? ?????? ???????! Dynamic design featuring a smiling Yuri Gagarin (Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; 1934-1968), the Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who was the first man in space on 12 April 1961, in a CCCP / USSR helmet with a statue of a rocket and man behind him on the dark purple and blue background with red rockets...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Travel Poster Cornwall Leonard Richmond GWR Railway Harbour Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage GWR Great Western Railway poster for Cornwall featuring a scenic view of fishing boats in a Cornish harbour and men on the pier by a lighthouse with fishing nets in the foreground, a village above a sandy beach on the other side and sailing boats on the calm sea...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Tyre Advertising Poster US Royal Tires RC Kauffmann Skiing
Located in London, GB
Original vintage tyre advertising poster for US Royal Tires featuring a great illustration of a smiling lady wearing a red cap and green tie and skiing in wooden skis and poles towar...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Poster Somerset GWR Great Western Railway Travel West Country
Located in London, GB
Original vintage GWR Great Western Railway poster for Somerset featuring a scenic countryside view by Herbert Alker Tripp (1883-1954) of trees behind and flowers on the grass in front a traditional thatched cottage with a fox hunter wearing a smart red jacket and leaning back to another horse rider behind him, walking around the corner with their dogs along a path next to a hill leading into the distance with chickens in front of the house in the foreground and the information text with the GWR logo below - Somerset England Travel information etc., from associated British & Irish Railways...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Movie Poster Inghilterra Nuda Naked England Italian Documentary
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for an Italian mondo style sexploitation documentary film on English customs and nightlife (X rated due to scenes ...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Illustrated Map Poster Railway Travel Normandy Brittany Paris
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster featuring a colourful Illustrated Map of the State Railways Sea and Tourism Network / Carte Illustre des Chemins de Fer ...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Poster Vacuum Oil Company Gargoyle 1931 Classic Car Plane Ship
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Vacuum Oil Company featuring a stunning Art Deco style design of a truck and classic car driving in front of industrial buildings with a steam ship at sea below a bi-plane in front of a map of the world as a sun in the background set within a decorative frame border, gargoyles perched on sides and the date 1931 below. Founded in 1866 by the inventors Mathew Erwing (1815-1874) and Hiram Bond Everest (1830-1913), the Vacuum Oil Company produced the Gargoyle steam cylinder motor oil brand; in 1931 the company merged with the Standard Oil...
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Dutch Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster SS Twickenham Ferry Southern Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - The New Train Ferry Boats via Dover Dunkerque - featuring artwork by the British painter and poster artist Walter Thomas (1894-1971) depi...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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'To Kill a Mockingbird' Original Vintage Australian Daybill Movie Poster, 1964
Located in Devon, GB
A scarce original stone lithograph poster for the first Australian release of the 1962 American film adaptation of Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning ...
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Australian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Linen, Paper

Mon Oncle / My Uncle (1967)
Located in London, GB
Mon Oncle / My Uncle (1967) Original French Grande (47 X 63 Inches) This is a rare 1970s re-issue French large-format poster for Jacques Tati’s beloved 1958 classic Mon Oncle (My Un...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Hey There, It's Yogi Bear / Les Aventures De Yogi Le Nounours
Located in London, GB
Original French painting for the 1964 animation this artwork was used to create the French poster for this film. This film was directed by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna, who also wrote the screenplay along with Warren Foster. Yogi Bear...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Villemot, Original Vintage Poster, Pernelle Wool, Knitting, Fashion, Witch, 1950
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Poster made by Bernard Villemot around 1950 to promote Pernelle wool. Artist: Bernard Villemot Title: Pernelle – 100 % Laine Date: circa 1950 Size: 21.7 x 29.9 in / 55 x 76 cm Mat...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Train Travel Poster North West England LMS Railway F Marston
Located in London, GB
Original vintage train travel poster issued by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway - LMS North West England - featuring scenic artwork of the Lake District by the British painte...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Aosta Valley Italy La Vallee d'Aoste
By Giuseppe Magagnoli 2
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for La Valle d'Aosta / The Aosta Valley featuring scenic artwork by Giuseppe Magagnoli (aka Maga; 1878-1933) of the valley with pine trees ...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster French Line Gayest Entree To Europe France
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel advertising poster - French Line Your Gayest Entree to Europe France Afloat From New York to England & France - featuring a great Art Deco design depic...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Travel Poster Air France Paris Rome Ala Littoria Albert Solon
By Albert Solon
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Air France Paris Rome Ala Littoria featuring a stunning design by Albert Solon (1897-1973) depicting ancient stone pill...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster Join The Fight Against Fascism WWII
By Irakli Toidze
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Vsichni do boje proti Fasismu! Everyone join the fight against Fascism - featuring a dynamic illustration of a soldier in uniform with a r...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Air Maroc Travel Poster Route Map France Morocco Spain Services
By E. Esperance
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising Air Maroc. Great design featuring a stylised image of a jet plane flying towards the viewer with propellers on each wing and a route map in the background of France and Spain in Europe and Morocco in North Africa marking the cities of Casablanca, Tanger, Madrid, Barcelona, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lyon and Paris with white stars above the red Air Maroc logo ("wings of Morocco") and the bold yellow lettering reading: Transports a la demande France – Maroc – Espagne Service Regulier Toulouse Barcelone. Founded in 1957, Royal Air Maroc...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Harvey
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 6 for Harvey, 1950. This Lobby card has been signed by James Stewart. This lobby card was previously in the collection of a US collector, who obtained the signature in person at the Motion Picture retirement home in Los Angeles, run by the Academy, where he visited. Harvey is a classic James Stewart comedy-drama, based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer prize-winning play of the same name. It was directed by Henry Koster, and tells the story of a man whose best friend is a pooka (a mythology spirit able to take on the form of various animals). In this film Harvey is a 6' 3½" tall rabbit...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Harvey
Harvey
$1,303
Original Vintage Scotland For Sport British Railways Poster: Golf Skiing Sailing
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by British Railways: Scotland for Sport travel by train - featuring a colourful design of small images depicting people enjoying the various sporting activities on offer in Scotland: a man playing golf, a skier zooming down a piste on snowy mountains, sailing boats at sea, a rock climber...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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"Can-Can" Original British Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British movie poster for the 1960 musical starring Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier.
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

Midnight Club / Midnattsklubben
Located in London, GB
Original Swedish film poster for American crime, drama film Midnight Club, 1933. The film was directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes and starred Clive Brook, Gorge Raff and He...
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Swedish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Poster 24 Hours Montjuich Motorcycle Race Grand Prix Barcelona
By Beltran Botill
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motor sport poster for the XXIV Horas Internacionales de Montjuich 4 & 5 July 1959 Pena Motorista Barcelona FIM FME PMB Pirelli / 24 Hour International Montjuic orga...
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Spanish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Advertising Poster Tobak FDB Tobacco Factory Esbjerg Denmark
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the FDB Tobaksfabrik cigar and tobacco factory in Esbjerg - Tobak - featuring an illustration on two sides of two men smoking whilst leaning on a barrel stamped with the FDB logo on it, one dressed in a leaf skirt with a feather in his hair is looking towards hills and palm trees on an island and the sea against a bright green background, the other dressed in a sailor uniform...
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Danish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Cool Hand Luke / Frajer Luke
Located in London, GB
Original US Czechoslovakian film poster for Cool Hand Luke, 1967. The film contains one of cinema's well know scenes where Luke eats fifty hard boiled ...
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Czech Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Soviet Union Travel Poster USSR Dance Festival Intourist Zhukov
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the USSR Dance Festival Moscow - Leningrad 10-20 June 1936 commissioned by Intourist, the Soviet state travel monop...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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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...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Fantastic Voyage
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for the 1966 science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer, and starring Stephen Boyd and Raquel Welch. The fabulous artwork is unique to the Japan...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Fantastic Voyage
Fantastic Voyage
$686 / item
James Dean 'Rebel Without a Cause' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Finnish, 1956
Located in Devon, GB
A rare poster for the first Finnish release of the Classic 1955 teenage drama "Rebel Without A Cause," with artwork by Engel. Starring James Dean in his most celebrated role as a tro...
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Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Paper, Linen

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 Mid-20th Century Posters

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1936 Marihuana Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This stunning poster was created in 1936 to promote Dwain Esper's exploitation film "Marihuana - The Weed With Roots in Hell". The film, which has gone on to become a cult classic, c...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Linen, 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...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Deux Hommes Dans Manhattan, Two Men in Manhattan
Located in London, GB
Original French Movie poster for Jean-Pierre Melville's French New Wave film staring Pierre Grasset, Michele Bailly, Christiane Eudes, Ginger Hall. The...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Spanish Advertising Poster Tapbioles Y Pirretas Fur Clothing
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Spanish clothing advertising poster - Industrias de Peleteria Tapbioles y Pirretas Fur Industry Barcelona - featuring an elegant Art Deco design by the Czech artist ...
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Spanish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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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 ...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster London Air Ceylon Airline Sri Lanka Sapphire
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by Air Ceylon - Fly the Sapphire Service to London - featuring artwork by Mart Kempers (1924-1993) depicting a busy London city street scene with a delivery van, a taxi laden with tourist luggage and passengers sitting on an iconic red double decker bus in the foreground, lit up the glowing street lights with a clock on the buildings in the background, a plane flying by the bold title text in the night sky above and the Air Ceylon logo below. Founded in 1947 Air Ceylon was the national flag carrier until 1979; it was replaced by by Air Lanka (now Sri Lankan Airlines...
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Dutch Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Paper

Niagara
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese press sheet poster for the 1953 film “Niagara”. This American film noir was directed by Henry Hathaway, and stars Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters. It...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Niagara
Niagara
$1,029
Vintage Large German Medical Chart, Poster "Eye II"
Located in Vienna, AT
Medical educational chart "eye II" from the 1930s. Printed by Offseddruck Paul Trabert Leipzig, signed Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden.
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German Bauhaus Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Wood, Paper

James Bond 'Goldfinger' Original Vintage Film Poster, Swedish, 1967
Located in Devon, GB
Considered the quintessential and definitive Bond film, the third instalment in EON Productions' James Bond series set the template for many of the subsequent films, with its tongue in cheek humour, extensive use of gadgets and technology and multiple foreign locations. The first Bond blockbuster, 1964s 'Goldfinger' was also the first Bond film to utilise a standalone pre-credits sequence, the first to employ a pop star to sing the theme song and the first to win an Academy Award. The plot saw 007 uncover a plot to contaminate the United States gold reserve at Fort Knox while investigating the smuggling activities of powerful gold magnate Auric Goldfinger. This stunning poster designed by prolific Swedish...
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Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Linen, Paper

Original Vintage French Car Poster Renault Femme Elegante Coupe Cabriolet Coach
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Art Deco style car advertising poster for the French automobile manufacturer Renault (founded 1899) - Femme Elegante - featuring a great illustration of an elegant lady driving a Classic vintage Renault...
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French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Movie Poster Ballet Russe Folk Dance Galina Oulanova Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for a dance film featuring Galina Oulanova la plus celebre danseuse etoile Danses Populaires et les Ballet Russes rythme entrain gaite! / Galina Ulanova the most famous prima ballerina Popular Dances and the Ballets Russes cheerful lively rhythm! Great folk dance art depicting a lady in a colourful swirling skirt and a man in traditional costume dancing in the foreground, a row of ladies behind men cossack dancing in the background in front of a tree and wooden building in the countryside with a church spire against the blue sky, the text above and diagonally below in bold lettering. The award winning prima ballerina assoluta Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (1910-1998) is considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Artwork by the notable French film poster designer Boris Grinsson (1907-1999). Large size. Good condition, folds, creasing, paper losses, tears, browning, staining, some restored tears, backed on old linen.
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Travel Poster Rome Via TWA Neptune Fountain City Skyline Italy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Rome via TWA Trans World Airlines featuring a colourful design by the notable American artist David Klein (1918-2005) depicting the historic Fountain of Neptune / Fontana del Nettuno in the foreground and a sketch outline of the city in the background, a Lockheed Constellation plane...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Art Exhibition Poster Pablo Picasso Pindare Engravings Cardinal
Located in London, GB
Original vintage art exhibition poster - Picasso Gravures Originales pour Illustrer la VIIIe Pythique de Pindare / Original Engravings to Illustrate Pi...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage WWII Poster Attack Factory Owen Stanley Mountains Pacific War
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - The Attack Begins in the Factory - depicting soldiers working together to pull heavy artillery guns up a hill with ropes and pulleys in the ju...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Soviet Sports Poster Volleyball World Championship USSR Moscow
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sports poster for the Second World Championship Men's Volleyball / Второе Первенство Мира по Волеиболу для Мужских Команд held at the D...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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1960 TWA - Paris Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
This poster was created in 1960 for Howard Hughes’ Trans World Airlines promoting their routes to Los Angeles, California. Illustrated by influential American artist David Klein, thi...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Linen, Paper

"A Bedtime Story" Original US Film Poster
Located in London, GB
This is a very rare original US film poster for Maurice Chevalier's 1933 comedy romance. This film was directed by Norman Taurog. This poster is conservation paper backed and it woul...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Soviet Propaganda Poster We Are Ahead On The Space March USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet space race propaganda poster - We Are Ahead On The Space March! - featuring a dynamic image of two cosmonauts with CCCP /...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Poster Weightlifting Sport Event Friendship Moscow Youth Games
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport poster for a weightlifting competition at the III International Friendship Moscow Youth Games held from 6-9 August 1957 at the tennis courts of the Shakhter / ...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage British Railways Poster England Stately Homes Newby Yorkshire
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by British Railways - England's Stately Homes - featuring colourful artwork of Newby Hall in Yorkshire with a view from the River Ure of people ...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Antique New York Wall Map by Westermann
By Westermann
Located in Stockbridge, GB
Antique New York Map By Westermann A rare early school pull down wall map of New York. The map shows the city of New York and its suburbs. Prin...
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British Schoolhouse Mid-20th Century Posters

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Canvas, Wood

"The Devil's Hairpin / La Curva Del Diavolo" Film Poster
By Marcello Colizzi
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the The Devil's Hairpin 1957. This film was written, directed and stars Cornel Wilde. The film is about a retired racing driver who is tempted back ...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

"Train of Events" Original British Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1949 Ealing Studios drama starring Valerie Hobson, Jack Warner,Gladys Henson. The film was directed by Sidney Cole, Ch...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

1967 Simon & Garfunkel - Lincoln Center Original Vintage Poster
Located in Winchester, GB
Beautiful lithographic poster created in 1967 to promote Simon & Garfunkel's show at Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. The concert was held on January 22 1967 at ...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Vintage Fly TWA Airlines to Los Angles Poster by Artist David Klein, circa 1960s
Located in St. Louis, MO
Super cool 1960s Fly TWA Airlines to Los Angles poster by famed artist David Klein. In very nice vintage condition, with only a few pins holes in the corne...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage Soviet Union Ski Poster Alpine Skiing Sports USSR Slalom
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet ski poster - For Mass Participation and Sports Mastery in Alpine Skiing / За Массовость, За Спортивное Мастерство В Горнолыжном Спорте! - featuring a skier we...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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Original Vintage WWII Poster Salute The Soldier The Liberator Save Lend More
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Salute The Soldier The Liberator Save More Lend More - depicting an army soldier in military uniform armed with a gun and stepping forward int...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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"Our Good Earth... Keep it Ours" Vintage WWII War Bonds Poster by J. Curry, 1943
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an original WWII propaganda poster, encouraging viewers to Buy War Bonds. This poster was illustrated by John Steuart Curry and published by the U.S. Government Printing...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters

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