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The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu / Fu Manchou
Located in London, GB
Original exceptionally rare French film poster for the 1929 crime, thriller
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu / Fu Manchou
This poster is for the films first French release in 1930.
This...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster It All Depends On Me WWII Home Front
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front poster - It All Depends On Me - featuring an illustration of a lady holding her arms outstretched and holding hands with other people agains...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
"Wear the 'FIGHTIN'EST' wings in the service" Vintage WWII Marines 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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Spectacle Dada Tristan Tzara Ribemont-Dessaignes Coeur a Gaz Bryen, 1960s
By Dada Designs
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Tract / vintage poster program Spectacle Dada Tristan Tzara Ribemont-Dessaignes Coeur a Gaz Bryen, 1960s.
"L'Empereur de Chine" de Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, "la Seconde Aventure ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Crime School
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1938 crime drama Crime School.
This film starred Humphrey Bogart, The Dead End Kids and Gale Page.
This film was directed by Lewis Seiler and William ...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Weekend
Located in London, GB
Original German film poster for the 1967 Jean-Luc Godard French New Wave film Weekend.
This film starred Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne and Jean-Pierre Kalfon.
This poster is unfolded and...
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German Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Drink Advertising Poster Scottish Cream Blended Scotch Whisky
Located in London, GB
Original vintage alcohol drink advertising poster stand - Scottish Cream Blended Scotch Whisky An Inspiring Spirit The Kinloch Distillery Co Ltd Glasgo...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Une Femme est une Femme / A Woman is a Woman
Located in London, GB
Original Belgian film poster for Jean-Luc Godard's 1961 French New Wave film Une Femme / A Woman is a Woman.
This French film was written and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, and stars A...
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Belgian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
The Night of the Hunter
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for the 1955 Film Noir The Night of the Hunter. The film starred Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and was directed by Charles Lamont. Mitchum gi...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
A Matter of Life and Death / Stairway to Heaven
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still from the 1946 drama , romance musical starring David Niven, Kim Hunter and Ramond Massey.
This film was directed by Michael Powell and Emeric P...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Pointed Heels
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still from the 1929 musical comedy Pointed Heels starring William Powell , Helen Kane and Fay Wray.
This film was directed by A. Edward Sutherland.
T...
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American Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Located in London, GB
Original double weight photographic production still used by the studio to advertise the film. these stills were sent out by advertising agencies to news papers. This film stared Err...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
My Fair Lady
Located in London, GB
Original deluxe double weight studio photography Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) for My Fair Lady 1964.
This film starred Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison and was directed by George Cukor.
T...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Basque Coast Railway Beach Pelota Polo Golf
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster issued by French Railways SNCF to promote its services to the south of France - Go by train to the Basque Coast - featuring a colourful des...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Located in London, GB
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Original British Quad (30 X 40 Inches)
Art by Frank McCarthy (1924-2002). The advertising department for the film's release led a wide-reaching campaign. ...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Located in London, GB
This is an extraordinary rare Walt Disney Studios, 1937 original water colour concept painting of Snow White and all seven dwarfs showing Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy,...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
2001: a Space Odyssey
Located in London, GB
2 Original double weight candid photographs for Stanley Kubrick's landmark science fiction film that is still considered one of the most influential sci-fi films of all time. (one oversized and one regular size ) The large oversized still is 14 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (36.1 x 28.5 cm and the second one is 10 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm) both these sizes given are before framing.
These 2 pieces came from Mike Kaplan who was a publicity executive at MGM's home office in New York, and after meeting Kubrick at the film's New York premiere, where he proposed re-positioning the film, he became 2001...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Chinese Propaganda Poster Become A Person Like This Mao China
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Chinese propaganda poster - Become a Person Like This - featuring a young Chinese communist soldier holding a gun and Mao's red book wrapped in a pink ribbon bow wit...
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Chinese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Anatomy of a Murder
Located in London, GB
Original US Title card for the 1959 thriller starring James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara. This film was directed by Otto Preminger.
This piece is in excellent condition, with th...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Beau Hunks
Located in London, GB
Original US studio photograph for the 1931 short comedy Beau Hunks starring Stan Laurel, and Oliver Hardy. This film was directed by James W. Horne.
This ...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Nora Inu / Stray Dog
Located in London, GB
A very rare original Japanese film poster for the 1949 Akira Kurosawa film Stray Dog.
This film started Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Keiko Awaji.
This poster was created for...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' Original Vintage Movie Poster, Japanese, 1959
Located in Devon, GB
A sultry Elizabeth Taylor smoulders on this extremely rare and seductive Japanese B2 poster for the original release of MGM's 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' in Japan. In a legendary pairing...
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Jungle Book
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card used in American cinemas to advertise Disney's classic animation in 1967.
The film featured the famous song The Bare Necessities by Terry Gilkyson.
This lobby ...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Rita Hayworth Portrait Photo
Located in London, GB
Original Rita Hayworth portrait photo. This is a silver gelatin, double weight satin photograph from 1940s. This piece would be shipped flat in strong card.
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
To Catch a Thief
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1955 thriller.
starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly.
The art work on this poster is unique to the films first release in ...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Italy Travel Poster Bolzano Gries Dolomites Franz Lenhart
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Italy travel poster for Bolzano-Gries Centro Delle Dolomiti / Bolzano Gries Centre of the Dolomites featuring stunning ...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
School Wall Charts, Tirana
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This poster with a photo of the city Tirana (Albania) was produced by Europa et Schola Edition and used in schools for cultural education.
Foto: A.T.A., Tirana; Herder Druck Freib...
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German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Rome Via TWA Neptune Fountain City Skyline Italy
By David Klein
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
Materials
Paper
Terry Toon Cartoons
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Terry Toon Cartoons, 1955.
This is what is known as a stock poster this would have been used for a whole season for the showing of these short cartoons.
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster Essex See Britain By Train
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways travel poster - Essex See Britain by Train - featuring scenic artwork by George Hooper (1910-1994) depicting the Moulsham watermill near Chelmsford ...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
Located in London, GB
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964)
Original British Quad (30 X 40 Inches)
Hey There! It's the funniest bear anywhere... in his first full-length feature!! Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! i...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
Located in London, GB
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969) - FRAMED
Photo Still (8 X 10 Inches)
Original 1969 20th Century Fox b&w publicity/photo still.
Paul Newman and Robert Redford light up the...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Earl Newman; artist. SNCC: Father and Child / 1965
By Earl Newman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Earl Newman; artist. SNCC: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Silk screen poster in red and black, 35 x 22½ inches, depicting a man holding a child; circa 196...
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American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Green Movie Poster Palace Theatre West Salem IL Clark Gable Frederich March
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Frayed Green Movie Poster Palace Theatre West Salem IL Clark Gable Frederich March Loretta Young and more
14 x 22
Original Vintage distressed condition...
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American American Classical Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Glorify Our Homeland Comrades With Work USSR Industry
By M. Solovyov
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Let us glorify our homeland, comrades, with work! / ????????? ???? ??????, ????????, ??????! - featuring an illustration of a young blond ...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Agricultural Poster Azerbaijan Cotton Production USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage agricultural poster featuring an image of a smiling farm worker holding a crop of cotton in front of blooming cotton flowe...
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Azerbaijani Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Asturias Spain Cantabrian Mountains Shepherd Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Asturias in Spain featuring an illustration by the Spanish artist Jose Morell (1899-1949) depicting a farmer with his dog by his side h...
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Spanish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Careless Talk Costs Lives No Harm Restaurant 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 iconic Careless Talk Costs Lives wa...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster New England American Airlines Midcentury Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising New England by American Airlines featuring a plane flying under the title text over a view of buildings and a traditional white wooden chur...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
The Mystery of the Wax Museum
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original 1933 US Lobby card for horror mystery film The Mystery of the Wax Museum.
The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred Lionel Atwill, Fay Ray and G...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Tarzan Triumphs / Le Triomphe de Tarzan
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for the 1943 film Tarzan Triumphs.
This adventure film was directed by Wilhelm Thiele, and was based on the characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Johnny Weissmuller...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
To Kill a Mockingbird
Located in London, GB
Original 1962 US Lobby card number 5 for the drama film To Kill a Mockingbird. This is one of the great courtroom drama films.
The film was directed by Robert Mulligan and starred Gr...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
A Hard Day's Night
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 1 for A Hard Day's Night 1964.
This film starred the Beatles and was directed by Richard Lester.
This lobby card is conservation framed with UV plexigla...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Slavic Unity Death Sentence For German Beasts WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Jednota slovanu v boji tot rozsudek smrti nad nemeckymi bestiemi! / Slavic unity in battle that's a death sentence for the German beasts! - fe...
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Czech Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage British Recruitment Poster Join The Regular Army Scottish Piper
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Army recruitment poster - It's a real man's life Join the Regular Army - featuring a Scottish Regiment soldier of the Scots Guards in traditional Scottish ta...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Dick Tracy
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1945 action detective film Dick Tracy.
This film starred Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys and Mike Mazurki, and was directed by...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Nord Air Express Air France Sabena Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Nord Air Express Air France Sabena featuring an Art Deco design showing a tri-engine propeller plane flying at speed over a map of Euro...
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Belgian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Vintage Mural Pull Down Wall Chart Landscape Sailing Ship the Coast of Greenland
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Mural Pull Down Wall Chart Landscape Sailing Ship the Coast of Greenland
The wall chart shows a painting which shows a large ship in front of the coast of Greenland. It was ...
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German Country Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Chinese Propanda Poster, Persist in Physical Labor...1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original vintage Chinese propaganda poster, "Persist in Physical Labor for Continuous Revolution".
Bright, vivid colors. Framed with a black, metal frame and acrylic.
Not a...
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Chinese Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Original Vintage USSR Space Propaganda Poster Glory to Soviet Cosmonauts - Photo
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Glory to the Soviet Cosmonauts! - featuring an historic black and white photo of a line-up of smiling Soviet cosmonauts (astronauts) in un...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Chinese Propanda Poster, Lessons from Dazhai, 1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original vintage Chinese propaganda poster, "Lessons from Dazhai".
Bright, vivid colors. Framed with a black, metal frame and acrylic.
Not a Chinese export poster. Produced...
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Chinese Mid-20th Century Posters
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Acrylic, Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster New German Graphics Exhibition Design Art
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster for an exhibition of New German Graphics / Neue Deutsche Graphik held at the Stadttheater from 30 June to 21 July 1968 featuring a bold brown, white and blue ...
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German Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original vintage opsaaal African American people poster 1968
Located in Brønshøj, DK
Original vintage Opsaaal African American People poster, 1968. Solidarity with the african american people - 18th August.
In fair vintage condition; see ...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Movie Poster Tintin And The Blue Oranges Herge Cinema Film Art
By Hergé
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for the Franco-Spanish animated adventure film Tintin And The Blue Oranges / Tintin et les Oranges Bleues based on The Adventures of Tintin comic...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Propaganda Poster Communism Destroys Family Spanish Civil War
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Spanish Civil War era propaganda poster - Communism Destroys the Family / El Comunismo Destruye la Familia - featuring an images in sh...
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Spanish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Cycling Race Poster Vuelta Ciclista Cataluna Race Spain Pirelli
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cycling poster for the XXV Vuelta Ciclista a Cataluna V Gran Premio Bodas de Plata / XXV Catalonia Cycling Tour V Gra...
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Spanish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
The Joker is Wild
Located in London, GB
Original British film poster for the 1957 film The Joker is Wild.
This film was directed by Charles Vidor and starred Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor and Jeanne Crain.
This poster is con...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
1960 TWA - Paris Original Vintage Poster
By David Klein
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
Materials
Linen, Paper
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