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Period: Mid-20th Century
'Crossfire' Original US Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Original US lobby card for the 1947 film noir directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Robert Young, Robert Mitchum. This lobby card is also signed by Robert...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Planet of the Apes
By Jean Mascii
Located in London, GB
Original French film poster for the first Planet of the Apes movie in 1968.
The artwork on this poster is unique to the films French release and wa...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Driving Licence Law Volga Gaz Car Soviet Propaganda USSR
Located in London, GB
Original vintage soviet propaganda poster warning that driving without licence is illegal and against the law, featuring a great illustration depicting a man in a green Volga Gaz-21 ...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly / Il Buono Il Brutto Il Cattivo
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for the 1966 movie staring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef, directed by Sergio Leone. The Good, the Bad and the...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Cinema Poster Minin and Pozharsky Stenberg Brothers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet cinema poster - Минин и Пожарский / Minin and Pozharsky - featuring artwork by the notable Soviet artist Vladimir Stenberg (1899-1982) depicting a man standin...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Duco Dulox Enamel Paint Italy Ducotone
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Duco Dulox enamel paints - Prodotti insuperabili totalmente Italiani / Unsurpassed, totally Italian products - featuring a great illustration ...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Sport Poster USSR Cycling Championship Race Riga Soviet Latvia
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport poster for the Soviet Union Cycling Championship Race - PSRS Meistarsacikstes Ritenbrauksana - held in Riga Latvia from 2-6 July 1947 organised by the All-Unio...
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Latvian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Tokyo Monogatari / Tokyo Story / Reise Nach Tokio
Located in London, GB
Original German film poster for the 1953 drama Tokyo Story.
This film was directed by Yasujiro Ozu and starred Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama and So Yamamu...
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German Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Motorbike Advertising Poster Mazoyer Moto Paris Motorcyle
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorbike advertising poster for Moto Mazoyer Paris Vitesse Confort Souplesse Securite avec la nouvelle 500 c3 sport Mazoyer Motorcycles Speed Comfort Flexibility Sa...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Angels with Dirty Faces/Gli Angeli Con La Faccia Sporca
Located in London, GB
Original Italian movie poster for Michael Curtiz's Classic 1938 crime film staring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, the poster is designed by the wonderful Italian artist ...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Original Vintage Sport Skiing Poster Dartmouth Winter Carnival 1940 Ski USA
Located in London, GB
Original vintage skiing poster for the Dartmouth Winter Carnival held on 9 to 10 February 1940 featuring a great design depicting a skier in a dark blue ski suit and helmet skiing at...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Conflict
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still used by the studio to advertise the film. these stills were sent out to news papers. This piece shows a great image of Humphrey Bogart as architect Richard Mason...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Air France Proche Orient Middle East Airline Art
By Jean Even
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the Middle East / Proche Orient Air France (Near East) featuring a colourful illustration by the French artist Jean Even (1910-1986) depicting people in white...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Kumonoso / Throne of Blood
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese Souvenir program cover for Throne of Blood 1957
This war, drama directed Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune.
The film is a ...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Letter From an Unknown Woman
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1948 drama directed Max Ophuls and starred Joan Fontaine, Louis Jordan.
The poster was printed in 2 sheets and designed to be pasted up on bill board...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
"Secret Beyond The Door, " Original Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1948 Film Noir directed Fritz Langs Film Noir staring Joan Bennett and Michael Redgrave.
This poster is conservation linen backed and it would be sh...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Brighton Rock
Located in London, GB
Original black and white photographic production still used to send out to the press to advertise The 1948 Thriller Brighton Rock.
This film was directed by John Boulting and starre...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
House of Wax / La Maschera di Cera
Located in London, GB
Original exceptionally rare Italian poster, that has only surfaced a few times.
This American colour 3-D horror film was directed by Andre DeToth and stars Vincent Price. It was a r...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
The Young Philadelphians
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1959 Drama staring Paul Newman, Barbara Rush andAlexis Smith.
This film was directed by Vincent Sherman.
This poster was designed by Bill Gold (1921...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Poster WWII Treasury Bills Vittoria Victory War Bonds Italy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Italian World War Two poster - Buoni del Tesoro Aprono iv varco a la vittoria / Treasury Bills open the way to victory - featuring a dynamic Greek Goddess design...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Splendor in the Grass
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1961 drama staring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty.
This film was directed by Elia Kazan.
This poster is conservation line...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Royal Academy Poster for the 1952 Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition
By Theodore Ramos
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the Leonardo Da Vinci Quincentenary Exhibition 1452-1952 at the Royal Academy Diploma Gallery. Great design by Theodore Ramos (b 1928) featuri...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Chinese Propaganda Poster PLA Army Hard Work Political Nature
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Chinese propaganda poster - Hard Work is Our Political Nature / 艰苦奋斗是我们的政治本色 - featuring a smiling soldier in uniform holding a gun over his shoulder and drinking fr...
Category
Chinese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Tom And Jerry (1955)
Located in London, GB
Tom And Jerry (1955)
Original US One Sheet (27 X 41 Inches)
This vibrant Cinemascope stock sheet showcases the timeless antics of Hanna-Barbera's beloved cat and mouse duo. Designed...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
White Heat
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 5 for White Heat 1949. This film was directed by Raoul Walsh, and stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien. Cagney...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
La Battaglia di Algeri / Battle of Algiers / Bitva o Alzir
Located in London, GB
Original Czechoslovakian film poster for the 1966 War drama directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and starred Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin and Yacef Saadi.
This extremely cool poster was desi...
Category
Czech Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Pajama Game
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1957 Musical comedy staring Doris Day and John Raitt and directed by George Abbott, Stanley Donen.
This poster is conservation linen backed and it wo...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Bwana Devil
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1953 3-D adventure film Bwana Devil, starring Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, Nigel Bruce. The film was directed by Arch Ob...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
"Train of Event" 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, C...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Original Vintage Poster Travel To The Sunny South Sloman Cruise Ship Route Map
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel poster - Reist in den sonnigen Suden mit der Sloman Linie Hamburg / Travel to the sunny south with the Sloman Line Hamburg - featuring a great image sh...
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German Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Plane Travel Poster Fly TWA Jetstream Airline Frank Soltesz
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Trans World Airlines - Fly TWA Jetstream - featuring a stunning design by the notable poster artist Frank Soltesz (1898-1972) depicting...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Ice Station Zebra
Located in London, GB
Original US 3D lenticular lobby display for the 1968 film Ice Station Zebra.
This film was directed by John Sturges, and stars Rock Hudson, Patrick McGoohan...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Acrylic
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 Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Rail Travel Poster London Heart Of The Empire GWR Horse Guard
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster advertising London Heart of the Empire issued by GWR Great Western Railway featuring a great design by the no...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
A Very Private Affair
Located in London, GB
Original 1962 French vintage black and white publicity photograph of Brigitte Bardot on the set of the film A Very Private Affair.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
The Helicopter Spies
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for the 1968 film directed by Boris Sagal, this film was a version of a number of television episodes of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. This film also stars Robert Vaughn (Napoleon Solo) and David McCallum (Illya Kuryakin). The lead characters attempt to save an African village from extermination, and in finding the lethal weapon - The Thermal Prism, also stop it being used by The Third Way, a mystical and religious group, to dominate the world. This poster was signed by Robert Vaughn after a performance of Twelve Angry Men...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Spartacus
Located in London, GB
Original Road show style US film poster for “Spartacus” (1960).The film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and stared Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
"The Girl on a Motorcycle"
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster from the 1968 film “The Girl on a Motorcycle”. The Art work on this Japanese poster is unique to the films Japans re...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Vintage "The Challenge" Poster by Peter Max Central Park Road Race, 1988
By Peter Max
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage "The Challenge" poster by Peter Max, circa 1988. The poster was for a 10K road race in Central Park, NYC to benefit special needs runners. The poster is...
Category
American Expressionist Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Poster Build Prosperity Save Now WWII Savings
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - To Build for Prosperity ... Save Now - featuring an old church building in ruins with scaffolding...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Angels with Dirty Faces
Located in London, GB
Original US black and white photographic production still for Faces 1938.
This still was were sent out to newspapers to advertise the re-release of the film in the 1940s
The film w...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage Soviet War Propaganda Poster Strengthen Combat Power USSR WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two propaganda poster - Крепите боевую мощь CCCP! / Strengthen the combat power of the USSR - featuring two illustrations divided by the bold title ...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Materials
Paper
Original Vintage WWII Travel Poster Good Old Days Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two travel poster - Back to the Good Old Days! ...National needs come first! Travel only when you must! - issued by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIP...
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Indian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster GPO 8 Million Telephone Calls Modernism Pat Keely Post
By Pat Keely
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster published by the General Post Office GPO - 8,000,000 telephone calls a day - featuring a great graphic design by the notable British artist Pat Keely (Patrick Cokayne Keely; 1901-1970) depicting the large numbers in deep red across the image with telephone handsets...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage 1967 Copa Davis Cup Tennis Poster Sport USSR Spain URSS Espana
Located in London, GB
Original vintage sport poster for the 1967 Davis Cup Group A final match between the USSR and Spain on 14, 15 and 16 July in Barcelona featuring a great grap...
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Spanish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Home Front Propaganda Poster We Want You With Us War Work
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front propaganda poster - We want You with us! There's a place for everyone locally or somewhere in England Get into War Work this week - featurin...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
"The Graduate" Original US Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card number 8 for Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross's 1967 classic drama directed by Mike Nichols.
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot
Located in London, GB
Original Japanese film poster for Jacques Tati's 1953 comedy that he directed and starred in.
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Original Vintage Military Poster Track And Field Allied Forces Sports Council
Located in London, GB
Original vintage military sport poster - Allied Forces Sports Council presents Armed Forces European Theater Track and Field Championships Olympic Stadium Berlin Germany - starting at 2pm and held on 7 and 8 September 1946, featuring an illustration of a winged goddess and an athlete holding a laurel wreath in front of a map of Europe between red and white striped theatre stage curtains with the participating countries listed below - Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark France Great Britain Greece Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Russia United States. Sponsored by the US Army this successful post-war meet attracted 120,000 spectators; it included an Olympic style opening ceremony and a runner carrying a flaming torch and was also broadcast by radio; it featured hurdles, various running distances, pole vault, high jump, shot put, discus, long jump...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
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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Paper
"Footlight Parade / Viva le Donne" Original Italian Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Footlight Parade (1933) This poster features a great Art Deco design.
The film starred James Cagney, Joan Blondell a...
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Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Food Propaganda Poster Wheatmeal Bread Rationing WWII
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two food propaganda poster published by the Ministry of Food during periods of rationing - Wheatmeal bread fights fatigue and strengthens the nerves - feat...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
“D.O.A ? Dead on Arrival”, US Movie Poster
Located in London, GB
Original style B US movie poster for the 1950 crime film D.O.A. directed by Rudolph Mate and starring
Edmond O'Brien.
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
The Shop Around the Corner
Located in London, GB
Original black and white photographic production still used to send out to the press to advertise The 1940 comedy romance drama The Shop Around the Corner...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Where Danger Lives
Located in London, GB
Original US Title card for the 1950 film Where Danger Lives.
Original US film poster for the 1950 film Where Danger Lives.
This film noir was directed by John Farrow, and stars Rob...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Transatlantique French Line Le Havre Southampton
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel poster - Cie Gle Transatlantique French Line Le Havre Southampton New York - featuring artwork by the French artist Albert Brenet (1903-2005) depicting an ocean liner sailing at sea with the stylised title text above and against the choppy white waves below. Founded in 1861 (having been established in 1855 by the brothers Emile and Issac Pereire), the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique CGT was a French shipping company known as French Line and Transat; it merged with Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
"All That Heaven Allows" Original US Film Poster
Located in London, GB
Original US film poster for Douglas Sirk's 1955 Melodrama staring Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman. This large poster was printed in two sheets as it was designed to...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
Original Vintage Winter Sport Travel Poster Austria Love Ski Poles Hofmann Snow
By Walter Hofmann
Located in London, GB
Original vintage winter sport and skiing travel poster for Austria. Great design depicting a fun and romantic image of a pair of ski poles leaning into each other with the faces of a smiling man and lady on the handles at the top, the lady featuring a love heart shaped mouth with her eyes closed and the pole straps wrapped around each other like a couple hugging...
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Austrian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
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