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Original Vintage Propaganda Poster World Peace Movement Nuclear Death Dove Skull
Located in London, GB
Original vintage propaganda poster - Gegen Atomtod! Fur Frieden! 10 Jahre Weltfriedensbewegung / Against nuclear death! For peace! 10 years of the world peace movement - featuring an...
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German Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Poland Polen Krakow Krakausche Feestdagen Polska
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for Polen Krakausche Feestdagen / Poland Krakow Holidays 4-23 June 1938 showing a couple in traditional dress dancing with the old medieval walled town...
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Polish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet WWII Propaganda Poster Gossip Provocateurs USSR Red Hand
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet World War Two period propaganda poster - We will expose and destroy the provocateurs and spreaders of panicking rumours / Разоблачим и уничтожим провокаторов ...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Sudbahnhotel Semmering Ski Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for the Sudbahnhotel in Semmering featuring a great Art Deco style image of people skiing down the slopes in front of the imposing grand hotel with snowy mountains on the horizon and snow-topped trees on the sides with a group of skiers relaxing in the foreground, one man smoking a pipe and the others holding their wooden skis and poles. Artwork by the Austrian artist Hermann Kosel (1896-1983). The Sudbahnhotel / South Railway...
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Austrian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster West Bohemian Region Nature Reserve Czech Park
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for the West Bohemian Region Nature Reserve / Zapadocesky Kraj Prirodni Rezervace featuring a pictorial map of the area showing various flora and fauna...
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Czech Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Pictorial Travel Map Nachod Region Czechoslovakia Czech Design
Located in London, GB
Original vintage pictorial travel map Nachod Region B. Nemcove and A. Jiraska invite you to visit / Nachodsko Kraj B. Nemcove a A. Jiraska vas zve k navste...
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Czech Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
1960s School Poster by Oge-Hachette, The Beach and The Living Room
Located in Miami, FL
Very decorative original French double sided poster from Oge-Hachette, circa 1960s. This vintage wall decoration has wonderful details and would lo...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Air France Passengers Mail Freight Worldwide Flags Globe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Air France poster advertising Passagerer, Post og Gods over hele Verden / Passengers, Mail and Freight Worldwide. Colourful Art Deco design depicting the silhouette ...
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French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Music Advertising Poster Jazz At Chelsea Cy Laurie Band London
Located in London, GB
Original vintage music poster advertising Jazz At Chelsea The Cy Laurie Band performing at Chelsea College Manresa Road SW3 from 7:30-11:30 on Saturday 22 October tickets 4/- featuri...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster London Horse Guards LMS Canada Royal Visit Forsyth Shirt
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster entitled London The Horse Guards originally issued by the LMS London Midland and Scottish railway and re-issued in 1939 by the outfitters FW Forsyth Ltd (established 1872) - Reproduced by permission to Commemorate their Majesties' Visit to Canada May 15 to June 15, 1939 - featuring artwork by the painter and poster artist Christopher Clark (1875-1942) depicting the King's Life Guard regiment of the Household Cavalry in colourful ceremonial uniform on their troop horses at Horse Guards Parade in London with a description below on the history of the Horse Guards and the ceremony of Trooping of the Colour with the LMS logos and wax seal logo of The Guaranteed Forsyth Shirt on both sides and on the image above. The annual tradition of Trooping the Colour...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Asia Air India Travel Poster Air About India Elephant Maharajah
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Asia travel poster for India issued by Air India - There is an Air about India - featuring a colourful collage style illustration depicting the Air-India mascot (a M...
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Indian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Chinese Propaganda Poster Daqing Oil Field Industry Exploration
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Chinese propaganda poster - Independence Self-reliance Industry learning from Daqing / 独立自主 自力更生 工业学大庆 - featuring a winter image of two smiling men wearing fur hats...
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Chinese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage British Railways Train Travel Poster Royal Tunbridge Wells
Located in London, GB
Original vintage British Railways train travel poster for Royal Tunbridge Wells featuring an illustration of elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Home Front Production Poster Do It Right Make It Bite WWII
By C. C. Beall
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two home front production poster - Do It Right Make It Bite - featuring a dynamic image by the American illustrator and watercolour painter Cecil Calvert B...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Hair Theatre De La Porte Saint-Martin Original Vintage Poster, Circa 1960
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Hair theatre De La Porte Saint-Martin original vintage poster
This is an original vintage poster advertising the original production of the hit musical, HAIR. This image was also ...
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster China Navigation Australia To The Orient
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel poster - China Navigation Co Ltd Australia to the Orient By the New British Liners MV Changsha M.V. Taiyuan - featuring a stunning night view by Harold...
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Australian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster EMB Home Produced Cheese Empire Marketing Board Lion
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster issued by the Empire Marketing Board EMB - Buy Home Produced Cheese - featuring a great design by Frederick Charles Herrick (1887-1970) depicting ...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Motorsport Poster Hedemora International TT Race Sweden Racing
Located in London, GB
Original vintage motorsport poster for the Internationellt TT Lopp Motorcykler Midgets / International Midgets Motorcycles TT Race i...
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Swedish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Galerie Maeght Calder Poster "Stabiles"
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Galerie Maeght Calder poster, "Stabiles" one of a collection we are offering on 1st dibs.
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French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Railway Poster Royal Albert Bridge Saltash Cuneo Devon Cornwall
Located in London, GB
Original vintage railway poster in celebration of the 1859 Centenary 1959 Royal Albert Bridge Saltash Designed and built by Isambard Kingdom Br...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Advertising Poster Airspan Travel Corsica Awaits You
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Airspan Travel Limited Corsica Awaits You... featuring an image of a plane flying above a map of Corsica island with a smiling lady in a red headscarf and Ajaccio marked on the map set...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Poster Shock Construction Projects Rates USSR Workers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - Shock construction projects Shock rates! Dynamic image of two workers raising a red banner flag with the text i...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
'Ulysses' Original Vintage Movie Poster by Wiktor Gorka, Polish, 1957
By Wiktor Gorka
Located in Devon, GB
A simplified adaptation of Homer's 'Odyssey,' the 1954 Italian fantasy-adventure film 'Ulysses' follows the warrior king on his wandering ten year journey home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, where his loyal queen and son pray for his safe return. Kirk Douglas starred as the titular Greek hero, alongside producer Dino De Laurentiis' wife Silvana Mangano in a double role as both the faithful wife Penelope and mysterious sorceress Circe. Shot over seven months on a budget of $3 million, with almost a year in post-production, 'Ulysses' earned $124 million at the US box office alone and provided a template for Italian productions to come, igniting the sword-and-sandal craze for lavish Greco-Roman historical...
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Polish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster French West Africa Map Afrique Occidentale Francaise Art
By alain cornic
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster featuring an illustrated map of French West Africa / Afrique Occidentale Francaise marking the capital cities, towns, ports, Sahara Desert and rivers in Mauri...
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French Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Mid-20th Century Coney Beach Porthcawl British Pleasure Park Lithograph Poster
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th Century Coney Beach Porthcawl British Pleasure Park Lithograph Poster
An original vintage travel advertisement poster - Come to...
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British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Vintage Pull-Down Wall Chart Jung Koch Quentell Chicken Hen Country Style
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A classical rollable Jung Koch Quentell vintage wall chart showing the appearance and inner structure of a chicken (hen). Published by Hagemann Lehrmittelverlag, Duelsseldorf. Colorf...
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German Country Mid-20th Century Posters
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Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster for Cambodia Phnom Koulen Ft Kulen Waterfall
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster published by the National Office of Tourism, Cambodia Phnom Koulen - featuring fantastic artwork promoting Cambodia in South East Asia to t...
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Cambodian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Vintage Mural Countrycore Poster Fox Mother Loot Rabbit Fox Cubs Wall Chart
Located in Berghuelen, DE
The vintage wall chart shows the appearance of a fox mother with a loot rabbit for its three fox cubs in the foxhole. Published by the Meinhold Verlag...
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German Country Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Rare Original Vintage General Election Poster Stop War Vote Labour WWII Politics
Located in London, GB
Rare original vintage political General Election poster issued by the Labour Party - Stop War! Vote Labour - featuring a baby wearing a gas mask on a black background with bold red a...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage London Transport Poster by Henrion Visitor's London Guide Book
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for a London tour guide - Visitor's London - by the notable graphic designer Frederic Henri Kay Henrion (1914-19...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Australia Victorian Melbourne Sydney Festival Tall Ship
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster promoting “Discover Australia During the Celebrations”, (1934-1935) Victorian & Melbourne Centenary (1934-1935 commencing October) Sydney Festival Fortnight (1934 November). Great artwork by the only Australian artist to attend the New York School of Art John Vickery, (1906-1903) featuring a tall ship in full sail sailing on an ocean against a dramatic cloudy sky in the background with the stylized lettering and kangaroo logo against the sea below. Issued by the National Australian Travel...
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Australian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Ski Poster Hiver En Allemagne Germany Winter Ice Skating Sledge
By Hanns Lohrer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski and winter sport travel poster - Winter in Germany / Hiver en Allemagne - featuring a fun design by Hanns Lohrer (1912-1995) depicting people enjoying winter sports and skiing on a snowy ski slope in the shape of a smiling snowman on a pale blue background, including a person on a chair lift riding up through the image past a person relaxing in a striped deck chair to a mountain chalet building on the snowman's hand, a lady elegantly ice skating on its head, a skier skiing at speed down the piste, a cross country skier...
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German Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Ski Poster Winter Sports Carinthia Austria Skier Mountain View
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski travel poster for Winter Sports in Carinthia Austria featuring artwork by Hubert Lechner (1903-1990) of a smiling skier wearing a hat and holding a ski pole, loo...
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Austrian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Asia Travel Poster Onoda City Japan Industrial Festival Lantern
Located in London, GB
Original vintage poster advertising the Onoda City Industrial Festival featuring colourful artwork depicting ladies in traditional Japanese dress with flowers in their hats dancing by red lanterns with fireworks in the background, the title text in bold lettering diagonally above an industrial cog...
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Japanese Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Soviet Film Poster Hamlet William Shakespeare Play USSR Movie
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for a Soviet film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Hamlet written and directed by Grigori Kozintsev and starring An...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Public Health Poster Rabies Prevention In Dogs USSR Pioneer Boy
Located in London, GB
Original vintage Soviet public health poster for the prevention of rabies / ????????? in dogs featuring a freaky looking young Pioneer boy starin...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage World War Two Propaganda Poster Darn Holes At Once WWII Coupon
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Darn holes at once Odd wool will do for hidden darns Little holes soon grow into big ones if left undarned a stitch in time saves c...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage WWII Poster Soviet Baltic Pilots Fighter Jets Ships Sea Battle
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster depicting a battle scene showing Baltic pilots destroying enemy warships at sea with an illustration of planes flying through smoke in the sky a...
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Russian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Auto Racing Poster Porsche 911 Victory 1968 Rallye Monte Carlo
Located in London, GB
Original vintage car advertising poster celebrating Porsche Victory 1968 Rallye Monte Carlo 1. Vic Elford / David Stone 2. Pauli Toivonen / Martti T...
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German Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Movie Poster for the 007 James Bond Film From Russia With Love
Located in London, GB
Original vintage movie poster for the US release of 007 James Bond film From Russia with Love directed by Terence Young and starring Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
Located in London, GB
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
Original One Sheet (27 X 41 Inches)
An inordinately complex man who has been labelled everything from hero, to charlatan, to sadist, Lawrence blazed his wa...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Fly SAS To Scotland Bonnie Beginnin' Thru Europe
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster - Fly SAS to Scotland Bonnie Beginnin' of your extra-city trip thru Europe! - featuring a fun and colourful image of an old man with a grey...
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Danish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
"Museo de Arte Prehispanico de Mexico" Oaxaca Poster Signed by Rufino Tomayo
Located in San Diego, CA
Super rare "Museo de Arte Prehispanico de Mexico" Oaxaca poster signed by Rufino Tomayo, circa 1970s. The poster is in good vintage condition mounted on board (no rip tears, pin holes or creases) with with some fading and stains (please see pictures). It is signed in the lower center in marker by Tomayo. The piece measures 18" x 27.5" and is a very hard to find poster! #2346
Rufino Tamayo was born in the city of Oaxaca in 1899, but moved to Mexico City to live with an aunt after the death of his parents. Despite being an orphan and growing up in poverty he showed a great interest in the arts, and went on to study fine art at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas.
Although Tamayo was a modernist artist he was fascinated by Mexico’s indigenous civilizations and their enduring presence in the country’s collective conscious, and he sought to portray this connection to the past in his artwork. Rather like his contemporary Diego Riviera...
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Mexican Expressionist Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Railway Poster Edinburgh Scotland LNER LMS Cathedral Chapel Art
By Fred Taylor
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster issued by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway LMS and London North Eastern Railway LNER for Edinburgh It's Quicker By Rail featuring a great desig...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Scientists Prefer Shell Eckersley Lombers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster issued by Shell - You can be sure of Shell Scientists prefer Shell - featuring a science themed illustration depicting a chemical glass fla...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Imperial Airways British Airways London Paris
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster - Paris in speed & comfort in 70 flying minutes Imperial Airways British Airways 8 services a day - featuring a propeller plane flying against a blue s...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Rail Travel Poster Inverness Scotland British Railways Highland
Located in London, GB
Original vintage rail travel poster for Inverness The Capital Of The Scottish Highlands See Britain By Train British Railways featuring artwork depicting The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Marching Along Ness Walk by Lance Cattermole (1898-1992). Great painting showing the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders military marching band in their tartan kilt...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Military Recruitment Poster Commando Life Join Royal Marines
Located in London, GB
Original vintage military recruitment poster - A Commando's Life Join the Royal Marines - featuring artwork depicting a troop of soldiers wearing green berets and camouflage uniform ...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Cattle Cow Anatomy Jung Koch Quentell Art Print Vintage Mural Wall Chart Poster
Located in Berghuelen, DE
The countycore Jung Koch Quentell illustrates the anatomy of the domestic European cattle. Used as teaching material in German schools. Colorful print on paper reinforced with canvas...
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German Country Mid-20th Century Posters
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Canvas, Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Shell Lubricating Oil Rodeo Abram Games
By Abram Games
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for Shell Lubricating Oil Stays On The Job featuring a great design by the notable British graphic designer Abram Games (Abraham Gamse; 1914-1996) depicting a man as an artist's mannequin in red holding his hat whilst riding a black bucking bronco rodeo horse...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage War Poster Keep 'em Rolling WWII USA Navy Home Front PT Boats
By Leo Lionni
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two poster - Keep 'Em Rolling! - featuring speeding US Navy patrol torpedo PT boats at sea across the stripes of the American flag with workers wearing wel...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Countrycore Vintage Mural Wall Chart Jung Koch Quentell Bush Cricket Poster
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A fantastic Jung Koch Quentell close up depicting a bush cricket on the ground and different details of its body. Used as teaching material in German schools. Colorful print on paper...
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German Country Mid-20th Century Posters
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Canvas, Wood, Paper
Original Vintage Winter Sport Travel Poster Play In The Snow Southern Pacific
Located in London, GB
Original vintage ski and winter sport travel poster issued by Southern Pacific - Play in the Snow - featuring a fun and colourful design depicting a smiling lady holding a snowball a...
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American Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster America Qantas Native American Harry Rogers Plane
By Harry Rogers
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel poster for America issued by Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline in association with BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporatio...
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Australian Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Travel Poster Scotland Loch Maree Slioch Porteous Wood Highland
Located in London, GB
Original vintage travel advertising poster for Scotland Where You Are Always Welcome featuring a colourful scenic painting by the watercolour artist and designer James Porteous Wood ...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Vintage Wall Chart Print Salamander Newt Amphibians Tadpoles Underwater
Located in Berghuelen, DE
The vintage style poster print shows the appearance of the salamander, the newt and tadpoles. Great under water wall chart scenery. Colorful prin...
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German Country Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Advertising Poster Feria Muestrario Trade Fair Valencia Spain
Located in London, GB
Original vintage advertising poster for the XXXIII Feria Muestrario Internacional / International Trade Fair held in Valencia from 1-15 May 1955 featuring an elegant bird flying with its wings outstretched in front of an image of an industrial gear cog...
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Spanish Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
Original Vintage Poster Keep Warmer On Bovril Hot Drink Beef Extract Food Advert
Located in London, GB
Original vintage food advertising poster for Bovril - Keep Warmer on Bovril - featuring bold black lettering on a white background in a red frame border. Printed in Britain in the 19...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Posters
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Paper
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