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About Vintage Posters

Vintage posters are highly collectible, as they make for great discussion pieces and bridge the worlds of art and history. There are many collectible poster varieties, such as wartime, movies, music, political, sports, circus, aviation, railroad and pure art. Condition, rarity and attractiveness are especially critical with posters - do your homework before you buy.

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London Transport Museum Posters

London Transport Museum Posters

A must-see collection of 5,000 vivid, colorful British posters from the early 1900s onward. Browse by artist (over …  [more]

Circusmuseum.nl

Circusmuseum.nl

Step right up and check out almost 8,000 beautiful circus posters, photos and prints. Assembled by longtime Dutch c…  [more]

Fillmore and Avalon Collection

Fillmore and Avalon Collection

Wish you'd visited San Francisco in the late 1960s? Get a quick hit with this comprehensive collection of psychadel…  [more]

MagicGallery.com

MagicGallery.com

This collection of hundreds of posters, cards and portaits from the 'golden age of magic' (1890-1930) is organized …  [more]

WW2 Posters

WW2 Posters

Ben Perry's Flickr photoset of almost 3,000 World War Two government posters. Hard to describe the breadth and dept…  [more]

USSR Posters

USSR Posters

Ben Perry's Flickr photoset showcasing almost 1500 Soviet propaganda, advertising, theatre and movie posters from 1…  [more]

Smokey's Vault

Smokey's Vault

Great collection of forest fire prevention posters, multimedia, and memorabilia from the 1940s through the present.…  [more]

New York Public Library

New York Public Library

The New York Public Library's impressive Digital Gallery offers free access to over 500,000 historical images inclu…  [more]

The American Memory Project

The American Memory Project

This amazing Library of Congress site includes about a hundred photo and document collections (see complete list) o…  [more]


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