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Historical_Ads_and_Posters Collection (#12)

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Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: USA: Keep Him Free. First World War propaganda poster, Philadelphia, c. 1918

USA: Keep Him Free. First World War propaganda poster, Philadelphia, c. 1918
World War I (WWI or WW1 or World War One), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Field day--WPA recreation project, Dist. No. 2 ca. 1939

Field day--WPA recreation project, Dist. No. 2 ca. 1939
Poster showing woman holding tennis racket, with silhouettes of other games and events in background

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Hiking--WPA recreation project, Dist. No. 2 ca. 1939

Hiking--WPA recreation project, Dist. No. 2 ca. 1939
Poster shows a man walking in a park

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Operators of small boats enlist now! U. S. Coast Guard ca. 1941-1943

Operators of small boats enlist now! U. S. Coast Guard ca. 1941-1943
Poster encouraging boat owners to enlist in the U.S. Coast Guard at the Recruiting Station, 146 Baronne St. New Orleans, La. showing a small Coast Guard boat

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln, the great commoner ca. 1936

Big tent theatre - now playing - Abraham Lincoln, the great commoner ca. 1936
Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation showing a head-and-shoulders portrait of Lincoln

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: City of New York municipal airports No. 1 Floyd Bennett Field - No. 2 North Beach. ca. 1937

City of New York municipal airports No. 1 Floyd Bennett Field - No. 2 North Beach. ca. 1937
Poster promoting New Yorks municipal airports, Floyd Bennett Field and North Beach, East River Seaplane bases, Wall Street and 31st Street, showing airplane and seaplane

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Keep your fire escapes clear ca. 1937

Keep your fire escapes clear ca. 1937
Poster for the Tenement House Department of the City of New York advising that tenement house residents keep their fire escapes free of obstructions

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Wild life The national parks preserve all life ca. 1936-1940

Wild life The national parks preserve all life ca. 1936-1940
Poster for National Park Service, showing a deer drinking from a stream in the forest

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Art Deco moga or modern girl dancing, Woodblock print, ink and colours on paper

Japan: Art Deco moga or modern girl dancing, Woodblock print, ink and colours on paper, Kobayakawa Kiyoshi (1899-1948)
Modern girls ( modan gaaru, also shortened to moga ) were Japanese women who followed Westernized fashions and lifestyles in the 1920s

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Elmhurst flag day, June 18, 1939, Du Page County centennial ca. 1939

Elmhurst flag day, June 18, 1939, Du Page County centennial ca. 1939
Poster showing American flag

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Poster for Annual Farm and Home Week at the University of Illinois in Champaign, IL January 1941

Poster for Annual Farm and Home Week at the University of Illinois in Champaign, IL January 1941
Artistic poster showing a winter scene for the Annual Farm and Home Week at the University of Illinois 1941

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Du Page County soap box derby... Glen Ellyn, Ill. ca. 1939

Du Page County soap box derby... Glen Ellyn, Ill. ca. 1939
Poster showing soap box derby contestants crossing the finish line

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: France: Art Nouveau advertising poster for Bieres de la Meuse, lithograph

France: Art Nouveau advertising poster for Bieres de la Meuse, lithograph, Alfons Mucha (1860-1939), 1897
Alfons Maria Mucha (24 July 1860 - 14 July 1939), often known in English and French as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, celebrated for his distinctive style

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Sand modeling for younger children--WPA recreation project, Dist. No. 2 ca. 1939

Sand modeling for younger children--WPA recreation project, Dist. No. 2 ca. 1939
Poster showing children creating sand sculpture

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: France / Syria: Vintage Orient Express poster featuring the Aleppo Citadel, Joseph de la Neziere

France / Syria: Vintage Orient Express poster featuring the Aleppo Citadel, Joseph de la Neziere, 1927
The Orient Express was the name of a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL)

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: International exhibition of water colors The Art Institute of Chicago - March 23 - May 14 1939 ca

International exhibition of water colors The Art Institute of Chicago - March 23 - May 14 1939 ca. 1939
Poster for exhibit of watercolors at the Art Institute of Chicago, showing a paintbrush in a glass of water

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: France / Greece: Vintage Orient Express poster featuring the Acropolis in Athens

France / Greece: Vintage Orient Express poster featuring the Acropolis in Athens, Joseph de la Neziere, 1926
The Orient Express was the name of a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL)

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Museum of science & industry ca. 1940

Museum of science & industry ca. 1940
Poster for Museum of Science & Industry, showing an abstract design of industrial elements

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Vintage Japan Tourist Bureau poster, 1920s

Japan: Vintage Japan Tourist Bureau poster, 1920s
The Japan Tourist Bureau was established in 1912, primarily serving foreign visitors to Japan

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb binoculars to the Navy

No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb binoculars to the Navy ca. 1941-1943
Poster showing a periscope emerging from the sea, with a ship in flames and sinking in the distance

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Fields of Color, Yamanashi Prefecture. Japanese Railways, 1930s

Japan: Fields of Color, Yamanashi Prefecture. Japanese Railways, 1930s
Yamanashi Prefecture (Õ▒▒µó¿þ£î Yamanashi-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Ch┼½bu region of the main island of Honshu

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: UK / Scotland: Scottish War Savings Committee. First World War propaganda poster, c. 1917

UK / Scotland: Scottish War Savings Committee. First World War propaganda poster, c. 1917
World War I (WWI or WW1 or World War One), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: France / Iraq: Vintage Orient Express poster London to Baghdad in Eight Days featuring

France / Iraq: Vintage Orient Express poster London to Baghdad in Eight Days featuring the Ctesiphon Arch near Baghdad
The Orient Express was the name of a long-distance passenger train service created in 1883 by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL)

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Bands on parade outstanding eastern Illinois high school bands ca. 1940

Bands on parade outstanding eastern Illinois high school bands ca. 1940
Poster for a high school band parade at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College, Charleston, Saturday, November 9, 1940, showing a profile of a band member wearing a tall hat

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Philadelphia - Carpenters Hall ca. 1936-1941

Philadelphia - Carpenters Hall ca. 1936-1941
Poster promoting tourism, showing Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Vintage Art Deco magazine cover featuring a moga or modern girl, 1920s

Japan: Vintage Art Deco magazine cover featuring a moga or modern girl, 1920s
Modern girls ( modan gaaru, also shortened to moga ) were Japanese women who followed Westernized fashions and lifestyles in the 1920s

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Pennsylvania Costumes and handicrafts, the Pennsylvania Germans ca. 1936-1941

Pennsylvania Costumes and handicrafts, the Pennsylvania Germans ca. 1936-1941
Poster promoting Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, showing an Amish couple

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Art Deco songbook cover for Ginga no Uta ( Song of the Milky Way)

Japan: Art Deco songbook cover for Ginga no Uta ( Song of the Milky Way ) featuring a moga or modern girl
Modern girls ( modan gaaru, also shortened to moga ) were Japanese women who followed Westernized fashions and lifestyles in the 1920s

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Rural Pennsylvania Colonial Pennsylvania exists to-day in many churches, costumes

Rural Pennsylvania Colonial Pennsylvania exists to-day in many churches, costumes, crafts of the German Sectarians ca
Poster promoting Pennsylvania, showing pottery

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: France: Advertising poster for Cycles Lorette bicycles, Paris, c. 1910

France: Advertising poster for Cycles Lorette bicycles, Paris, c. 1910
A victorious bicycle race winner is gifted flowers. The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: France: Advertising poster for the Folies Bergere music hall, Paris, Jules Cheret, 1893

France: Advertising poster for the Folies Bergere music hall, Paris, Jules Cheret, 1893
The Folies Bergere is a cabaret music hall, located in Paris, France. Established in 1869, the house was at the height of its fame

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Japan Air Transport Company featuring the central tower at Osaka

Japan: Advertising poster for Japan Air Transport Company featuring the central tower at Osaka Castle, c. 1930
Japan Air Transport Corporation (Nihon Koku Yuso Kabushiki Kaisha) was the national airline of the Empire of Japan from 1928 to 1938

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Grand Canyon National Park, a free government service ca. 1938

Grand Canyon National Park, a free government service ca. 1938
Poster shows view of the Grand Canyon

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Martini featuring a moga or modern girl, 1920s

Japan: Advertising poster for Martini featuring a moga or modern girl, 1920s
Modern girls ( modan gaaru, also shortened to moga ) were Japanese women who followed Westernized fashions and lifestyles in the 1920s

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Sea Bathing in Obama, Fukui. Osaka and Nagoya Rail Agency, 1930s

Japan: Sea Bathing in Obama, Fukui. Osaka and Nagoya Rail Agency, 1930s
Obama (Õ░ŵÁ£Õ©é Obama-shi) is a city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. It faces Wakasa Bay due north of Kyoto, and is about four to seven hours by train from Tokyo

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Art Nouveau influenced advertising poster for matches, c. 1930

Japan: Art Nouveau influenced advertising poster for matches, c. 1930
Between the end of the First World War in 1918 and the outbreak of the Pacific War in 1941, Japanese graphic design as represented in advertsing posters

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Golden Years (Retirement) in the Summer. Nagoya Rail Agency, 1930s

Japan: Golden Years (Retirement) in the Summer. Nagoya Rail Agency, 1930s
Nagoya (ÕÉìÕÅñÕ▒ïÕ©é Nagoya-shi) is the largest city in the Ch┼½bu region of Japan. It is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: France: Advertisement for Sandales Gouik featuring a Pelote Basque player, c. 1925

France: Advertisement for Sandales Gouik featuring a Pelote Basque player, c. 1925
Basque pelota (pilota in the original Basque language also pelota vasca in Spanish, pelote basque in French) is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using ones hand, a racket

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Standing atop the Mountains. Nagoya Rail Agency, 1930s

Japan: Standing atop the Mountains. Nagoya Rail Agency, 1930s
Nagoya (ÕÉìÕÅñÕ▒ïÕ©é Nagoya-shi) is the largest city in the Ch┼½bu region of Japan. It is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: USA / Czechoslovakia: Art Nouveau poster for the Brooklyn Museum Alphonse Mucha Exhibition

USA / Czechoslovakia: Art Nouveau poster for the Brooklyn Museum Alphonse Mucha Exhibition, New York, 1921
Alfons Maria Mucha (24 July 1860 - 14 July 1939), often known in English and French as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech Art Nouveau painter and decorative artist, celebrated for his distinctive style

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Advertising poster for Toyo Kisen Kaisha / Oriental Steam-Ship Company

Japan: Advertising poster for Toyo Kisen Kaisha / Oriental Steam-Ship Company. Tōyō Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha, 1917
Oriental Steamship Co advertisement featuring a young woman holding a folding fan

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: England / UK: Holiday Attractions - For the Zoo, Book to Regents Park or Camden Town

England / UK: Holiday Attractions - For the Zoo, Book to Regents Park or Camden Town, by Charles Paine (1895 - 1967)
The London Underground (also known as the Tube or simply the Underground) is a public rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and parts of the home counties of Buckinghamshire

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: England / UK: Brightest London is Best Reached by Underground, by Horace Taylor (1881 - 1934)

England / UK: Brightest London is Best Reached by Underground, by Horace Taylor (1881 - 1934)
The London Underground (also known as the Tube or simply the Underground) is a public rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and parts of the home counties of Buckinghamshire

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Japan: Autumn in Nagoya. Nagoya Tourism Bureau, c. 1930s

Japan: Autumn in Nagoya. Nagoya Tourism Bureau, c. 1930s
Nagoya (ÕÉìÕÅñÕ▒ïÕ©é Nagoya-shi?) is the largest city in the Ch┼½bu region of Japan. It is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Cunard Line promotional brochure for the 'Franconia'1931 world cruise. Front cover

Cunard Line promotional brochure for the "Franconia"1931 world cruise. Front cover
Cunard Line promotional brochure for the "Franconia" 1931 world cruise. Front cover

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Dinner Menu. Cunard Line. R. M. S. Caronia. Christmas, 1929

Dinner Menu. Cunard Line. R. M. S. Caronia. Christmas, 1929
Dinner Menu. Cunard Line. R.M.S. Caronia. Christmas, 1929

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Get-Together Dinner Menu. Cunard West Indies Cruise, 1930. R. M. S. Franconia

Get-Together Dinner Menu. Cunard West Indies Cruise, 1930. R. M. S. Franconia. Tuesday, December 2, 1930
Get-Together Dinner Menu. Cunard West Indies Cruise, 1930. R.M.S. Franconia. Tuesday, December 2, 1930

Background imageHistorical_Ads_and_Posters Collection: Dinner Menu. Cunard Line. R. M. S. Caronia. Tuesday, January 1, 1929

Dinner Menu. Cunard Line. R. M. S. Caronia. Tuesday, January 1, 1929
Dinner Menu. Cunard Line. R.M.S. Caronia. Tuesday, January 1, 1929




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