| Shopping for a vintage poster has never been easier. | | | | London ferry (in a steamship of course!) by the artist |
| Today a single web site boasts of 2000 vintage | | | | Fraipont. It shows two sailors in an animated |
| posters available online. That’s not all. You need to | | | | conversation and ships in the background. |
| see the varieties of posters available, the manner in | | | | If you flip through the American catalogue of vintage |
| which they have been preserved and the sheer quality | | | | posters on travel you get to see some recent ones |
| of these original vintage posters. | | | | like the 1955 poster on Palisades Amusement Park or |
| The categories of these authentic posters cover fine | | | | the pretty 1960 Pan American poster on Hawaii by the |
| art, war and military, travel, food and liquor, | | | | artist Galli which shows a beautiful blonde in a |
| transportation and sports. There is a special category | | | | Hawaiian dress amidst a charming surrounding. |
| for vintage posters, which have been added recently. | | | | The Fine Arts category has a few exquisite posters. |
| Let us consider a few of these varieties of posters | | | | There is a 1940 vintage poster titled “Three Cars |
| available online. Under travel you have travel posters | | | | on Yellow” by Bacci showing the racers of those |
| from Germany, Britain, Spain, Switzerland, France and | | | | days on the track. |
| the US. France has more than 100 travel posters | | | | The entertainment category has sub categories for |
| whereas the US has more than 30. If you browse | | | | music, the theater or opera, dance or ballet, circus or |
| through the French vintage posters you are | | | | magic, exposition, entertainers and of course movies. |
| transported to a different world. You get to see rare | | | | There is one beautiful vintage poster by Dellepiane |
| gems like the 1896 poster painted by Oge titled Evian | | | | from 1899 titled Ville de Marseilles. The 1917 “I want |
| Les Bains. The poster measures 62”X46” and | | | | you Uncle Sam” poster by Flagg is most |
| has the tourist in mind because it speaks of casinos | | | | impressive. |
| and theatres. There is an 1895 poster on the Paris to | | | | |