Vintage Posters
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A SELECTION OF TRAVEL & CIRCUS POSTERS
W. Walter Calvert. "Visit Washington. Go By Train. Pennsylvania Railroad." [White House]. Pennsylvania Railroad poster, circa 1955. Approximately 40 x 25. Multiple creases and some repaired tears in the gold colored background at top of print.
Calvert, who lived in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, was a commercial artist who was a member of the Art Directors Club of Philadelphia, Sketch Club, and was commissioned by the Bell Telephone, Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia Electric Company and other companies to provide art work for their advertising campaigns. $550
- Maxwell Frederic Coplan. "Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. See You at The Greatest Show on Earth" ca. 1955. 26 x 40 (image) plus margins. [Horizontal bust photo of Lou Jacobs (1903-1992) as a clown]. $750
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A SELECTION OF ADVERTISING POSTERS
- Plate 13. Jules Chéret. "Saxoléine Pétrole de Sureté . . ." From Maîtres de l'Affiche (Masters of the Poster). Paris: Imprimerie Chaix, 1895-1900. 11 x 7 3/4. Chromolithograph. Very good condition. $650
- Elisha Brown Bird. "The Century For March." New York: H.A. Thomas & Wylie, 1896.
20 1/4 x 13 1/8. Fold in center. Several repaired tears along margins. Slight water stain down left side. $375
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A SELECTION OF WAR POSTERS
- Amos Sewell. For a Secure Future. Buy War Bonds. US Treasury: 1945. 27 x 19. [Farmer holding bonds in one hand and farm and family in other]. $275
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