Posters of History Photos

Posters often reflect historic eras or events.

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Poster giving history of Civil War at Jefferson Barracks. St. Louis, MO.Poster recruiting for Civil War troops at Bennington Museum. Bennington, VT.Spanish Civil War poster by Carles Fontsere at Museum of Decorative Arts. Barcelona, Spain.Spanish Civil War poster to raise funds for bombed women & children of Madrid at Caen Memorial. Caen, France.
Poster (1881) giving history of Civil War at Jefferson Barracks. St. Louis, MO.Poster (1861) recruiting for Civil War troops at Bennington Museum. Bennington, VT.Spanish Civil War poster (1938) by Carles Fontsere at Museum of Decorative Arts. Barcelona, Spain.Spanish Civil War poster (1936-9) to raise funds for bombed women & children of Madrid at Caen Memorial. Caen, France.
NRA Code Retail Trade poster from 1934 in Presidential Museum. Hyde Park, NY.Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Crefeld Exhibition of More Modern German Art poster by Erich Heckel at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.Display of posters of Bertolt Brecht's plays at Brechthaus Museum. Augsburg, Germany.Industrialization USSR poster at Caen Memorial. Caen, France.
NRA Code Retail Trade poster from 1934 in Presidential Museum. Hyde Park, NY.Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Crefeld Exhibition of More Modern German Art poster (1920) by Erich Heckel at Schleswig Holstein State Museum. Schleswig, Germany.Display of posters of Bertolt Brecht's plays at Brechthaus Museum. Augsburg, Germany.Industrialization USSR poster (1932) at Caen Memorial. Caen, France.
Poster for magazine Eigen Haard lithograph by Wynand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Viva la Fiesta poster by Gustave Baumann at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Russian poster for Fechin art exhibit at Taos Art Museum. Taos, NM.Nicolai Fechin portrait detail on Russian poster at Taos Art Museum. Taos, NM.
Poster for magazine Eigen Haard lithograph (1896) by Wynand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.Viva la Fiesta poster (1931) by Gustave Baumann at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.Russian poster for Fechin art exhibit at Taos Art Museum. Taos, NM.Nicolai Fechin portrait detail on Russian poster at Taos Art Museum. Taos, NM.
Poster with verses for "Ist Das Nicht Eine Schnitzelbank?" at Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture. New Braunfels, TX.Japanese Kakemono at Broughton House. Kirkcudbright, Scotland.Poster for Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy pantomime in Glasgow at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.Burns Exhibition poster by Muirhead Bone at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. Alloway, Scotland.
Poster with verses for "Ist Das Nicht Eine Schnitzelbank?" at Museum of Texas Handmade Furniture. New Braunfels, TX.Japanese Kakemono (Kabuki Theatre poster) (1834) at Broughton House. Kirkcudbright, Scotland.Poster for Sir Walter Scott's Rob Roy pantomime in Glasgow (1880) at Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow, Scotland.Burns Exhibition poster (1896) by Muirhead Bone at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum. Alloway, Scotland.
Garden hose pinup poster by Harry Morse Meyers at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.John Dillinger, Public Enemy Number One, wanted poster at Arizona Historical Society Museum Downtown. Tucson, AZ.Russian space program posters & object at March Field Air Museum. Riverside, CA.Che Guevara poster in Havana. Cuba.
Garden hose pinup poster (c1913) by Harry Morse Meyers at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.John Dillinger, Public Enemy Number One, wanted poster at Arizona Historical Society Museum Downtown. Tucson, AZ.Russian space program posters & object at March Field Air Museum. Riverside, CA.Che Guevara poster in Havana. Cuba.

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