Showing posts with label posters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label posters. Show all posts
Saturday, July 20, 2024

Gilgo Beach

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In the first of three surfing posters in today's series we see a promo for a contest at Gilgo Beach, Long Island.  Who knew they had big...
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Manhattan Beach

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I've always wondered why they named a beach in LA County "Manhattan." Turns out the developer was a homesick New Yorker.  

No text

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Our third and final surfing poster has no text, making me think it was either cropped or used as a generic blank for multiple uses.  The sui...
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Saturday, July 6, 2024

Poster Day

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  Our theme today is 20th Century posters, and we start with a promotional number  for the Bears Hotel in Basel, Switzerland.  We are assure...
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Feel a man

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Join the Royal Navy and feel a man! OK, where do I sign?  
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DDR 1966

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The weightlifting world championship was held in East Berlin in 1966, and this was one of the promotional posters.  
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Prague, 1938

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I like the way the men are  holding hands in this Czech poster from 1938. Only a few months later, the Czechs were sold out by the Western A...
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O, Canada

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The brawn is under wraps in this Canadian poster, but it is there. And they way the two men are positioned is interesting.  
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Spain 1924

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This poster promotes a large art show and raffle for the benefit of the 1924 Spanish Olympic team.  
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Werkbund

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The Deutsche Werkbund was an organization committed to the merger or art, industry and personal craftsman ship for the betterment of commerc...
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Soviet Water Polo

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This Soviet sports poster features a handsome water polo player.  

Brawny naval gunner

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This World War II recruiting poster implies that joining the Navy would make you like  the guy loading shells into the gun.  I'm sure, h...
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Scottish Golfing

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I find the men in this Scottish golfing poster to be quite attractive.  
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Sunday, May 21, 2023

1938 British Empire Games

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Australia hosted the British Empire Games in 1938.  
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Friday, March 24, 2023

Poster man

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The edition of Playgirl in which Lou Zivkovich appeared quickly became a collector's item.  Imagine that!  This photo looks like it was ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Popup! - Sports Posters

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Netherlands Today I'm doing a quickie popup post of early 20th Century sports posters. We start with a 1917 Dutch military event promoti...
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Belgium

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Antwerp's 1920 Olympics used this poster for promotion.  
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Sweden

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Here we have a promotional poster for the 1912 Stockholm Olympics.  
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United Kingdom

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I know they're fully clothed, but I like these ruggers.  Two interesting things about this poster:   it was made for the tram company, a...
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Czechoslovakia

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I know that nowadays it's "Czechia" or "Czech Republic," but when this poster was made, it was still Czechoslovakia....
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