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The 1940s were shaped almost entirely by the war and its aftermath. Governments on every side poured resources into graphic communication, producing some of the most direct and purposeful design of the century. When the war ended, that same energy shifted into commercial work, with advertisers and travel companies picking up where the propaganda offices left off. The pieces shown here are period originals from both halves of the decade.
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1940s

The 1940s were shaped almost entirely by the war and its aftermath. Governments on every side poured resources into graphic communication, producing some of the most direct and purposeful design of the century. When the war ended, that same energy shifted into commercial work, with advertisers and travel companies picking up where the propaganda offices left off. The pieces shown here are period originals from both halves of the decade.

Pan American - Holland by Edward Kauffer, 1948 - Original Vintage Poster
Visit Holland, Pan American c.1948 $975.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 40.0" x 29.0"

Year: c.1948

Lewis Bros. Circus - Authentic Vintage Poster
Lewis Bros. Circus c.1940 $650.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.5" x 28.0"

Year: c.1940

Pin Up Calendar, December - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Pin Up Calendar, December c.1949 $55.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 0.0" x 0.0"

Year: c.1949

Presenting Lily Mars, Judy Garland- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Presenting Lily Mars, Judy Garland- Trade Ad c.1943 $60.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1943

Feed Hungry Europe- Collier's Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Feed Hungry Europe- Collier's Magazine c.1940 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.75" x 10.5"

Year: c.1940

Al Sur De Panama - Authentic Vintage Poster
Al Sur De Panama c.1941 $575.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 41.25" x 29.25"

Year: c.1941

I Married an Angel- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
I Married an Angel- Trade Ad c.1942 $60.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1942

Les Frères Jacques - Authentic Vintage Poster
Les Frères Jacques c.1949 $350.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 30.5" x 22.0"

Year: c.1949

Aristocrat- Collier's Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Aristocrat- Collier's Magazine c.1941 $25.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.0" x 10.75"

Year: c.1941

Vintage Advertising Art by George Petty- Freshness - Authentic Vintage Vintage Ad
Vintage Advertising Art by George Petty- Freshness c.1940 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 14.0" x 9.75"

Year: c.1940

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5- Collier's Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Downhill Ski Diva- Collier's Magazine c.1940 $55.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1940

Girl Crazy, Judy Garland- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Girl Crazy, Judy Garland- Trade Ad c.1943 $75.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1943

Thermogene by Leonetto Cappiello - Authentic Vintage Poster
Thermogene by Leonetto Cappiello c.1940 $975.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 46.0" x 31.5"

Year: c.1940

This collectible 23- Collier's Magazine print features a large pink flamingo carrying four playful monkeys and the headline: “Can Berlin Take It?”.
Flamingo Express- Collier's Magazine c.1941 $65.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1941

Casanova, Swedish Operetta - Original Vintage Poster
Casanova, Swedish Operetta c.1941 $300.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 35.5" x 27.25"

Year: c.1941

Honky Tonk, Clarke Gables- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Honky Tonk, Clarke Gables- Trade Ad c.1941 $85.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1941

A cartoon monkey in a military helmet parachutes with banana and canteen toward cacti. This vintage cover from Collier's Magazine (April 18, 1942) features the headline “ARGENTINA–AXIS GATEWAY.” Product: 21- Collier's Magazine.
Axis Airdrop- Collier's Magazine c.1942 $95.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1942

CDM Dessin Industriel - Authentic Vintage Poster
CDM Dessin Industriel c.1945 $450.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 31.5" x 20.75"

Year: c.1945

7- Collier's Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
The Young Recruit- Collier's Magazine c.1943 $45.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1943

Andy Hardy's Double Life- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Andy Hardy's Double Life- Trade Ad c.1942 $75.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1942

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Rio Rita, Abbot & Costello- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
Rio Rita, Abbot & Costello- Trade Ad c.1942 $85.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1942

19- Collier's Magazine vintage print (July 25, 1942) shows caricatured Axis leaders as monkeys—one in Nazi attire pulling a cart, the other in Japanese uniform riding. Both have exaggerated features. Unique collectible print.
Nazi Retreat- Collier's Magazine c.1942 $95.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1942

Sevilla, Feria de Abril - Authentic Vintage Poster
Sevilla, Feria de Abril c.1940 $3,750.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 64.0" x 43.5"

Year: c.1940

Apolo Oranges, Spanish Crate Label - Original Vintage Product Label:
Apolo Oranges, Spanish Crate Label c.1945 $35.00 USD

Item Type: Product Label

Size: 9.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1945

International Fruit Oranges, Spanish Crate Label - Original Vintage Product Label:
International Fruit Oranges, Spanish Crate Label c.1945 $30.00 USD

Item Type: Product Label

Size: 6.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1945

Kinagin - Authentic Vintage Poster
Kinagin c.1941 $1,050.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 50.5" x 35.5"

Year: c.1941

26- Collier's Magazine: Vintage June 15, 1940 cover art featuring an elephant crafted from vegetables and toothpicks playing drums, beneath the headline "Palestine—Much Promised Land." Collectible magazine artwork.
Harvest Heavyweights- Collier's Magazine c.1940 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1940

Visitez Les Aquariums Mosans - Authentic Vintage Poster
Visitez Les Aquariums Mosans c.1948 $750.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 38.75" x 24.5"

Year: c.1948

Snowy Ambush- Collier's Magazine Cover Art - Authentic Vintage Posters
Snowy Ambush- Collier's Magazine c.1941 $75.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1941

Football, Spanish Crate Label - Original Vintage Product Label:
Football, Spanish Crate Label c.1945 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Product Label

Size: 10.0" x 10.0"

Year: c.1945

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6- Collier's Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Opening Night- Collier's Magazine c.1941 $45.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1941

Worth, Parisian Perfumes - Original Vintage Ad:
Worth, Parisian Perfumes c.1946 $35.00 USD

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 12.0" x 8.0"

Year: c.1946

A giraffe drinks from a glass bottle as a baby monkey in leaves sits in a cradle, finger to mouth. This vintage scene is the cover art for 22- Collier's Magazine, dated April 26, 1941.
Safari Sitter- Collier's Magazine c.1941 $65.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1941

A vintage print of "17- Collier's Magazine" features the March 20, 1943 cover art with two anthropomorphic monkeys—one knitting in a rocking chair and another playing on the floor with a baby monkey.
Baby Makes Three- Collier's Magazine c.1943 $65.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1943

I'm Married Now by George Petty - Original Vintage Illustration
I'm Married Now by George Petty c.1940 $45.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 13.75" x 9.5"

Year: c.1940

Cognac Rouyer - Original Vintage Ad:
Cognac Rouyer c.1946 $30.00 USD

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 12.0" x 8.0"

Year: c.1946

United We Are Strong, WW2 - Authentic Vintage Poster
United We Are Strong, WW2 c.1943 $1,450.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 55.5" x 40.0"

Year: c.1943

3- Collier's Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
A Salty Shave- Collier's Magazine c.1943 $100.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1943

Hello Babe- Collier's Magazine - Authentic Vintage Cover Art
Hello Babe- Collier's Magazine c.1940 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.75" x 10.75"

Year: c.1940

Bienaimé's Perfume, Paris - Original Vintage Ad:
Bienaimé's Perfume, Paris c.1946 $40.00 USD

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 12.0" x 8.0"

Year: c.1946

Lucien Lelong Perfume - Original Vintage Ad:
Lucien Lelong Perfume c.1946 $35.00 USD

Item Type: Vintage Ad

Size: 12.0" x 8.0"

Year: c.1946

A stork carries four babies in blankets above a rooftop at night in this charming vintage cover artwork for 13- Collier's Magazine, dated May 24, 1941.
Midnight Express- Collier's Magazine c.1941 $65.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1941

A cartoon monkey on a red and white horn and a uniformed bear with a microphone use radio gear, as an aircraft illustration decorates this collectible "18- Collier's Magazine" cover from August 29, 1942.
The Air Patrol Boys- Collier's Magazine c.1942 $85.00 USD

Item Type: Cover Art

Size: 13.5" x 10.5"

Year: c.1942

Double Brand Oranges, California Crate Label - Original Vintage Product Label:
Double Brand Oranges, California Crate Label c.1940 $30.00 USD

Item Type: Product Label

Size: 10.0" x 10.75"

Year: c.1940

The Human Comedy- Trade Ad - Authentic Vintage Illustration
The Human Comedy- Trade Ad c.1943 $50.00 USD

Item Type: Illustration

Size: 12.5" x 9.5"

Year: c.1943

Scandinavian Express - Netherlands Railways - Authentic Vintage Poster
Scandinavian Express - Netherlands Railways c.1947 $525.00 USD

Item Type: Poster

Size: 40.0" x 29.5"

Year: c.1947

Celosa Oranges, Spanish Crate Label - Original Vintage Product Label:
Celosa Oranges, Spanish Crate Label c.1945 $35.00 USD

Item Type: Product Label

Size: 8.5" x 10.25"

Year: c.1945

Brindis Oranges, Spanish Crate Label - Original Vintage Product Label:
Brindis Oranges, Spanish Crate Label c.1940 $30.00 USD

Item Type: Product Label

Size: 10.75" x 9.5"

Year: c.1940

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