Posters

Encarta defines posters as “mass-produced advertisements or announcements, usually printed on large sheets of paper, for public display. Posters ordinarily consist of a colorful picture or illustration along with a short identifying text or trademark. They usually have a commercial purpose-to advertise products or publicize entertainment events-but they also occasionally appear as public education announcements, propaganda instruments, or pure works of art with no overt message.” (Encarta)

If you have suggestions for extra categories within these links pages, please e-mail me. Links are slowly being added as time allows, and will overlap, so for instance British wartime posters will be found in both ‘WWII Posters’ and under ‘British Posters’, and possibly under ‘Buying Vintage Posters’.

• Imagebank
• Exhibitions
• Poster History
• Vintage Posters
• Valuing Posters
• Poster Sizes
• Poster Printing Methods
• Miscellaneous

Posters By Country/Era

• American Posters
• Australian Posters
• British Posters
• Canadian Posters
• Chinese Posters
• French Posters
• German Posters (Not Nazi)
• Japanese Posters
• Nazi Posters
• Soviet Posters
• Spanish Civil War Posters
• Swiss Posters
• World War I Posters
• World War II Posters

For more information on posters, please consult the bibliography.