Traveling the world is a luxury worth saving up for. Until your big trip, a more affordable way to see the world is through vintage travel posters. The posters afford the luxury of seeing a place in its glory and sharing it with everyone who visits your home while adding a vintage vibe to your decor.
Vintage travel posters are bright, fun and festive &mdash the perfect pop of color and history. They can be found in shops of all price ranges and come in many different shapes and sizes.
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Comments (15)
I love vintage posters. I have a few originals, but you can get posters for a fraction of the cost. You can also get them printed on stretched canvas, which looks great. Ellen from www.4walls.us
There are some great online sales going on right now, featuring travel posters. I have two fun Chicago posters in my living room, and they certainly liven the place up!
I'm a travel lover and I love vintage posters. What a great idea!! I'm going to see if I can find some online now!
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This New York city store is well-respected amongst collectors:
http://www.la-belle-epoque.com/
Cool. I will check out that website Cathie.
I found some downloadable posters on the Cincinnati Public Library's website:
http://virtuallibrary.cincinnatilibrary.org/VirtualLibrary/vl_Photos.aspx?ResTypeID=34
I'm using vintage travel posters to decorate my new kitchen! They are a colorful and interesting addition. Check out art.com for a large selection of prints.
I want the bookshelf desk in that first photo with the Hawaii posters.
The London Transport Museum has a wonderful collection of posters that you can shop online: http://www.ltmuseumshop.co.uk/
Every style you can think of, most for about 10 pounds each. My honey and I came home from a recent London trip with several, then I bought more online.
www.allposters.com / www.allposters.eu also has a great selection of reproductions.
I also have some tin sign versions that I have arranged up my stairwell, they look great.
I love vintage posters too. But if you have real ones (not reproductions) you have to keep them in low-light, and never in direct sun. They'll fade away very quickly.
any recommendations for a place to print out the downloadable posters?
I have always loved vintage posters - thanks for the post on how to use them! I never thought of these ways before.
I adore vintage things....when i go traveling I always look for vintage things such as key chains, small stuffs that would represent the places i go to. Vintage posters are such a good Idea and I would like to collect those....http://www.whattravel.com/luxury-travel-trends-in-2010/
where can i find vintage posters??