Vintage Art and Ephemera
Vintage Posters
View a collection of more than 53,671 vintage art images including travel ads, food & beverages, propoganda, pin-ups, and more.
Image Collections
Vintage Movie Posters
Movie posters from 1940 to 1960 from the Special Collections Department of B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library.
Treasury of Fine Art: Vintage Advertising
The Ohio State University Libraries collections of advertisements including destination, transportation, food, spirits, tobacco, and personal products.
NYPL: Turn of the Century Posters
More than 1,000 posters printed in America and Europe from 1893 to the beginning of the 20th century.
NYPL: Staten Island in Vintage Postcards
Collection of over 700 postcards depicting the daily life and scenery on Staten Island in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Vintage Valentines
Online exhibit of Valentine cards, 3D cards, and postcards from West Virginia and Regional History Collection.
Vintage British Railway Posters
Jeremiah J. O'Connor collection of American and European railroad posters, publications, and other ephemera.
Military Aircraft Nose Art
Collection of images featuring vintage WWII nose art.
Ad*Access
Duke University Libraries digital collection of more than 7,000 advertisements printed in US and Canadian newspapers from 1911 to 1955.
Richmond Collection
Vintage postcard images of Richmond, Virginia, from the Special Collections and Archives of the VCU Libraries.
Circus Posters in the Princeton University Library
Images of vintage circus posters from 1828 to 1973.
Victorian Trade Card Collection
Online collection from the Miami University Libraries with more than 1600 late 19th and early 20th century advertising trade cards.
UW Libraries Special Collections
Early Advertising of the West, 1867-1918
Menus Collection, 1889-2003
Pamphlet and Textual Ephemera Collection
Prior and Norris Vaudeville Troupe Photographs and Ephemera, 1886-1915
Vietnam War Era Ephemera Collection
World War I and II Poster Collection
Vintage Paperbacks & Digests
Image gallery of collectible book covers and vintage paperbacks.
Vintage Octopus Pulp Covers
Images of comic book cover art featuring the octopus.
Museums
Plan59
Museum and gift shop of 1950s illustration art including old ads, cars, space, and more.
Bad Fads Museum
Collection of items representing fads from the last 100 years, includes collectibles, fashion, music, television and more.
The Virtual Toilet Paper Museum: Vintage Collection
Collection of selected toilet papers dating back to the 1800s.
Resources
Ephemera Society of America
A non-profit organization that encourages interest in ephemera, site includes online exhibitions, news, collector groups and more.
Artists and Galleries
Vintage Poster Works
Original vintage antique posters dating from 1870 to the 1960s.
True Artworks
Vintage art images reproduced as prints on canvas and posters.
Kerry Beary
Artist creates ultra modern retro pop illustration and original paintings filled with vivid color and fabulous mod objects.
Ryan Tully
Modern retro artist recreates colorful items from the past.
PopHouse.com
Specializes in pop culture artifacts from the 50s to the early 90s.
Do Wah Diddy
Twentieth century pop culture collectibles.
