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1940s Poster Stock Photos

Browse 15,794 1940s poster photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images.

art deco theatre poster - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Art Deco Theatre Poster

Art Deco, Poster, Movie Theater

wrinkled piece of paper against a white background - 1940s poster stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Wrinkled piece of paper against a white background

Textured, Paper, Poster

cheerful man with beer happy hour - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Cheerful man with beer Happy hour

Retro Style, Happy Hour, Bar - Drink Establishment

noir detective movie poster - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Noir Detective Movie Poster

Film Noir Style, Poster, Movie

art deco architectural poster - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Art Deco Architectural Poster

1940-1949, Art Deco, Theatrical Performance

World's Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis Vs. Billy Conn, poster, US poster art, 1946.

World's Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis Vs. Billy Conn

Archival, Poster

World War II, American propaganda poster showing Uncle Sam, a worker holding a hammer and an employer holding a document.Original title: Appreciate...

Poster printed during the German occupation, World War II: illustration and design by R. Dumoulin. France, Paris 1944.

THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE

Germany, France, Paris - France

vector retro propaganda poster style caped superhero lifts a shield stock illustration - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Vector Retro Propaganda Poster Style Caped Superhero Lifts a Shield Stock illustration

Superhero, Shield, Poster

'Carry On', 1941. Men sit in a local pub and follow the government's advice to 'Keep Calm and Carry On'. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His...

Pub, World War II, Poster

Soviet Russian propaganda poster delivering a warning to the USA not to meddle with atomic weapons. The beginning of the Cold War is represented in...

A warning to the USA.

Cold War, Propaganda, Poster

noir detective movie poster - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Noir Detective Movie Poster

Spy, Trench Coat, Detective

An Italian poster from World War II depicts the Statue of Liberty removing her mask to reveal a grinning skull, as she presides over the destruction,...

Ecco I Liberatori

Italy, Propaganda, Poster

An advertisement from World War II discouraging the waste of energy and resources by instructing users to carpool together, College, Park, Maryland,...

Share Your Car!

World War II, Rationing, War

Second world war propaganda poster by the America First Committee titled 'War's First Casualty'. Dated 1940.

War's First Casualty.

World War II poster showing a two-headed German/Japanese monster tearing the Statue of Liberty apart, while in the foreground a hand holds a wrench...

This Is Your War

retro air show poster with tin airplanes - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Retro air show poster with tin airplanes

Poster, Airplane, 1940-1949

Heavy artillery on parade during a review of the Moscow Garrison troops during the May Day celebrations in Red Square, passing posters of Lenin and...

Joseph Stalin, Red Square, Poster

Poster announces an Negro League baseball game between the Kansas City Monarchs and the Memphis Red Sox at Dietz Stadium , Kingston, New York, mid...

Kansas City Monarchs Vs Memphis Red Sox Poster

Negro League Baseball, Match - Sport, Poster

German World War II poster from Holland depicts the USA as a monster made of up of many parts, trampling the Netherlands underfoot beneath the word...

Poster, World War II, Ku Klux Klan

Gildersleeve On Broadway, poster, from left, Claire Carleton, Harold Peary, 1943.

Gildersleeve On Broadway

England, 20th century, Second World War - Back up our flying boys! Over 42? You're wanted now in the Raf to do a vital ground job! Advertisment for...

England, 20th century, Second World War - Back up our flying boys! Over 42? You're wanted now in the Raf to do a vital ground job! Advertisment for the recruitment of soldiers for English Royal Air Force, 1942.

Collection of golfing travel pamphlets, postcards and luggage labels, c1900-1940.

Collection of golfing travel pamphlets and luggage labels, c1900-1940.

Hawaii Islands, 1940-1949, Poster

'Back Up The Fighting Forces', World War II poster, c1939-c1945. Creator: Mackinlay.

Back Up The Fighting Forces W

World War II poster - Smash Japanese Aggression!

Smash Japanese Aggression!

The Babe Ruth Story, poster, top left: Babe Ruth, bottom right: William Bendix on promotional poster, 1948.

The Babe Ruth Story

New York Yankees, Poster, 1940-1949

World's Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis Vs. Jersey Joe Walcott, poster, US poster art, from left: Jersey Joe Walcott, Joe Louis, 1947.

World's Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis Vs. Jersey Joe Walcott

Poster, Archival

vector retro superhero couple illustration - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Vector Retro Superhero Couple Illustration

Poster, Retro Style, Old-fashioned

Poster for David Lean's 1945 drama 'Brief Encounter'.

Brief Encounter

Film Noir Style, Poster, David Lean

Movie poster advertises the Italian release of 'The Red Shoes,' a ballet drama written, directed, and produced by Michael Powell and Emeric...

Poster For 'The Red Shoes'

Film Poster, Moira Shearer, 1940-1949

Poster features an illustration that compares soldiers in the American Revolutionary War to those in World War II, accompanied by the text 'Americans...

'Americans Will Always Fight For Liberty' Poster

USA, World War II, 1940-1949

Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway to promote rail travel to Hornsea, East Riding. The poster shows a woman with two young children...

?Hornsea?, LNER poster, 1936-1946.

Summer, Poster, Rail Transportation

1930s 1940s WOMAN HOLDING BLANK POSTER SIGN HAND POINTING FROM TOP LOOKING AT CAMERA LOOKING AT CAMERA

1930s 1940s WOMAN HOLDING...

Presenter, Young Women, Hand

Propaganda poster by Victor Ivanov: 'Let us carry out the five-year plan within four years', 59 x 85 cm, , U.S.S.R.

Propaganda poster by Victor Ivanov

Former Soviet Union, Poster, Russia

art deco style frame set - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Art Deco Style Frame Set

Roaring Twenties Style, Art Deco, Poster

Kansas City, MO- Army and Marine officers of the Kansas City Recruiting Service in front of a Kansas City theater where they put on a drive for...

WWII Military Recruitment

Recruitment, World War II

Poster for a meeting at the Gaumont Palace, France, 30th January 1944.

NSDAP poster for a meeting at the Gaumont Palace, France, 30th January 1944.

Propaganda, Poster, Germany

swing in sunlight - 1940s poster stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Swing in Sunlight

Couple - Relationship, Movie, Poster

Poster featuring two soldiers reaching for a rifle being held by a third soldier, with the slogan 'Give 'Em the Stuff to Fight with, Sacrifice for...

World War II - Give 'Em The Stuff To Fight With...

War, Propaganda, Poster

One sheet poster advertises 'City of Missing Girls,' a sexploitation drama starring HB Walker, Astrid Allwyn, Joan Archer, and Sarah Padden and...

Poster For 'City Of Missing Girls'

Anti-Semitic propaganda poster about jewish plot gainst Europe, 1942

Anti-Semitic propaganda poster about jewish plot gainst Europe, 1942

Anti Semitism, Poster

World war two; soviet Russian, patriotic poster depicting Stalin as the leader of the military.

Stalin as the leader of the military.

Joseph Stalin, Poster, Former Soviet Union

Ilinois WPA Art Project poster, 'Democracy is a Challenge,' shows the hand and torch of the Statue of Liberty, circa 1940.

'DemocracyIs A Challenge'

Two models, one wearing a shocking-pink wool coat with set-in belt, the other wearing a emerald-green wool fleece polo coat, standing in front of...

Fashion, New York City, 1940-1949

Anti-semitic and anti-allies vichyist propaganda poster, you can read on it "And Behind : The Jew" is a Vichyist propaganda poster created by...

Anti-Semitic And Anti-Allies Vichyist Propaganda Poster

Judaism, Anti Semitism, Community

vector retro style tin poster or sign background. - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Vector retro style tin poster or sign background.

Sign, Retro Style, Old-fashioned

Two men, one drinking from a bottle, stand next to a wall that features advertisements for 'Tip-Top' bread and 'Snow White' hair beautifier, New...

Tip-Top Snow White

Bread, 1940-1949, Poster

noir detective movie poster - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Noir Detective Movie Poster

Film Poster, Retro Style, Detective

vector retro poster of flying superhero team above the city - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Vector Retro Poster of Flying Superhero Team above the City

Poster, Art Deco, Retro Style

World War II color poster depicting 'Rosie the Riveter' encourages American women to show their strength and go to work for the war effort by J....

"We Can Do It!" Rosie the Riveter Poster

Poster, World War II, Women

'We Can Do It!', a poster by J. Howard Miller for Westinghouse Electric, aimed at boosting morale among the company’s workers in the war effort. The...

Poster, Propaganda, World War II

Illustration depicting soldiers from the Allied countries of World War II, facing a central 'V' shape formed by the flags of their different...

Freedom Shall Prevail!

World War II, Poster, Propaganda

Poster entitled 'When You Ride Alone You Ride With Hitler!' depicts a well-dressed man as he drives an open-top car with the spectral form of Nazi...

'When You Ride Alone You Ride With Hitler!'

Poster, World War II, Nazism

retro style theatre poster, art deco - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Retro style theatre poster, Art Deco

Poster, Art Deco, Theatrical Performance

retro propaganda poster style illustration of a couple worker with city skyline background - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Retro Propaganda Poster Style Illustration of a Couple Worker with City Skyline Background

1940-1949, Portrait, Superhero

Russian World War II propaganda poster depicting a woman repairing a wall in Leningrad. The slogan translates 'We Defended Leningrad ! We Will...

We Will Rebuild

Former Soviet Union, Poster, Propaganda

vintage science fiction scene with aliens and man in space - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Vintage Science Fiction Scene with Aliens and Man in Space

Monster - Fictional Character, Retro Style, Old-fashioned

vector trio retro futuristic space astronaut soldiers posing with guns poster stock illustration - 1940s poster stock illustrations

Vector Trio Retro Futuristic Space Astronaut Soldiers Posing with Guns Poster Stock Illustration

Manga Style, Cartoon, Comic Book

Armed service recruiting poster features four women in different unforms (from left, Marines, WAVES, Army , and Coast Guard accompanied by the phrase...

'For Your Country's Sake Today--For Your Own Sake Tomorrow'

Women, USA, World War II

young man reading us marines recruitment post. (photo by h. armstrong roberts/retrofile/getty images) - 1940s poster stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images

Young man reading US Marines recruitment post. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Poster, Recruitment, World War II

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