Vintage Entertainment Posters

Colorful and whimsical vintage posters showcasing performances, fairs, and advertisements from historical times.

Anonymous, the Bengalis/ des Folies-Bergère/ and the Eldorado of Paris./ Dwarf/ Duettists/ Comics (Registered title (Letter)), 1888. Color lithography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris. Advertising, coffee-concert, music hall, theater, Paris, 9th and 10th arrondissements, circus, phenomenon, dwarf, duo, comedy, two small men near a police officer, in portraits of Bengalis artists

Anonymous, Folies-Bergere/ Every evening/ at the Fair/ Entertainment/ Pantomime/ De G.adrien/ Music by MR. Desormes/ Rejucé sic by Mr. Gredelue/ Grand Succes (title registered (letter)), 1882. Color lithography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Wilhelm Knaack, the magnet of the Carltheater title page of Die Bomb, Hugo Gerard Ströhl -, Caricaturist

B. T. Babbitt's Soap powder - a thing of worth is a joy forever.. B. T. Babbitt's Soap powder - a thing of worth is a joy forever.

Charles Lévy. Folies-Bergère, at the fair. Poster. Color lithography. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Poster, Parisian cabaret, fair, folies-bergere, color lithography, pac attraction

Off for China. No more washee washee - Melican man wear Celluloid collar and cuff.. Off for China. No more washee washee - Melican man wear Celluloid collar and cuff.

TH. ROBERT-HOUDIN, POLYRAMA Anonymous. "Robert-Houdin Theater, Polyrama". Lithograph, 1880-1900.

Clark's Mile-End 30 Spool Cotton. Clark's Mile-End 30 Spool Cotton

Hoyt's A midnight bell laughter every minute. cs 1898.

Anonymous, the Bengalis/ des Folies-Bergère/ and the Eldorado of Paris./ Dwarf/ Duettists/ Comics (Registered title (Letter)), 1888. Color lithography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris. Advertising, coffee-concert, music hall, theater, Paris, 9th and 10th arrondissements, circus, phenomenon, dwarf, duo, comedy, two small men near a police officer, in portraits of Bengalis artists

Klingholz Fritz (1861-1921): Postcard Greetings from the Family Eve Motif with Dance 22.1.02

Puck Magazine: Bottled Politics, Puck Magazine

Puck Magazine: The Great American Quack, Puck Magazine

The sensational comedy-drama taken from life, Kidnapped in New York by Howard Hall. | Library of Congress

A classic Punch cover, with Mr Punch and his dog Toby. Date: 1915

Glenwood & Elmwood ranges & parlor stoves, the best in the world. "Uf de ole cat hab kittens in de ubben doant it make um biskit.". Glenwood & Elmwood ranges & parlor stoves, the best in the world. "Uf de ole cat hab kittens in de ubben doant it make um biskit."

Merrick Thread Co., Best Six Cord, 8. 'Ding, dong, dell! Pussy's in the well! 'Who put her in Little Johnny Greene.' 'Who pulled her out' Big John Stout!' with Merrick's standard six cord thread, he drew her up, tough nearly dead, oh, what a mighty thread was that, to save the life of pussy cat. , Children, Cats, Thread, Cotton, Wells, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Puck Magazine: Solid for Another Year, Puck Magazine

Anonymous, Theater of the Menus-Plaisirs/ 14. Boulevard de Strasbourg, 14/ Le/ Le/ Crime/ Drama in 5 Acts/ De M.M. Albin Valabregues & Bertol-Grevil/ Every evening (Registered title (Letter)), 1882. Color lithography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

The little frauds. Harrigan & Hart's songs & sketches ,

Buckley's comic songs as sung by R. Bishop Buckley of Buckley's serenaders ,

'Our Drummer's solid tune.' , Men, Drums Musical instruments, Irons Pressing, 19th Century American Trade Cards

(The lunar family Robinson) by G Le Faure. A balloon is carried to the Moon, but make a successful return to Earth. Date: 1893

Anonymous, theater/ Renaissance/ The Caucasus trip/ Comedy in 3 acts/ by/ mm. Emile Blavet & Fabrice Carre (registered title (letter)), 1886. Color lithography. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.

Puck Magazine: Our Rampageous Preachers, Puck Magazine

Chas. L. Davis - great play - Alvin Joslin. , Men, Actors, Musical revues & comedies, Piers & wharves, Boats, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Beware of fraud! All genuine has full name blown in bottle. "Van Stan's Stratena". Beware of fraud! All genuine has full name blown in bottle. "Van Stan's Stratena"

A ballooning accident, 1932. Creator: Unknown.

Sure now Jimmy, this is Merricks' six cord thread. , Children, Thread, Cotton, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Chromolithograph from a chocolate wrapper, circa 1900, depicting French cavalry bugler next to a man drawing water from a street water pump.

J. & P. Coats best six cord spool cotton. Gulliver and the Lilliputians. , Men, Supernatural beings, Horses, Carts & wagons, Thread, Cotton, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Their nightmare / C.J. Taylor. - digital file from original print | Library of Congress

The little frauds. Harrigan & Hart's songs & sketches ,

The bells of Corneville / Quadrille / by RasPail Cover

Puck Magazine: Anything for Popularity, Puck Magazine

Puck Magazine: Barkis Is Willin'!, Puck Magazine

Ahmed ben halam Algerian juggler Anonymous. "Ahmed Ben Halam Algerian Juggle". Lithograph, 1880-1900.

Puck Magazine: The Quack Doctor's Last Dose, Puck Magazine

The White Lady by Boieldieu, digitally restored reproduction of a public domain collector's picture from ca 1900, Liebig picture series Opera Scenes III, (1893)

Puck Magazine: A Tail They Can't Twist, Puck Magazine

The peasants and the donkey, it's hard to please everyone. What, two on a donkey, that's cruelty to animals, digitally restored reproduction of a Lieb...

Jolly Blacksmiths: March Two-Step, Sheet Music - E. T. Paul

Puck Magazine: Felling the Trusts, US Presidents

Partitura musical "Himno a los Ingenieros militares", de Julio García Rodríguez. Madrid, 1920.

V.M. "Mumarts, comic dancer, imitations, transformations". Lithography, 1880-1900. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Advertising, artist, coffee-concert

Anonymous. "Hehlen, Unrivalled in its Way". Lithography, 1880-1900. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Advertising, artist, circus, acrobatics, clown, balance, in a portrait of acrobat Hehlen, the artist in various balance exercises

T'was milking time, ballad ,

Anti-virreddistic serenade, On the guest performance of the Italian Opera Society in Vienna, Italian artists serenade a serenade on the occasion of the guest performance of the Italian opera company Merelli, Basini, Sparapani, Ciuti, Bertini title page of humorous leaves , Unknown

Anonymous. "Trio Bayonnais in their original songs". Lithography. 1880-1900. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 58876-17 Bayonnais, original song, singer, lithography, mountain, trio

Puck Magazine: Probable Tactics, Puck Magazine

Arizona America's greatest play. c. 1907.

Aw! I see, "Series E." Oh! I say. "Series J." Well, well, well! "Series L." The three Waterburys.. Aw! I see, "Series E." Oh! I say. "Series J." Well, well, well! "Series L." The three Waterburys.

To make hens lay use Sheridan's Condition Powder. No eggs Confound the hens! Ah The Sheridan's powder did it!. To make hens lay use Sheridan's Condition Powder. No eggs Confound the hens! Ah The Sheridan's powder did it!

The celebrated Tony Wilson and Clown Anonymous. "The Celebrate Tony Wilson and Clown". Lithography. 1880-1900.

Puck Magazine: The Merry Star Routers, Puck Magazine

Anonymous. "Robert-Houdin theater, the medium of the desert". Lithography, 1880-1900. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 50821-10 Advertising poster, illusion, illusionism, illusionist, lithography, medium desert, advertising, tent, theater Robert-Houdin, thing

Harold Bell Wright's "The Winning of Barbara Worth" Posters

Front cover, Vol.16, no. 403 "Fooling with fireworks. - A little more of this work, and there will be a tremendous explosion". Caricatures and cartoons, Magazine covers. 1889-07-06. General Research Division. American wit and humor , Periodicals

Bartley Campbell's new & powerful play the 'White Slave,' picturesque scenery , Adults, Theatrical productions, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Expense Album Cover

Ringling Bros. - digital file from original | Library of Congress

Wm. Horace Lingard's Co. in "Stolen Kisses." Greatest comedy of the age. The great vocal study scene in act II.. Wm. Horace Lingard's Co. in "Stolen Kisses." Greatest comedy of the age. The great vocal study scene in act II.

Byron Combination. , Adults, Theatrical productions, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Series Genre Pictures VI, Paris, 1878, lottery office, lottery, gambling, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Poster for Minstrel Show

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth : The latest novelty. Mr. John Ducander's 10 beautiful cream stallion's first time in America. , Circuses & shows, Circus performers, Circus animals, Horses, Barnum and Bailey. Richard Dale McMullan Collection

Hidden Treasure, Pirates

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth : The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution. , Circuses & shows, Stunt performers, Bareback riding, Horses, Barnum and Bailey, Barnum, P. T. Phineas Taylor, 1810-1891, Bailey, James Anthony, 1847-1906. Richard Dale McMullan Collection

Piano / On / Kosiki / Opera-Comic Opera-Opérale de Charles Lecocq

Bingham ventriloquist with Genl. Tom Thumb's Museum, H. R. Jacobs, manager. Bingham ventriloquist with Genl. Tom Thumb's Museum, H. R. Jacobs, manager

A wild west show on water - the programme of Captain Boyton's World's Water Show at Earl's Court, London Date: 1893

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth : The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution. , Circus parades, Circus performers, Circus animals, Horses, Barnum and Bailey. Richard Dale McMullan Collection

Rollicking Shannon, Irish

Golden Band, Theater - Drama

A. B. Chase Organ Co., Norwalk, U. S. A.. A. B. Chase Organ Co., Norwalk, U. S. A.

Up and going, Excelsior ginger ale 1885 advertisement

A burlesque ballad: who knows what a parcel may contain An abandoned baby, a pawned overcoat, a stripper's costume, a dog for drowning ... Date: 1894

Hoyt's A contented woman | Library of Congress

Magic poster - Von Arx - World's Premier Illusionist and All-American Company

All Around Weekly: The Young Sinbad, Victorian Children's Literature - All Around

Puck Magazine: In His Second Childhood, Puck Magazine

Picture series Four Gnomes in the Forest, Paris, 1878, Transport of a Liebigtopf, Liebig picture, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from c. 1900

Song of the negro boatman, Dadmun, J. W. (composer), Allen, A. S. (arranger), Whittier, John G. (lyricist), Russell & Patee, Boston, 1862., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Boatmen, United States, Songs and music, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, Minstrel music, African Americans, Caricatures and cartoons, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

Johann Strauss, Johann Strauß son something is vivid, also Maximilian Steiner and Marie Geistinger as Kandelaber title page of Die Bomb , Unknown

Dat's whats de matter wid de purps, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Songs with piano, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans, Songs and music, African Americans, Caricatures and cartoons, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Caricatures and cartoons, Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889, Caricatures and cartoons, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Confederate side, sheet music

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth : Imre Kiralfy's Columbus and the discovery of America , Circus spectacles, Historical reenactments, Explorers, Indigenous peoples, Rulers, Barnum and Bailey. Richard Dale McMullan Collection

SOUVENIRS / COMMON COVER

The comedy novelty, Ole Olson ca 1890.

Advertising poster for Levy's show, American piston, at Folies Bergère. Paris (ixème arr.). Color lithography. 1880-1900. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Poster, follies Bergere, wind instrument, playing, color lithography, musician, musical partition, piston, 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th 19th century

The A. S. T. Co. black leather tip defies time. "Well, young fellow, I don't see to make any impression on you, I'll just cart off this useless rubbish, and call to see you next year." "You'll find me just the same.". The A. S. T. Co. black leather tip defies time. "Well, young fellow, I don't see to make any impression on you, I'll just cart off this useless rubbish, and call to see you next year." "You'll find me just the same."

A. B. Chase Organ Co., Norwalk, U. S. A. , Adults, Factories, Organs, 19th Century American Trade Cards

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, Section 12, Delightful Illustrations of Children's Fairy Tales, The World's Grandest, Largest, Best Amusement Institution, Circus Poster, Lithograph, 1890's

Charles Lévy. Cirque Fernando, "Le Seveh Ecuyer". Poster. Color lithography. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Advertising poster, Balancoire, Cirque Fernando, Char, trainer, Ecuyer, Velo, entertainment place, color lithography, number, seal, rue des Martyrs, jump, jump obstacle

Blow on! Blow on! The pirate's glee. ,

The Old contraband, Wittig, Rudolph (composer), Zieber, John L. (lyricist), W. R. Smith, Philadelphia, 1865., United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Songs and music, Slaves, Emancipation, United States, Songs and music, Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with piano, African Americans, Caricatures and cartoons, Fugitive slaves, United States, Songs and music, Fugitive slaves, United States, Caricatures and cartoons, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, African Americans, Songs and music, Popular Songs of the Day, Songs and Music, War and Conflict, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Music associated with the Union side, sheet music

The Masher Decides to Kick the Hat into the Road, "Excellent Chance to Show off my Football Skill", Hand-Colored Magic Lantern Slide, Newton & Company, 1910

Let 'er go, Professor! Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt at the "Congressional Vaudeville" conducting an orchestra with a large stick labeled "The Big Stick", with two band members, Elihu Root and William H. Taft performing "Overture President's Message". Political Cartoon, 1906

Adam Forepaugh's Spectacular Pyrotechnic Pageant, Circus Poster, Lithograph, USA, 1881

Series of pictures from the life of Shakespeare, among travelling actors, 1590, digitally restored reproduction of a collective picture from c. 1900, ...

Buffalo Bill's wild west and Pawnee Bill'e far east poster. text. Posters. 1912. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Wild west shows

Kar-Mi and The great Victorina Troupe originators , Magic & Mesmer

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