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Need commercial signs from WWII
KFMagee
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Posted: Monday, December 02, 2002 - 07:46 PM UTC
Check out this site... hundreds of vintage commercial signs, posters, and billboards from WWII for Germany, France, Netherlands, Swizterland, Italy, US, UK, Russia, and Australia. The thumbnails are a perfect size for your typical 1:35 scale window signs or street posters. I downloaded WebPix 1.05 (shareware) which automatically goes out and downloads all the images at any given site, and stores them in a directory. I then print out the pictures onto HP Photopaper (nice thick stock!) with my color HP 750 inkjet, and I have an endless supply of colorful, accurate, and highly unusual signs for use in my dioramas! Here is the link. (as shown, points to FRENCH signs)... And no...they don't sell the small images already on stock sheets... only large posters and lithographs...

http://www.internationalposter.com/periodparam.cfm?startpage=2&itemsperpage=16&NavBarTitle=PosterFinder%A9+%3A+Country+%26+Period+%3A+France+%3A+Jazz+Age+Thru+WWII&CountryAbrevValue=FR&Period=INTER%2CWWII&CountryName=France&PeriodName=Jazz+Age+Thru+WWII&ResultsFormat=thumbnail&SortResults=Year&CollectionRefLink=period.cfm&SubjectSearchCriteria
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Posted: Monday, December 02, 2002 - 09:28 PM UTC
Thanks for sharing this link
I always look for these kinda things too and my results are for some reason always poor
but this is really a worthyfull resource for old posters
hats off for you Keith



mj
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Posted: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 07:33 AM UTC
WOW!! Keith, you da man. I've been picking up posters here and there on the web, hit and miss, for some time. This link is a goldmine.

Much appreciated. Thanks a million.

Mike

JPeiper
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Posted: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 07:57 AM UTC
Thanks very much. This is the largest selection of this type that I have seen. The selection for the Soviet Union is especially useful.

And..... the price is right!
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Posted: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 - 11:50 PM UTC
I`ve got here a site with postcards, metal commercial signs and more
Robert Opie Collection

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#130
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Posted: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 12:14 AM UTC
I also want to give you all this link see what you want to do with this
I recommend that you click on some of the thing that stand in the list
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.ares.cz/hobby/plusmo/picture/pl005.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ares.cz/hobby/plusmo/diorama.htm&h=276&w=510&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcommercial%2Bsigns%26start%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dnl%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

Ranger74
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Posted: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 - 04:06 AM UTC
Cool! Thanks
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