Album: Retro Travel Posters

Description: Bold CIRCO MASSIMO lettering marks the ancient chariot track along Via del Circo Massimo in Rome, rendered in a retro Italian travel-ad style. Stone ruins, arches, and pine trees frame the oval track under a clear sky.

Description: A T-Rex skeleton stands guard beneath the Field Museum's columned entrance in this Chicago design, address and all: 1400 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive. The bold lettering and clean lines echo a mid-century travel-ad look.

Description: Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral facade anchors this Fifth Avenue design, rendered in a retro mid-century ad style. The Guggenheim lettering and New York address text keep it grounded in the real landmark.

Description: Charged with felony harvest and soul theft, the Grim Reaper gets the full wanted-poster treatment, scythe and hourglass in hand. Engraving-style linework and worn paper texture give the reward notice an aged, hand-printed look.

Description: Griffith Park's domes crown the hills above Los Angeles, with the skyline and ocean fading into a sunset glow behind them. The slogan "Gateway to the Cosmos" anchors this design, rendered in the clean sunset palette of a mid-century travel-ad print.

Description: Grand Central Terminal's stone facade rises under a clear blue sky, rooftop statues and an oversized clock framing the entrance beneath the slogan 'THE GATEWAY TO THE NATION.' Bold lettering announces 'GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL, NEW YORK CITY' in a mid-century travel-ad style.

Description: "Uncover the Hidden Story" reads the slogan on this retro travel-ad for the International Spy Museum, its angled glass and red-columned facade set along an L'Enfant Plaza street corner in Washington D.C.

Description: Pink stars line the sidewalk past the TCL Chinese Theatre and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with the slogan 'Where Stars Live Forever' lettered across the scene. Palm trees and a sunset skyline round out the Hollywood Boulevard view.

Description: Bold lettering marks Chicago's Magnificent Mile on this retro-style ad for the John Hancock Center, its cross-braced tower lit against a blue sky. The design marks the address at 875 North Michigan Avenue.

Description: Wilshire Boulevard's own art strip gets the retro travel-ad treatment, slogan and all: 'ART & CULTURE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.' Urban Light's rows of street lamps glow against a sunset sky as visitors stroll the museum grounds.

Description: The LA Memorial Coliseum lights its Olympic torch in this poster, rings glowing above a packed stadium crowd. Billed as the 'Home of the Olympics,' the scene sets Exposition Park's historic arches against the city skyline.

Description: Hancock Park's La Brea Tar Pits get the retro travel-ad treatment, mammoths and a saber-toothed cat frozen mid-scene beside bubbling tar. The poster bills it as a 'Prehistoric Wonderland in the Heart of California,' with palm trees and the city skyline rounding out the scene.

Description: HISTORIC ROYAL RESIDENCES reads the text beneath Kensington Palace's white pillars and green lawn. Blue sky and crisp shadows give this London royal residence a clean mid-century travel-ad look.

Description: London's river skyline frames the London Eye in silhouette as sunset paints the sky purple and orange, the wheel's full name lettered beneath in a vintage travel ad style.

Description: A columned dome and obelisk fountain mark the Pantheon on Piazza della Rotonda in this retro-style travel ad. The lettering spells out PANTHEON and PIAZZA DELLA ROTONDA - ROMA across a square where people stroll past the orange and yellow buildings.

Description: Curved limestone walls and a running stream frame the National Museum of the American Indian, its organic Smithsonian architecture set against cattails and a clear sky.

Description: Stone lions guard the New York Public Library's Fifth Avenue entrance under a twilight sky, billed as 'A City's Sanctuary' in mid-century travel-ad style.

Description: SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM and NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY lettering mark this Washington, D.C. poster in a retro travel-ad style. Glowing windows light the columned building's facade against a purple sky.

Description: The Spanish Steps rise toward Trinita dei Monti as crowds gather near the Fontana della Barcaccia below. Bold lettering spelling ROMA and SCALINATA DI SPAGNA anchors the scene in a classic Italian travel-ad style.

Description: Rodeo Drive earns its tag as "the international synonym for style and luxury, open year round" on this retro travel-ad style poster, with palm trees, classic cars, and Beverly Hills storefronts lining the street.

Description: Fifth Avenue meets Central Park outside this grand mansard-roofed facade, with antique cars and a horse-drawn carriage lined up under yellow awnings. Bold lettering spelling THE PLAZA anchors the scene against the New York skyline.

Description: "PICCADILLY CIRCUS, THE HEART OF LONDON" announces the slogan beneath a cluster of Gordon's Gin, Guinness, and Schweppes billboards. The mid-century ad style sets Eros and the fountain against buses, cabs, and crowded sidewalks.

Description: Vatican City's dome rises above bold red lettering spelling out 'CAPPELLA SISTINA' in a retro travel-ad style. Columns and arched windows frame the scene, giving this Sistine Chapel design its classic postcard feel.

Description: SEARS TOWER and CHICAGO stamp this design in bold lettering over a clean blue sky and the skyscraper's silhouette. The simple composition lets the tower's height do the talking.

Description: California's Playground by the Sea gets the full retro travel-ad treatment, with the Pacific Ocean Park banner anchoring a boardwalk full of vintage cars and carnival rides. The ferris wheel and carousel sit against a twilight sky.

Description: The Foro Romano poster names its address, Via della Salara Vecchia, Roma, Italia, framing stone pillars and ruins under a retro travel-ad style blue sky.

Description: Grand columns and wide stone steps front the Metropolitan Museum of Art on this Fifth Avenue poster. Bold black lettering spells out The Met above a banner naming the museum's full title.

Description: A pink wordmark announces The Edge above a triangular glass observation deck jutting out over Manhattan. The gradient sky and bold type echo mid-century travel-ad design, with New York City: 100 Stories in the Sky lettered below.

Description: The red brick facade of The Belnord anchors this mid-century ad design, with bold lettering spelling out "225 West 86th Street, New York City" beneath a central archway. The building, familiar to fans of Only Murders in the Building, gets its address stamped across the composition like an old transit card.

Description: Soldier Field's columned exterior rises against an orange and deep blue sky in this mid-century ad design. Bold text spells out "Soldier Field" and "1410 Special Olympics Drive, Chicago" beneath the stadium lights.

Description: The slogan "The Castle on the Mall" tops this mid-century-style ad for the Smithsonian Institution's red brick Castle building. Towers and lampposts frame the building under a sunset sky.

Description: Hollywood Boulevard's famous handprint courtyard anchors this retro travel-ad style piece, with bold text spelling out 'TCL CHINESE THEATRE' and 'GRAUMAN'S CHINESE.' The address '6925 Hollywood Blvd' runs along the bottom, calling back to the building's classic premiere-night history.

Description: ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON - BRITAIN reads the bold text across this retro travel-ad design. The dome and columns anchor a scene filled with cars, pedestrians, and a classic blue border.

Description: Docked at Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, USS Constitution holds the title of oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world since 1797, per the poster text. American flags fly above her masts and rigging while figures in historical dress walk the wooden dock in this retro travel-ad design.

Description: Built in 1884, the Cyclorama anchors the Boston Center for the Arts in the South End, as this retro-style poster's text along Tremont Street confirms. Arched windows and red brick texture fill the circular building's facade under a cloudy sky.

Description: Bold WASHINGTON SQUARE lettering fronts a retro scene of the arch, fountain, and autumn trees lining Fifth Avenue in Greenwich Village. Vintage-style text below reads FIFTH AVENUE, GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK, with iron fences and benches framing the strolling crowd.