# Oldest poster on your wall **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 19, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773 "2020-07-19T22:18:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/1 "2020-07-19T22:18:52Z")
Due to having just read the [tshirt thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-about-t-shirts/915432/27), I misinterpreted what the “[Oldest poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster/915598/12)” thread was about when I first saw it. So here’s the thread I thought that thread was, and a poll. The oldest poster currently hanging on your wall was acquired in the: _Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/1))_ My oldest poster is a movie poster from the 1997 Star Wars re-release. I got it at a gift shop at one of the Orlando area theme parks during a marching band trip in high school. I put it in a frame after I moved into my first grown up apartment, and it’s still hanging on my wall in my bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/2 "2020-07-19T23:59:03Z")
Ms. P has a couple of posters she got at art exhibits before we met, which was in 1995. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/3 "2020-07-20T00:00:44Z")
I have legit, Soviet Red Army Propaganda posters, all three of which are from the 1940s. I’ve got pictures of them somewhere online; I’ll dig 'em up to show you. Tripler They’re legit war trophies, Tovarisch. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/4 "2020-07-20T06:08:13Z")
I have a poster on my wall that shows Humphrey Bogart, in his “Mr. Allnut” garb from _The African Queen_, (1951) opening a wooden crate of bottles of Gordon’s Gin. I got the poster at a liquor store in the 70s. The photograph was clearly taken in the 50s. So I’d need a judge’s ruling whether this counts as a 60-something year old poster or a 40-something year old poster. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3e/1c/e4/3e1ce4c8a02576040609f7358ae40ba6.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3e/1c/e4/3e1ce4c8a02576040609f7358ae40ba6.jpg) ETA: This movie always makes me cry. Specifically, the scene where Katherine Hepburn is pouring all the booze overboard! Ouch!!! ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/5 "2020-07-20T15:39:08Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > So I’d need a judge’s ruling whether this counts as a 60-something year old poster or a 40-something year old poster. 40-something. I’m going by when the poster was printed, not when the photo was taken. Likewise if you bought a reproduction of a 1920s French advertising poster last year, it’s a 2010s poster, not a 1920s poster. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/6 "2020-07-20T15:57:05Z")
The only poster hanging on the wall we bought in 200x and it’s of Stanserhorn, taken from the other side of the mountain. There are 4 pictures, one per season. The oldest poster is in the cellar and that’s of the Olympic mountains. It was a gift which I received for my college dorm room. I received it in the late 1980s. And I just remembered it’s finally possible to order made-to-measure frames online. Time to spend some money. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/7 "2020-07-20T16:10:36Z")
Late ‘70s-early ‘80s Kliban ‘Momcat’ poster, bought and framed in Boston. Now hanging in my bathroom reminding me of my all time favorite role in life. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/8 "2020-07-20T16:16:42Z")
I have a framed print of “Lunch atop a Skyscraper, 1932” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch\_atop\_a\_Skyscraper#/media/File:Lunch\_atop\_a\_Skyscraper.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper#/media/File:Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/9 "2020-07-20T22:08:49Z")
I have a poster from the 1969 12 Hours of Sebring that I got at the race track when I attended that race my senior year in high school. At the top it says, “March 22, 1969.” [1969 Sebring](https://arteauto.com/products/12-hours-of-sebring-1969-race-poster-by-dion-pears) ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/10 "2020-07-21T01:02:07Z")
I have a reprint of a 1923 Bauhaus poster. Dunno where that fits. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/11 "2020-07-21T03:52:42Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I have legit, Soviet Red Army Propaganda posters, all three of which are from the 1940s… > > They’re legit war trophies, Tovarisch. So which army were you in - fighting the Russians in the 1940s? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/12 "2020-07-21T04:42:26Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > The only poster hanging on the wall we bought in 200x and it’s of Stanserhorn, taken from the other side of the mountain. There are 4 pictures, one per season. Stanserhorn — I had to look that up. Image search. It’s beautiful. Did you take the cable car ride up and down it? ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/13 "2020-07-21T08:34:44Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Did you take the cable car ride up and down it? We live nearby and normally go once per year. The new [Cabrio](https://www.stanserhorn.ch/en/travel/cabrio/) car is really nice. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/14 "2020-07-21T14:22:42Z")
Most of my movie posters were bought in the early-mid-1990s. The oldest one currently on display is from _Shakedown_ (1950). [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=1005&ei=k\_kWX5bJNIiS0PEPmMOA0A4&q=Shakedown+1950+half-sheet+poster&oq=Shakedown+1950+half-sheet+poster&gs\_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoFCAAQsQM6AggAOggIABCxAxCDAToGCAAQBRAeOgYIABAIEB46BAgAEBg6BAgAEB5Q3whYs0RgnEVoAHAAeACAAaUBiAGoGJIBBTE1LjE2mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ved=0ahUKEwjW3oGOxd7qAhUICTQIHZghAOoQ4dUDCAY&uact=5#imgrc=YfAKnkxeVaVzlM](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=1005&ei=k_kWX5bJNIiS0PEPmMOA0A4&q=Shakedown+1950+half-sheet+poster&oq=Shakedown+1950+half-sheet+poster&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoFCAAQsQM6AggAOggIABCxAxCDAToGCAAQBRAeOgYIABAIEB46BAgAEBg6BAgAEB5Q3whYs0RgnEVoAHAAeACAAaUBiAGoGJIBBTE1LjE2mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ved=0ahUKEwjW3oGOxd7qAhUICTQIHZghAOoQ4dUDCAY&uact=5#imgrc=YfAKnkxeVaVzlM) Two of my posters are framed and are leaning against a wall in a closet because I do not have room for them to hang on a wall. They are from _Night and the City_ (1950) and _Pandora and the Flying Dutchman_ (1951). > **[Night and the City (1950)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042788/mediaviewer/rm1744051200)** > > Gene Tierney, Richard Widmark, Francis L. Sullivan, and Googie Withers in Night and the City (1950) [![](https://originalvintagemovieposters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Pandora-and-the-Flying-Dutchman-3035LB.jpg) ](https://originalvintagemovieposters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Pandora-and-the-Flying-Dutchman-3035LB.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/15 "2020-07-21T14:37:25Z")
My oldest only dates from 2016. It’s a panel from a Krazy Kat Sunday. I found the image online and copy and pasted into the printer’s website. I ordered a 2’ x 3’ poster and I fully expected to get an abstract poster with giant pixels. Instead, the picture is so clear and detailed, you can see the texture of the paper and nuances in the inking. It’s beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/16 "2020-07-21T16:37:10Z")
I have no posters. The oldest piece of artwork I have was painted in the 1940s and came to me in the 1990s. The earliest art acquisition I still have was bought in the middle 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/17 "2020-07-21T17:03:36Z")
Sort of a poster. I have an actual page from the county land plat book that shows my property. It is from 1927. The house was built in 1925 and sits in the middle of a square acre of land with the perimeter planted with oak and maple trees. They are now 80 - 100 feet tall and the maples are slowly dying off. The page is hand written over the printed background with the landowner’s names. Various sections are in different pastel colors. There are a few strike-throughs and areas pasted on where there were big changes like a developer who bought acreage and divided it up with new streets. I assume the page was removed and replaced with an updated one because of all the pasted over parts since I can go down to the county office and view the entire book. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-poster-on-your-wall/915773/18 "2020-07-24T21:37:25Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > So which army were you in - fighting the Russians in the 1940s? I was on the side of NATO, before NATO was even a thing. And having been born in the late '70s, you could say I was _way_ ahead of my time. Tripler I gotta find those pictures. . .