1910s Shorts

Description: Combat de Boxe/Jack Johnson-Jim Jeffries: 1910.

Description: Charming 1910s-style poster of a family picnic with a box camera—perfect for photography lovers and vintage-poster fans. Warm tones and ornate borders give it a nostalgic, old-world feel.

Description: Step into a world of dark romance and melancholic beauty with this stunning 1911 illustration by celebrated Golden Age artist Charles Robinson. Created to accompany Percy Bysshe Shelley's haunting poem, "The Sensitive Plant," this exquisite Art Nouveau masterpiece seamlessly blends themes of love, grief, and mortality.

Description: The Bonneville Salt Flats are a densely packed salt pan in Tooele County in northwestern Utah. A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, it is the largest of many salt flats west of the Great Salt Lake. Bonneville Speedway (also known as the Bonneville Salt Flats Race Track) is an area of the Bonneville Salt Flats northeast of Wendover, Utah, that is marked out for motor sports. The salt flats were first used for motor sports in 1912, but did not become truly popular until the '30s when Ab Jenkins and Sir Malcolm Campbell competed to set land speed records.

Description: Herman's World of Sporting Goods 1916

Description: A vintage-style depiction of the ruins of a building labeled 'Yucca House' with '1910s' above it. Surrounded by desert flora including yucca plants and prickly pear cacti. Text at the bottom reads 'Ancient Pueblo Secrets'. The style is illustrative with a warm, earthy color palette.

Description: Founded as the Dodge Brothers Company by brothers Horace Elgin Dodge and John Francis Dodge in the early 1900s, the brother's machine shop was originally a supplier of parts and assemblies to Detroit automakers. They began building complete automobiles as Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicles in 1914. Their factory in Hamtramck, Michigan, a small city surrounded by Detroit, was the main factory from 1910 until it closed in January 1980. The brothers both died in 1920 and their families eventually sold the company to Dillon, Read & Co. in 1925. The original logo was a circle, with two Greek deltas intertwined, forming a six-pointed star with an interlocked "DB" at the center, and the words "Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicles" encircled the outside edge.

Description: A black and tan scene depicting ancient ruins with a large yucca plant in the foreground and mountains in the background. Text at the top reads 'YUCCA HOUSE NATIONAL MONUMENT COLORADO 1910s' and text at the bottom reads 'Ancient Pueblo Secrets'. The style is monochromatic and detailed.

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: The RMS Lusitania's black hull and white superstructure glow with deck lights as a submarine slips through the water off her side, foreshadowing the torpedo attack that would sink her. Thick impasto brushstrokes in Van Gogh's Starry Night style fill the sky with bright yellow stars, a glowing crescent moon, and a distant lighthouse on the shore.

Description: Celebrate Canadian National 3254 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. Originally numbered 2854 for Canadian Government Railways, this engine later became Canadian National 3254. Historical details: 2-8-2; built 1917; Canadian Locomotive Company. The artwork combines Canadian pine forests with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Celebrate Canadian National 47 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. Built as Grand Trunk 1542, this Baltic tank later became Canadian National 47 and worked Montreal-area commuter services. Historical details: 4-6-4T; built 1914; Montreal Locomotive Works. The artwork combines a Canadian woodland railway landscape with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Beautifully detailed graphic vector illustration of the historic Joseph McCullough Center for the Visual Arts at the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA). Inspired by 19th-century architectural etching and lithography style, this design features the iconic red-brick industrial façade, grand grid windows, and historic Albert Kahn architecture under a beautiful gradient blue sky. A perfect vintage-style apparel print for artists, designers, students, and alumni who appreciate industrial heritage and architectural art.

Description: Immerse yourself in the rich history of the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD) with this intricately detailed vector illustration. Styled in a classic black and cream lithography engraving aesthetic, this piece beautifully captures the unique early 20th-century sanatorium architecture designed for sunlight and airflow in Lakewood, Colorado. Featuring fine linework, precise cross-hatching shading, and a realistic gradient sky with passing birds, the artwork is framed by a slim, elegant botanical border that seamlessly integrates the scene. Perfect for alumni, art history lovers, and fans of vintage printmaking, this balanced layout is optimized specifically for screen printing, making it a standout addition to any apparel or wa

Description: A humorous sci-fi parody of a vintage Christmas postcard originally published by the Stecher Lithographic Co. in the early 20th century. A classic holiday scene re-imagined with a fun twist of a green alien surprise! "Search 'Christmas' in my shop to see more designs!"

Description: A humorous sci-fi parody of a vintage Christmas postcard originally published by the Stecher Lithographic Co. in the early 20th century. A classic holiday scene re-imagined with a fun twist of a green alien surprise! "Search 'Christmas' in my shop to see more designs!"

Description: Celebrate SJ F 1200 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. SJ F 1200 was built in 1914 and is preserved as part of Sweden's railway heritage. Historical details: 4-6-2; built 1914. The artwork combines a Swedish forest and lake with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Life Savers Candy

Description: Celebrate the golden age of automotive pioneering with this elegant antique classic car graphic! Featuring a high-contrast cream and black vector illustration of an early 1900s vintage touring car set against a bold circular red backdrop. Framed by large script typography reading "Old Cars", side text reading "AUTHENTIC HANDCRAFTED - Custom Engine", arched bottom text reading "SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE", and refined script reading "King of the Road". Designed in an authentic retro speed shop aesthetic with crimson red, soft cream, and high-contrast black details, this artwork is perfect for antique car collectors, classic automobile restorers, mechanics, gearheads, vintage auto fans, and car history lovers. An awesome gift idea for Father's Day,

Description: The inevitable end of every Little Nemo comic. Wake up Nemo!

Description: Celebrate 9600 No 9633 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. The 9600 class was Japan's first mass-produced type of domestic freight steam locomotive. Historical details: 2-8-0; built 1914; KAWASAKI. The artwork combines coal freight in snowy pine hills with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Celebrate 8620 No 8630 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. The 8620 class was Japan's first mass-produced type of domestic passenger steam locomotive. Historical details: 2-6-0; built 1914; KISHA SEIZO. The artwork combines wide rice fields and distant hills with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Celebrate Elefant SBB C 5-6 2978 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. The Swiss C 5/6 has five coupled driving axles, the heavy freight arrangement behind its Elefant nickname. Historical details: 2-10-0; built 1917; SLM Winterthur. The artwork combines Swiss Alpine peaks and pine forest with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse from George Herriman’s classic comic Krazy Kat, which ran in the 1910’s through the 1940’s. It was a huge influence on later artists like Bill Watterson and was also adapted into a number of cartoons.

Description: Celebrate De Jumbo NS 3737 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. Werkspoor built this Dutch locomotive as SS 731 in 1911; it became NS 3737 in 1921. Historical details: 4-6-0; built 1911; Werkspoor Amsterdam. The artwork combines Dutch canals, fields and a distant windmill with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Celebrate Passchendaele NZR Ab 608 in a richly colored vintage railway illustration. Ab 608 was built in 1915 and received the name Passchendaele in 1925, commemorating railway workers lost in the First World War. Historical details: 4-6-2; built 1915; Addington Workshops. The artwork combines a green New Zealand valley with period-inspired lettering, subtle weathered ink and a country flag. A characterful design for railfans, steam locomotive collectors and admirers of historic railways.

Description: Boeing-Airport

Description: 1914 Art Deco illustration by Georges Barbier depicts the dancers Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina performing the ballet Le Spectre de la rose. The piece captures Nijinsky as the spirit of the rose draped in floral garlands, leaning over a swooning Karsavina against a dramatic backdrop of stylized curtains and foliage.

Description: Electric Autolite 1911

Description: A powerful satire by renowned American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson, published on the cover of Life magazine during World War I. The pen-and-ink drawing features Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany aggressively dancing with a skeletal personification of Death. Meanwhile, a blindfolded woman representing Peace sits neglected on a bench like a wallflower, left holding her olive branch alone in the corner of the ballroom. circa 1917

Description: Little Nemo and the Princess of Slumberland, as Winsor McCay portrayed them in his classic platinum age comics.

Description: G. C. Blucher Boot Co. 1915

Description: Titanic A Night To Remember

Description: vintage color movie poster reissue from 1918 for the Charlie Chaplin silent comedy short film The Property Man—here retitled as Getting His Goat under the Maco Comedies banner.

Description: Antique photomechanical print postcard from around 1910–1915 published by the American Art Publishing Co., depicting open-air De Dion-Bouton double-decker buses operated by the Fifth Avenue Coach Company as they transport passengers along Fifth Avenue toward Riverside Drive and Washington Square in Manhattan, New York City.

Description: a Dutch satirical art print titled "Hageman als Rentenier / Hageman heeft nachtdienst in de Groene Krokodil" (Hageman as a Rentier / Hageman has Night Shift at the Green Crocodile). Date: Circa 1915.