Aviation Posters and Lithographs Collection

The Aviation Posters and Lithographs Collection consists of oversized posters and lithographic materials depicting themes of air travel, aircraft, and other aviation-related topics. This includes reproductions of photographs in the form of lithographs or posters, vintage posters, and commemorative/retrospective items. The collection covers a wide range of aviation themes spanning the history of aviation and includes depictions of aircraft from a wide variety of manufacturers.

The collection consists of 12 series of varying sizes. The Aircrafts series contains around 67 items, the Airports and Travel series contains 2 items, the Air Shows and Events series contains 57 items, the Assorted series contains 69 items, the Balloons and Dirigibles series contains 2 items, the Early Flight series contains 5 items, the Engines and Parts series contains 20 items, the Helicopters series contains 6 items, the Soviet series contains 7 items, the U.S. Military series contains 62 items, the World War II series contains 5 items, and the World War II-era Propaganda Posters contains 22 items.

Materials with similar themes that are produced by airline companies can be found in the Commercial Airlines Collection, and those with similar themes created by Boeing can be found in the Boeing Collection. Photographs of aircraft or people can be found in the General Aircraft Collection and Biographical Files Collection respectively. This collection does not include rocketry, spacecraft, or space-related artwork, which can be found in the Space Exploration Collection. All non-space related artworks can be found in the Aviation Artwork Collection.

Digitized Materials: A selection of items from the World War II Propaganda Posters series has been digitized.

Please note that materials on TMOF: Digital Collections are presented as historical objects and are unaltered and uncensored. See our Disclaimers and Policies page for more information.