Do the Spirits Come Back

This image is from a large collection of vintage advertising posters for musicals, plays, operas, magical acts and ballets. These amazing images... more

by Terry Reynoldson

Title

Do the Spirits Come Back

Artist

Terry Reynoldson

Medium

Painting - Vintage Offset Lithography

Description

This image is from a large collection of vintage advertising posters for musicals, plays, operas, magical acts and ballets. These amazing images offer a fascinating and sometimes startling glimpse into American popular culture in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Many of the images reflect a quainter time in America, before the moderating influence of political correctness and liberation movements. From a twenty-first century context, a few of these images might seem somewhat offensive. Nevertheless, there's plenty of creativity and visual beauty in these compositions, which makes them perfect for decorating a den, a game room or a study. They would also look very nice in a bar, a lounge, a pool hall or a restaurant. My contribution to these public domain works is in performing a digital restoration of them. My goal is to return the artwork to a state that is as close as possible to when it was first created. Some of the images come to me in very poor condition, but after a few hours of painstaking touch-ups, the image looks new again. (I encourage you to compare my work to similar images offered by others who merely post a raw scan and then hope for the best.) I also perform digital restorations of private images at a very reasonable price, so if you have old photos that need some tender loving care, just email me.

Uploaded

August 1st, 2013