Marine-Schauspiel 1918, poster for the Wien Prater show – Vintage Poster Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Marine-Schauspiel 1918, poster for the Wien Prater show. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Marine-Schauspiel 1918, poster for the Wien Prater show
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This poster stands out on the board for its subject: a "Marine-Schauspiel," or naval spectacle, advertised for the Wien Prater in 1918. The Prater was Vienna's large public amusement park, and in the last years of the war its stages and sideshows offered patriotic entertainment to residents facing shortages of food and fuel. Naval themes carried particular weight in Austria-Hungary, whose fleet spent most of the war in port, so a sea show let audiences imagine a navy they rarely saw in action. The poster shows how wartime propaganda blended into ordinary leisure.
| Created / published | 1918 |
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| Original scan | 4,621 × 5,693 px · prints to 15 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1538_Marineschauspiel_1918_1918 |
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