Snapshots of the Past

Roberta – Vintage Wall Art

Roberta — vintage poster
Roberta. Vintage poster from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

Step back in time with Roberta, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

Roberta

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

A color poster for *Roberta*, the 1935 RKO musical, places Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Randolph Scott together as its headline performers. The film was adapted from Jerome Kern's 1933 Broadway show, which was built around Parisian fashion-house intrigue and a love story rather than the dance team that later made Astaire and Rogers famous. Their pairing in this film was a key step in their partnership, and posters like this one show how studios marketed such films to audiences in the mid-1930s.

Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 28 x 35.5 cm.
Notes[S.l. : s.n., 1935]
SubjectsAstaire, Fred--Performances. Rogers, Ginger,--1911-1995--Performances. Scott, Randolph,--1898-1987--Performances.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan6,101 × 4,875 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-226016

More from the Historic Print Archive collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

Australia, Great Barrier Coral Reef / Northfield.Australia, Great Barrier Coral Reef / Northfield.[Charles and Ray Eames, designers, in group portrait with Hugh De Pree, George Nelson, Alexander Girard, and another man at Walker Art Center opening in Minneapolis, MN][Charles and Ray Eames, designers, in group portrait with Hugh De Pree, George NRobert BenchleyRobert Benchley[Sigmund Freud, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] / R. Kastor.[Sigmund Freud, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] / R. Kastor.The KillersThe KillersPurlie / Mozelle.Purlie / Mozelle.