Szpital – Antique Print
![Szpital, [no date recorded on caption card] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b0/b0d9a549f024-L.webp)
(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.)
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Szpital comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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This color poster carries the Polish title "Szpital," meaning "hospital," and its caption card lists it as an advertisement for motion pictures, so it likely promoted a film set in a medical setting. The card records no date, and the attribution to Mroszczak is unverified, so the exact year and the film's identity remain open. Polish film posters from the postwar decades were often bold, illustrative designs rather than photographic stills, using symbolism and simplified shapes to suggest a film's mood. Looking closely at how the artist uses color and imagery to convey the hospital theme is worthwhile.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster). |
| Subjects | Color poster by Mroszczak. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Adv.--Motion pictures; Posters; Hospitals; Poland. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,112 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149310 |
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