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Re:'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unfor... by jhbadger on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @04:49PM (#43347522)
Or 19th century poster art. Many people collect reproductions (or originals if they can afford it) of advertising posters by people like Firmin Bouisset. Yes, they are ads, but they are also beautiful long after the products they were advertising are no longer available.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmin_Bouisset

Re:'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unfor... by Philpax on Wednesday March 12, 2025 @05:12PM (#43347727)
I visited the Mucha museum in Prague and was surprised by how many of his works were advertising posters. On one hand, I don't care for advertising: on the other hand, it brought us these wonderful works that we admire a century on, divorced from their original context, so I can't really deny their artistic potential.