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Lucy in Paris : Brittany Poster

Scene from Lucy Meets Charles Boyer
Brittany Poster in a Scene from” Lucy Meets Charles Boyer”

In the I Love Lucy episode “ Lucy Meets Charles Boyer”  we spot a travel poster promoting Brittany,  Bretagne, La Pointe du Raz. Original vintage travel posters like this 1950’s original below are ever popular as wall art. Click on the poster below for more info on the seller website.

Date: c. 1950s Size: 24.5 x 39 inches Artist: Unknown This poster was produced in the 1950s by the “Ministère des Travaux Publics, des Transports et du Tourisme” or Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Tourism of France.


Lucy Meets Charles Boyer
Lucy Meets Charles Boyer

Lucy and the Loving Cup: On the Subway

Lucy on the Subway with Loving Cup on her head under a scarf

In the screen capture from the I Love Lucy episode Lucy and the Loving Cup which aired on 7 January 1957, Lucy is wearing the thinly disguised Loving Cup on her head as she travels the subway. On the wall is a Red Cross Disaster Relief poster and an NYC Subway map. Below are pasted in vintage color versions.

Posters in Color
On the Job Disaster Relief Salvation Army

The Red Cross Poster was found on eBay at this link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-Red-Cross-Poster-On-The-Job-Series-Join-and-Serve-/252978239454

1951 NYC Subway Map

The Subway map looks very like the 1951 version which can be seen at this link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-York-City-1951-Subway-Map-MTA-20×36-/371347257031

And finally a few more colors added: