Collecting old photographs occupies an interesting niche in the hobby, with many passionate believers.  In not only in the music world but in all entertainment, especially movies, collectors relish having old photographs that were actually printed at the time the photo was taken – say, the same year – which is termed “vintage.” 

Many collectors also covet super-high-quality prints made in the present day struck from the original negative, especially when done by the original photographer.  And then there’s just good, old-fashioned candids and amateur “snapshots,” especially unpublished ones.  Whether they were taken when the artist was on stage or off, the latter category can exude a feeling of fandom and “being there” that professional photographs don’t convey.

Finally, here at postercentral.com we’re always on the hunt for old photographs – in any form, even from magazines – that show old concert posters in their original setting (posted somewhere to sell tickets).  It’s been much more of a challenge than we imagined, although granted, we’re just getting started. We would love to see any examples that our readers may be able to come up with, from 1920-1970.

Click on the thumbnails below to proceed to some examples.  We don’t have any unpublished candids/amateurs from 1920-1970 to display yet, but we’re hoping viewers will submit some soon (credit will be given, of course).  And there’s no point in displaying museum-quality photographic prints here because Web sites are, by nature, low-resolution, and the photos themselves are usually famous images that people are familiar with.

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