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Interwar Italy 1922–44

Alfa Romeo Aero Engines in the Vincere Series

Wartime advertising sheet for Alfa Romeo. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. No car anywhere on the page. Alfa Romeo’s entry in the war…

September 2026
Interwar Italy 1922–44

Pirelli Tyres in the Wartime Vincere Series

Wartime advertising sheet for Pirelli. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A tyre rolls up the narrow page past a comet-tailed star, the word…

September 2026
Interwar Italy 1922–44

Ansaldo Engineering in the Wartime Vincere Series

Wartime advertising sheet for Ansaldo S.A., Genova-Cornigliano. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. The autarky series advertised what companies made. This one advertises what…

September 2026
Interwar Italy 1922–44

Ansaldo Marine Diesel Engines Genoa Sheet

Advertising sheet for Ansaldo marine diesels and their Rome concessionaire SAVEM. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. A marine diesel stands on the open…

September 2026
Interwar Italy 1922–44

The Magnesia San Pellegrino Advertising Sheet

Advertising sheet for Magnesia S. Pellegrino. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. Three grinning faces crowd the top of the page — drawn as…

September 2026
Interwar Italy 1922–44

Manifatture Cotoniere Meridionali Advertising Sheet

Advertising sheet for the Manifatture Cotoniere Meridionali. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. Photographs of spinning frames pour diagonally down the page like cloth…

September 2026
Interwar Italy 1922–44

San Giorgio Genoa Sestri Optics & Tools Sheet

Advertising sheet for San Giorgio, Genova-Sestri. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. Two letters big enough to hang machinery on — S and G…

September 2026
Interwar Italy 1922–44

The Fiat Aviazione Radial Aero Engine Sheet

Advertising sheet for Fiat — Aviazione. Scan from the Stefano Vigolo collection. One radial engine, drawn cylinder by cylinder, fills the page like a…

September 2026
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