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Pair of Carl Hagenbeck’s Tierpark Posters. [Circa 1930s-50s]. Two color lithograph advertisements, in German, for events at one of Germany’s most popular zoos, Tierpark Hagenbeck, in Stellingen, Hamburg. Includes: -- Easter Poster. Hamburg: Graphische Kunstanstalt Gebr. Sülter, ca. 1936. Image of two lambs and a bunny with text: “Jedes kind erhält an beiden Ostertagen ein Osterei / Osterzeit / Jedem kind an beiden Ostertagen ein Osterei /Carl Hagenbeck’s Tierpark”. Monogrammed (indecipherable) lower left quadrant -- Children’s Zoo Poster. [Hamburg, ca. early to mid-twentieth century]. Advertisement for the Children’s Zoo and a “new bad monkey house,” with an image of two children playing with a llama, horse, and pigs. Text: “Kinder-Tiergarten in Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark Altona/Stellingen / Neu! Bad Affenheim!” -- 23 ½ x 34”. Easter: some staining around perimeter, not affecting image; creasing/ handling marks at corners; small surface creases throughout; minor tear along top right edge. Children’s zoo: some creasing; wrinkling at lower right corner; small hole missing from lower left quadrant; small tear right edge; with minor restorations and tape repair left side. Overall B+.