[MOPO] Does anyone wonder how the old posters survived from early Hollywood?

[Joseph Mitch]

I often wonder how the old posters have survived all these years. I’m talking 
about posters from the 1910’s, 20’s and 30’s.
   
  Who was saving these things? It’s not like they were worth any money. The 
original owners were probably long gone by the time these posters became 
valuable.
   
  I’m curious to know if most posters survived mostly because they were in some 
movie theater/studio warehouse or if it was just regular people who had a 
couple posters in their house over the years
   
  I’d also like to know if anyone has ever been able to trace the history of a 
specific poster that they own all the way to the actual movie theater where the 
poster was displayed during the films original run.

       
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