AIR TIMES: • November 01, 2008 7:30 AM EST

Hatch Show Prints (506)
Head off to the country music capital of the world, Nashville, Tenn., to discover a vintage poster company that was a "star maker" back in the days before television and movies and even before billboards. As far back as 1879, each unique poster from Hatch Show Print announced the start of a legendary career or proclaimed the virtues of a now-forgotten product, and their promotional items are now in museums all over the world.

Today, thanks to the Country Music Hall of Fame, any fan can recreate a vintage poster, or design a new creation, using the antique wooden press blocks from a century of show business.