Norwegian poster from the collection of the National Library of Norway promoting early-morning service hours for Battenfjords Hotels Nightstation and Cafe. No date is visible on the poster, but the library dates it to 1909, which seems about right for its typographic style.

As was typical for much job printing at the turn of the 20th century, the poster features an eclectic mix of many different typefaces and font sizes. The background is printed with a split-fountain gradient of rainbow-like stripes.

See the related listing at the National Library of Norway.

Full transcription:

BATTENFJORDS HOTELS
Natstation & Kafe
holdes herefter aaben for Reisende fra Molde ou Hjelseth
fra Kl. 2 til 4 Morgen
Værelser for Ophold til Dampskibsafgang kan erholdes
◆ ◆ Kafeén i 1ste Etage anbefales ◆ ◆
Billige Priser ! ! !
Reisende har herefter at henvende sig til Hotellets Indehaver om Skyds
E. O. Samuelsen.

The sign outside a metallurgical company in Northern Italy, near Lake Maggiore.

Founded just over a century ago, in 1920, it is still in operation, even though they now use a far less interesting serif, paired with Copperplate Gothic, for their logo.

The typeface looked familiar and, after a bit of search, I thought it was a painted sign inspired by Kalligraphia, but it turned out that Caslon’s Caligraph (1899; a.k.a. Berthier & Durey’s Danoises, before 1905) matched the differences.