New York Central System

The New York Central System, nowadays better known as New York Central Railroad, was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid Atlantic regions of the United States. This poster by Leslie Ragan is stunning in its blue design and industrial theme - it's probably from the thirties.

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Agfa film

 

This 1930 poster is a prime example of why vintage posters is a category in this art blog. A beautiful design and execution, the work of Marcello Dudovich.

 

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Amherst Villiers

Some years ago I bought a box of airplane-themed vintage posters reproduced on postcards. This was one of the most striking. Amherst Villiers (1900–1991) was an English automotive, aeronautical and astronautic engineer and portrait painter - a 20th century renaissance man. The poster depicts one of his projects, a (failed) attempt to break the world air speed record.

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The Blue Train

 

Yes, please, let's take the blue train to the French Cote d'Azur and take in some sunshine. The Calais-Mediterranée Express nicknamed the Blue Train was a luxury French night express train which operated from 1886 to 2003. This Art Deco poster is probably from the thirties and possibly designed by David Juniper.

 

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Battersea

 

The Battersea Power Station in London is an icon of Art Deco architecture. I first encountered it on the album cover of Pink Floyd's Animals, and about a decade ago I first saw it with my own eyes. This poster is by the famous Charles Avalon.

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Chocolat Amor

 

Following up on yesterday's post. Now that the ChocolArt exhibition is in full swing in our gallery - here we have a rare Swiss Art Deco poster for Chocolat Amor Bern, issued around 1930.

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Font-Romeu

 

A 1923 poster advertising both the winter sports town of Font-Romeu in the French Pyrenees, as the way to get there by the Chemins de Fer du Midi (a French railway company). The poster was designed by Tony George Roux.

 

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Vogue Winter Perfume

 

 

A wonderful vintage Art Deco German poster for Vogue's Winter perfume from 1927. Appropriate for the time of year. The design is by Jupp Wiertz.

 

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Kew Gardens

 

 

London is of course a very suitable subject for vintage travel posters, and I selected this one because of the storks - our gallery's name is the mandarin word for stork. It was issued in 1920 as part of a series to promote the London Underground. The artist is Fred Taylor.

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Carriso Gorge

 

 

The first decades of the twentieth century are a goldmine for beautiful travel posters. I had not seen this one before. The "Southern Pacific" made me wonder where this could be - turns out that this gorge is in Southern California, near San Diego. The poster is by Maurice Logan.

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Nehi

 

A cute poster promoting the USA soft drink brand Nehi (pronounced knee-high, introduced in 1924) with an image of a female pilot in front of her airplane. Originally I thought it was from the late twenties or thirties, but this could actually be from the forties and it might be depicting Hedy Lamarr. No information on the designer. 

 

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New York Central System

 

The New York Central System, nowadays better known as New York Central Railroad, was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid Atlantic regions of the United States. This poster by Leslie Ragan is stunning in its blue design and industrial theme - it's probably from the thirties. 

Copyright statement: posting lower quality vintage advertisement posters is deemed fair use.