Hunting in the USSR - vintage travel posters
JA
February 10
A few travel posters from the collection at the Boston Public Library. According to a recent exhibition:
Railways opened up America and Europe, luxe ocean liners introduced elegance into overseas voyages, and drivers took to the road in record numbers in their new automobiles. By the mid-1940s, new airlines crisscrossed the globe, winging adventure-seekers to far-flung destinations.
Travel agents and ticket offices during this period were festooned with vivid, eye-catching posters, all designed to capture the beauty, excitement and adventure of travel and to promote a world of enticing destinations and new modes of transportation. Individual artists gained fame for their distinctive graphic styles and iconic imagery, and many posters from this era still remain important works of art long after their original advertising purposes have faded.
(via Acqua Velvet)
Hunting in the USSR, circa 1910-1959
Japan, by Munetsugu Satomi, 1937
Austria by Joseph Binder, circa 1910-1959
Kashmir, circa 1910-1959
Crimea, circa 1910-1959
Italia, by Riccobaldi, Giuseppe, 1935
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Comments
10 Feb 11 at 9:06
Hunting in the USSR breaks my heart – and the Crimea: who knew? These are fab.
...10 Feb 11 at 12:15
Beautiful. More creative than the generic photos in travel agents' windows at the moment. I love that they tried to capture the feeling of travelling there, e.g. Japan in motion.
P.s. you like vintage posters, don’t you?
...10 Feb 11 at 13:06
Absolutely stunning. There just isn’t subtlety like this any more, is there?
...10 Feb 11 at 14:37
@Prithvi – how can you tell? ;)
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